{{Infobox comic book title | title = Gotham by Gaslight | image = Gotham by Gaslight.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Cover to Gotham by Gaslight (February 1989) by Mike Mignola. | 1shot = y | Steampunk = first | Superhero = y | multigenre = y | publisher = DC Comics | date = February 1989 | main_char_team = BatmanJack the Ripper | writers = Brian Augustyn | artists = Mike Mignola | pencillers = | inkers = P. Craig Russell | letterers = | colorists = | editors = Mark Waid | creative_team_month = | creative_team_year = | creators = | TPB = Gotham by Gaslight | ISBN = 0-930289-67-6 | TPB1 = Gotham by Gaslight (inc. Batman: Master of the Future) | ISBN1 = 1-4012-1153-4 | subcat = Batman | altcat = | sort = Gotham by Gaslight | addpubcat1 = Elseworlds titles }}Gotham by Gaslight is a DC Comics one-shot by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, with inks by P. Craig Russell. The story revolves around a 19th-century version of Bruce Wayne making his debut as Batman just as Jack the Ripper has arrived in Gotham City.Gotham by Gaslight is considered to be the first Elseworlds story in which DC Comics characters from alternate timelines or realities are featured in stories outside of the DC Universe canon. At the time the story was first published, the Elseworlds concept had not been established yet and initial printings were not labeled as such. Subsequent printings of Gotham by Gaslight, however, have incorporated the Elseworlds logo. It spawned one sequel, Batman: Master of the Future (1991), also written by Augustyn, with art by Eduardo Barreto. Plot summaries Gotham by Gaslight In 1889, Bruce Wayne is on a tour of Europe which ends in Vienna. There, he is studying under Dr. Sigmund Freud. Bruce tells Freud that he has a recurring dream in which he recalls the murder of his parents and decides he must return to Gotham City. On the return trip, Bruce meets Jacob Packer, an old family friend whom he calls Uncle Jake, who has also returned from a trip to Europe. Shortly after arriving, Inspector Gordon informs Wayne about criminal gangs currently operating in Gotham. Gordon also shows Bruce the case of a man who poisoned his wife and tried to commit suicide with the poison, which left him alive with a permanent grin. Bruce