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Batman and psychology: a dark and stormy knight
By Travis Langley. 2020
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Fantasy, General fictionPsychology
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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 conceptsTrue talents
By David Lubar. 2007
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Friendship stories, Science fiction, FantasyPsychology
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The friends from Edgeview Alternative School wanted to keep their Hidden Talents (RC 56815) secret, but someone learns that Trash…
can move objects with his mind and kidnaps him. Torchie, Cheater, Lucky, Flinch, and Martin must use their talents to rescue Trash. For grades 5-8. 2007Aria of the sea
By Dia Calhoun. 2000
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Fantasy, General fictionJudaism
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In a magical kingdom by the sea, talented thirteen-year-old commoner Cerinthe wins a place in the School of the Royal…
Dancers. She ignores her gift for healing until a life-threatening accident occurs. Then Cerinthe realizes she must decide which career to follow to truly be herself. For grades 6-9. 2000