Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight is my answer.' - Travis Langley, chapter 1. 'Adam West once asked me if I thought Batman was crazy.

Jerry too.' - Travis Langley, author of Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight, from his acknowledgments. It's my heartfelt 'thank you' to Bob and Bill.

This book is more than my answer to a question Adam West, the man who played my childhood hero, once asked me. I can't watch them greet fans, hear them recount anecdotes from their amazing lives, or thank them for everything they set in motion and all that their legacy has meant - not face-to-face anyway. 'I'll never get to meet the late Bob Kane or Bill Finger. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Written by a psychology professor and 'Superherologist' (scholar of superheroes).

Explains psychological theory and concepts through the lens of one of the world's most popular comic book characters.

Gives you fresh insights into the complex inner world of Batman and Bruce Wayne and the life and characters of Gotham City.

Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with 'bad girls' he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal, green-haired clown? A journey behind the mask and into the mind of Gotham City's Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight who inspires fear in evildoers everywhere.īatman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939.

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