The collection was withdrawn and pulped after DC became concerned about a scene in one of the stories.

DC Comics President Paul Levitz deemed the Letitia Lerner story inappropriate (for featuring scenes depicting the baby Superman in a microwave, among others) and ordered the press run halted and the printed issues destroyed.

The Letitia Lerner story earned two Eisner Awards, and was later republished in the pages of Bizarro Comics (a collection originally devised as a vehicle to showcase the feature).

The following stories were included:[1] The entire issue was reprinted as DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 100-Page Spectacular #1 (indicia title: DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1) with a cover date of January 2012 and a cover price of $7.99 US.

[2] This reissue included one story not included in the original 1999 edition: The Berlin Batman by Paul Pope (story and art), a tale of a Jewish Batman in 1939 Berlin.