Tom Taylor Might Damn Well Be the Best Elseworlds Writer Out There

Hey, everyone. We need to talk about Tom Taylor. Why? Well, he hasn’t done anything wrong. In fact, it’s the opposite. He might be doing things too damn well. You see, Elseworlds/What If? stories are my jam. It’s one of the reasons I like books like Multiversity, Into the Spider-Verse, and Dark Knights: Metal. Some are wild, some are crazy and others are just really good deconstructions of the heroes we know so well. Which brings me back to Tom Taylor. I can’t think of anyone else right now who writes this genre better than he does. Certified Hits Okay, I can’t make such bold claims without pulling up the record. Let’s start with the obvious one – Injustice. Netherrealm, the creators of the game and Mortal Kombat series, deserve some props for the creation of Injustice. But if you look at the mainline games, the core story runs along the lines of your average superhero romp. The first game is essentially a traditional version of the Justice League against warped versions of themselves. Meanwhile, the second game unites those corrupted heroes against a common threat. However, it’s in the Injustice Year 1-5 comic books that really lay out what makes this universe that Netherrealm created so special. 

The moral dilemma of Superman forcing peace can only truly be seen in the Injustice books.

Tom Taylor dives into events right after Superman kills the Joker. Taylor evolves Superman into this warped version of himself. We get to see what happens when the world’s most powerf…