Kingdom Come is a four-issue
comic book mini-series published in 1996 by
DC Comics under their
Elseworlds imprint. It was written by
Mark Waid and
Alex Ross and painted in
gouache by Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea. This Elseworlds story is a deconstructionist tale set in a future that deals with a growing conflict between the visibly out-of-touch "traditional"
superheroes, and a growing population of largely amoral and dangerously irresponsible new vigilantes, in many cases the offspring of the traditional heroes. Between these two groups is
Batman and his assembled team, who attempt to contain the escalating disaster, foil the machinations of
Lex Luthor, and prevent a world-ending superhuman war.