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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics series published under the Creator/{{Elseworlds}} imprint in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.

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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics series published under the Creator/{{Elseworlds}} ''Creator/{{Elseworlds}}'' imprint in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.
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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics Creator/{{Elseworlds}} published in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.

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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics series published under the Creator/{{Elseworlds}} published imprint in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.

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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics {{Elseworld}} published in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.

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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics {{Elseworld}} Creator/{{Elseworlds}} published in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
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Compare with ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'', another Elseworld consisting of a retelling of ''Frankenstein'' that uses a famous DC superhero as the monster.

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Compare with ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'', another Elseworld story consisting of a retelling of ''Frankenstein'' that uses a famous DC superhero as the monster.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In addition to most of the characters being esentially ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' characters with the names of ''Batman'' characters ("Julia Lavenza" is an unusual example in that she ''keeps'' Elizabeth's surname, presumably because "Madison" doesn't fit the setting) the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents is named Mr. Van Klooser instead of Joe Chill.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In addition to most of the characters being esentially ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' characters with the names of ''Batman'' characters ("Julia Lavenza" is an unusual example in that she ''keeps'' Elizabeth's surname, presumably because "Madison" doesn't fit the setting) the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents is named Mr. Van Klooser Klooster instead of Joe Chill.

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* AdaptationNameChange:
** The equivalent of Victor Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth Lavenza has her forename changed to Julia.
** The killer of Bruce Wayne's parents is named Mr. Van Klooser instead of Joe Chill.

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* AdaptationNameChange:
** The equivalent
AdaptationNameChange: In addition to most of Victor Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth Lavenza has her forename changed to Julia.
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the characters being esentially ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' characters with the names of ''Batman'' characters ("Julia Lavenza" is an unusual example in that she ''keeps'' Elizabeth's surname, presumably because "Madison" doesn't fit the setting) the killer of Bruce Wayne's parents is named Mr. Van Klooser instead of Joe Chill.
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''Batman: Castle of the Bat'' is a Creator/DCComics {{Elseworld}} published in 1994 that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with the cast of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.

A mysterious Bat-Man has been sighted targeting highwaymen and thieves, and he may or may not be the result of experiments conducted by Dr. Bruce Wayne.

Compare with ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'', another Elseworld consisting of a retelling of ''Frankenstein'' that uses a famous DC superhero as the monster.
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* AdaptationNameChange:
** The equivalent of Victor Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth Lavenza has her forename changed to Julia.
** The killer of Bruce Wayne's parents is named Mr. Van Klooser instead of Joe Chill.
* BigBad: Dr. Seltsam turns out to be behind the conflict, as he had hired Mr. Van Klooser to kill Bruce's parents and intends to kill everyone he can to obtain more body parts to preserve.
* DecompositeCharacter: Bruce Wayne plays the part of Victor Frankenstein, with his father Thomas Wayne being the monster as well as this continuity's Batman.
* ForScience: Dr. Seltsam sees murdering people and preserving their body parts as justified by the sake of scientific progress.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Bruce Wayne creates the Bat-Man by putting his father's brain in a body sewn together from preserved body parts, with the monster later having his head become like that of a bat as the result of an attempt to help the monster overcome his fear of the night.
* TheIgor: Alfred Pennyworth's counterpart is a hunchbacked assistant to Bruce Wayne named Alfredo.
* MixAndMatchCritters: One of Bruce's experiments is a dog with the head of a bat, a nod to Ace the Bat-Hound.
* ThouShaltNotKill: The Hippocratic Oath plays a part in the story, with Bruce eventually realizing that he can't kill his parents' killer without violating this oath.
* YoureInsane: Bruce Wayne calls Dr. Seltsam insane for not valuing human life and only seeing people as cadavers waiting to be cut up and preserved.
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