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->''"You put the joker away. And he escaped. And you put him away. And he escaped. Round and round and round and round"''
-->-- '''Winslow Heath'''

''Batman Impostors'' is a tie in comic book to the ''VideoGame/GothamCityImpostors'' video game. The StoryArc takes place over 3 issues of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'', #867 - #870, and is collected in the book ''Gotham Impostors''. It was written by David Hine, with art by [=Scott McDaniel=] (pencils) and Andy Owens (inks).

Impostor Jokers have been recruiting everyday people to instigate riots throughout Gotham City. As more and more "Jokerz" start to appear a Batman impostor pops up requesting more of the good people of Gotham to join his forces and "Take back the streets" now Batman has to stop a full scale civil war before it spells the end of peace in Gotham.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AndIMustScream: After being exposed to Joker toxin while on a cocktail of other unidentified drugs, Winslow Heathe was left paralysed but fully conscious, with nobody aware that he was still 'awake' for years. Even worse, [[spoiler:Winslow's girlfriend was exposed to the same set of circumstances, but because Batman missed her while focusing on the Joker, she was left to have her body literally picked apart by crows.]]
* CircusOfFear: The Batholomew Fair.
* ComicBookAdaptation: This book is adapted from a Video Game.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Ultimately Batman unintentionally caused this gang war because [[spoiler:he only took Winslow to hospital and was so caught up chasing the Joker that he didn't check to see if anyone else was on that rooftop.]]
* HallOfMirrors: Batman and Winslow Heath duke it out in a Hall Of Mirrors.
* ItsAllMyFault: Winslow accuses Batman of [[spoiler:his girlfriend's death because the Dark Knight didn't check the rooftop]].
* LaughingMad: This is a comic book about wannabe Jokers, it's a given.
* MonsterClown: Again, it's a given.
* MotiveRant: After the impostor Batman has been unmasked [[spoiler:Winslow Heath explains his plan and why he did what he did.]]