A review by balletbookworm
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon

5.0

I enjoyed this book immensely, probably more so given that Glen Weldon, with his wonderful inflection and voice, read the audiobook. I've never really been a Batman comics reader (or anything in the D.C. Universe) but this was a really interesting look at the development as Batman in all his iterations since the 1939s and the parallel development of nerd culture. (PS: Glen's "Comic Book Guy" voice is just perfect for reading fan-boy quotes, particularly the toxic quotes)

Incidentally, I started this book the day before Adam West died. The Batman TV show was in reruns on summer TV when I was a kid, so West has always been "my" Batman. Camp and all.