Dr. Tobias Wear

Dr. Tobias Wear is a mysterious figure operating in Gotham City, moving through the same dangerous world as Batgirl, Oracle, and Batwoman. His exact role and motives remain deliberately obscure, marking him as a shadowy presence in DC's contemporary Gotham stories.

A figure of intrigue lurking in the shadows of Gotham's Modern Age, Dr. Tobias Wear made his entrance in 2022's Detective Comics #1047, brought to life by the sharp creative pairing of Mariko Tamaki and Ivan Reis. His world is a dangerous one — the pages he inhabits are shared with heavy hitters like Batgirl, Oracle, Batwoman, and Stephanie Brown, placing him squarely in some of DC's most compelling contemporary storytelling. Still a relatively fresh face with eight catalog appearances, he's the kind of character whose limited footprint only makes each appearance more worth tracking down for the dedicated modern-era collector.