Red Rain
Reviewing "Red Rain", "IGN"s Hilary Goldstein found that no other "Elseworlds" story featuring Batman was able to top it. He praised its unexpected plot twists and Jones' art style (which he said made the story feel like "a horrible living nightmare") and encouraged readers to buy it. Goldstein's only criticism was of the cover: he thought the illustration of Batman crawling from a grave was superb, but noted that it took up less than a fourth of the cover. He also wrote that "Bloodstorm" and "Crimson Mist" were inferior to "Red Rain"; he said that they were enjoyable but felt like they were "clogg[ed] up" with existing Batman enemies.