[hrothgars]

It took me a while to find his name, but I always liked a Batman comics character called Tommy Carma.

His is a dark story, first appearing in Batman Vol. 1 #402-#403 (Dec. 1986-Jan. 1987).

His back-story is a lot like The Punisher's, but Tommy was a cop in Gotham and always idolized Batman, so when he "snaps," he escapes from Arkham, dons the cowl and opens a can of whoop-ass on Gotham City while he delusionally believes he is fighting crime as Batman.



Tommy had issues, but showed that just about anybody could moonlight as a super hero, while also speaking to the real Batman's limits/honor code.

I probably also like him b/c this was my first comic book.