What on alternate Earth IS this?
I'll tell you what it is; a jumbled mess of a comic, with utterly horrendous "plot" and art that, whilst competent, is often distracting in its overwhelming desire to titillate for no readily apparent reason. Doug Moench makes many mistakes here, that unfortunately he would repeat in his other Elseworlds stinker " Act Of God" - bad characterisation, cheesy dialogue, horrendous pacing and plot holes you could navigate the Batmobile, Batboat and Batplane through. I have no problem with the concept, it is simply that Doug Moench simply did not wish to expand upon the overall idea behind this comic in an objectively readable way. Hats off to Jim Balent for making the best of a bad situation and producing some rather wonderful action scenes, but I have the sneaking susapicioun he may have enjoyed Selina's return to the Cavern-Lair (Seriously?) a little too much. Read the scene (although for heaven's sake don't PAY for the issue) and you'll see what I mean.