A review by samanthaisonline
Batman: The Imposter by Mattson Tomlin

3.5

I’m settling on a 3.5/5 for this comic. I enjoyed some parts of it: the story feels like an understandable explanation of why Dr. Thompkins would be on board with Bruce’s whole Batman thing and the exploration of how damaged Bruce Wayne is as a person. I’m also sucker for character foils and so Blair, a cop whose family was killed in front of her when she was a child, also being Bruce’s love interest was a nice touch. 

At the same time, I don’t think every Batman book needs a new love interest (or, really, any love interest). I didn’t love how they wrote a visibly mentally ill character (though I understand what they’re trying to do with him). I thought it was a solid story but not a favorite and I don’t plan on rereading it any time soon.