10 Best Batman Analogues
8. Darkwing
Invincible is maybe the closest anyone outside of Marvel or DC has gotten to creating a pure superhero universe. Robert Kirkman became an Image partner due to the success of the Walking Dead. Still, the importance of fulfilling the dream of the company's founders nearly twenty years after the "Marvel exodus" can't be understated.
If Omni-Man is Invincible's answer to Superman then Darkwing is Batman in all but name. The original incarnation of the character only existed for a handful of pages and served no purpose other than setting up the shocking events at the end of issue #7.
In the aftermath of this, the mantle of Darkwing passed onto the sidekick of the original. This version of the character had neither his predecessors' physical abilities nor moral fibre. He did, however, possess powers that granted him access to the "shadow verse" - powers he used to take control of his city and become a dictator instead of its saviour.