A review by esoresor
Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight by Travis Langley

4.0

This is my first pop culture/academic mash-up read, and I have to say I am pretty into it. I have a mild interest in Psychology, and an intense interest in all things superheroes so I figured why not give this book a whirl. It was interesting to peel apart the various characters of the Batman series, and see how and why they act and react the way they do. Though I knew from reading the comics and seeing all the different incarnations of the characters via movies and cartoons that a lot of the characters had traits related to many mental diseases. Even Batman himself is taken apart and examined, and we look at his traumatic childhood event and see how it molds him as a man and his response to the villains and life around him.
I wish that when I took my Film classes and a few Psych classes in college that they would have made us read this or even something similar as I feel it would have definitely lead to a lively discussion and would have caught the interest of most if not all the students. I do look forward to reading more books like this.