Description: Batman 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. 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 the following: 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? This book, which is written by a psychology professor and Superherologist (a scholar of superheroes), gives fresh insight into the complex inner world of Batman and Bruce Wayne (and the other characters of Gotham City), using this popular comic-book character as a lens to help explain psychological theory and concepts.
Brief description: Travis Langley is a psychology professor at Henderson State University and the author of Batman and Psychology. He has lent his expertise in superheroes and psychology to books about The Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Star Wars, and Captain America, as both a series editor and a lead writer. A regular speaker at conferences and fan conventions, he maintains his own blog entitled Beyond Heroes and Villains, which has over 100,000 followers.