Batman the Imposter

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Batman: The Imposter was also published simultaneously in the following territories: Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain and Turkey. Having been a fan of his for years, working with Andrea Sorrentino is an absolute gift,” added Tomlin. They can be the characters that just make everything okay or show up and save the day and offer the words of counsel when they need to. I’ve never seen a version of Batman where those characters are taken out of the equation in an emotionally devastating way. Perhaps this is why the character and his world have been able to appeal to such a wide variety of audiences during their time in the cultural spotlight.

Batman attacks Detective Wong, Otis and her partner Hatcher and abducts Otis to a secret location and asks Hatcher who the imposter is, but Otis says he doesn't know. The main draw is Andrea Sorrentino’s art but details here and there show that Mattson Tomlin has put some thought into his realistic take on the character, and it’s a fairly coherent narrative. Although Tomlin remains uncredited on The Batman, his involvement led to him writing his own Batman comic for DC Comics, working alongside with one of the best artists working today, Andrea Sorrentino. Bruce also realizes that Detective Wong can help him catch the imposter because she has a similar backstory to him, which he can take advantage of.

This ultimately isn’t a comic full of many new ideas, but it’s a really slick execution of some familiar ones. The funny thing with Sorrentino is that I don’t even like his style but can’t help being fascinated with it. not pretty at all, yet still very eye-catching) and carried some substance until an ending that did not quite deliver on the build-up. Batman meets up with Arnold Wesker, but instead of turning Arnold in Batman leads him to Leslie Thompkins and visits his parents grave before vowing to help Gotham City as Bruce Wayne.

Instead of using an ostentatious vehicle like the Batmobile, Batman gets around Gotham inconspicuously using an elaborate network of ziplines and hidden motorcycles.But this book isn’t concerned with events and action (though it sure has some stunningly rendered action sequences). As much as Thompkins is determined to help Bruce with his mental state, a Batman imposter is causing chaos in the city through murder, making the real Batman a target of the GCPD, including Detective Blair Wong. Batman: The Imposter was written by Mattson Tomlin and illustrated and lettered by Andrea Sorrentino, with colors by Jordie Bellaire. If I put Two-Face or the Joker or whoever in this book, it’s going to be compared to all those other stories where what I’m really interested in is the psychology of Bruce Wayne…so for me, it just kind of felt like I can earn some street cred here, by not just going to the big star, the big story. In the gallery below, you can get a closer look at what that action looks like, as Batman's quiet night in Gotham explodes into action with a chase through the city streets.

The comic is aided by the use of a Sopranos-esque plot point, where the stubborn Bruce is forced into therapy sessions to prevent his identity from being exposed. In the proud tradition of other more grounded Batman stories, Tomlin's version of the Caped Crusader also has an opposite number working in Gotham City law enforcement, but this time it's not his old pal Jim Gordon. In particular, the stuff with Ratcatcher is heartbreaking, almost from the minute he appears on panel. There is a hint of copaganda bs with some subtle social commentary about defund the police which made me laugh and kind of took me out of it, but otherwise stellar.

I mean, I think that there’s a definitely a tonal vibe between the two…and yet the stories, the interpretations, the population of characters, all that stuff couldn’t be more different.

Chris Arrant of GamesRadar+ compared Batman: The Imposter to Batman: Year One, Gotham Central and Batman: Earth One, due to the realistic tone the series addresses, which is similar to the other three comics. Bruce Wayne’s mission as the Batman has only been underway for a year or so, but he can tell he’s making a difference in this city.His single ally, Commissioner Gordon, has been run out of Gotham after only a year of Wayne’s war on crime, with a wave of criminals put back on the street for his mistakes.