Editing Elseworlds (section)

{{Short description|Imprint of comics from DC Comics}}
{{About|the imprint of comics from DC Comics|the DC Studios label|DC Elseworlds|the Arrowverse crossover event|Elseworlds (Arrowverse)}}
[[File:Elseworlds (DC imprint logo).png|thumb|''Elseworlds'' logo]]

'''Elseworlds''' is the publication [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] for [[American comic books]] produced by [[DC Comics]] for stories that take place outside the [[DC Universe]] [[Canon (fictional)|canon]].<ref name="comicsthroughtime">{{cite book|last1=Booker|first1=M. Keith|title=Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0313397516|page=1293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnuQBQAAQBAJ&q=the+barry+allen+story+elseworlds&pg=PA1293|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Elseworlds publications are set in alternate realities that deviate from the established continuity of DC's regular comics. The "Elseworlds" name was trademarked in 1989, the same year as the first ''Elseworlds'' publication.<ref name="comicsthroughtime"/>