Batman the Imposter

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Demoted to Extra: Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon only receive a few mentions, compared to the central members of the supporting cast they are elsewhere. Batman is after an imposter who takes things too far. The police are after Batman, not knowing is not him killing people. Deconstruction : In taking a punishingly realistic approach to Batman and his world, this mini ends up deconstructing several conventions of the Batman mythos, including Bruce's relationships with his close friends and allies, his equation with the GCPD, his skills as a fighter and the logistics of his one-man war on crime. Bittersweet Ending: Tends towards Downer Ending. While Batman does stop the murderous imposter, his legacy remains tarnished, perhaps irrevocably, since it's impossible for the authorities and the public to really know which Batman did what. The wealthy and the powerful of Gotham remain opposed to Batman, so he's unlikely to ever enjoy again the limited leeway he once did with the GCPD. Detective Blair Wong knows his true identity, and is ambivalent about him at best, further complicating his situation. The one positive for Bruce by the end of the story is that he's come to some kind of an understanding with Leslie Thompkins, and even sends Arnold Wesker to her for therapy. One of the better Batman comics to come out in the past several years. It’s being touted as a “jumping-on point” for fans of the Matt Reeves movie (though whether any of this is in continuity with that universe remains to be seen). Dark and gritty without succumbing to the nihilism of the Snyderverse. Strong YEAR ONE and GOTHAM CENTRAL vibes, with a few f-bombs thrown in for the grownups.

I spent a lot of time in the Imposter universe thinking about what the hell Robin would look like. Just kind of thinking about this guy taking on a surrogate child and what that all means. We’ve seen so many different interpretations of it and …there’s a lot of darkness there, and also a lot of light. I haven’t sat down to actually write that story yet. But I certainly find myself daydreaming about what it might look like in this universe. This kind of take on the character is going to feel different from some of the other things that we’ve seen before. Bruce has a bit of a dopey interaction with a psychiatrist, which isn't great. However, the rest of the narrative through the Batman and the main detective is quite interesting. The entire imposter angle also creates a lot of interesting questions and presents an unexpected perspective. Bryan, Carl (2021-11-25). "Review: Batman: The Imposter #2". Dark Knight News . Retrieved 2022-11-24. Batman: The Imposter – A Three-Issue Prestige Format Series Offering Up a Unique Vision of Gotham’s Dark Knight! Frankly, it scares me, because I know it’s territory that could upset a lot of people in the same way that taking Alfred out the way that I did. I knew that that was gonna upset a lot of people and at the same time it feels narratively earned. I think that I just have to kind of go there, and if people hate it, they hate it. Otherwise, they might appreciate that there’s something different here. So yeah, that’s a long way of saying I would love to do lots more in this universe.BURBANK, CA (July 14, 2021) – This October, Batman fans get a new and different look at Gotham’s guardian as he begins his war on crime in Batman: The Imposter, a three-issue Prestige format series from DC. The series will debut in print and on participating digital platforms (English-language version) on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. In addition, the series will be collected in a hardcover format, available February 22, 2021. Rolph, Ben (July 14, 2021). "Batman: The Imposter Will Feature DC's Grittiest Dark Knight Yet". Screen Rant . Retrieved February 17, 2022. This is such an intense book, but do you think there’s ever a point in this character’s career where Batman becomes well adjusted? Where he’s able to make peace with some of these more troublesome elements of himself, but is still able to continue his career? Because all through The Imposter, Leslie Tompkins is making appeals to Bruce Wayne as a “force of nature.” I don’t know that I’ve seen that before. Is there a point where these two elements can resolve but Batman can continue to be Batman? Or does Batman only exist if those two things are in conflict? It's the] idea of [taking] away all of these friends that he has, because that's what it would be like, and then instead put him on a head-on collision with somebody who is legitimately as smart as he is," Tomlin said. "These two people who are both kind of vying for the mantle of World's Greatest Detective just kind of slam into each other. A big part of it was just making a kind of adversary for him that would create interesting complications for later in the story."

Leslie Thompkins, far from being another surrogate parent to Bruce who is largely supportive of his crusade, is depicted here instead as someone who refuses to blindly enable his violent vigilantism and forces him into therapy by threatening to expose his true identity once she discovers it. (Although this is very Depending on the Writer even in mainstream continuity; Leslie's attitude to Batman has ranged from "largely supportive" to " will murder a child to make him stop", and is generally somewhere in the middle.)Meenan, Devin (January 18, 2022). "Every New Batman Comic Released In 2021". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved February 17, 2022. The story provides an engaging mystery as Wong and Bruce Wayne, as well as Wong and Batman, try to find the imposter committing murders and disgracing the reputation of Batman. At first, I thought this was going to be a boring deep-dive into the Batman origins. I've seen that a thousand times before. However, it ended up being much more original. The iconic partnership between Batman and Jim Gordon ended in this continuity with Gordon being discredited and drummed out of the police force for working with a vigilante—a far more realistic outcome for a cop in his position than the usual status quo.