· ABOUT THE EDITOR ·

Travis Langley, PhD, editor of Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind and The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead, is a psychology professor who teaches courses on crime, media, and mental illness at Henderson State University. He received a bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College and graduate degrees in psychology from Tulane University in New Orleans. Dr. Langley regularly speaks on media and heroism at conventions and universities. Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics and other films have featured him as an expert interviewee, and the documentary Legends of the Knight spotlighted how he uses fiction to teach real psychology. He authored the acclaimed book Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight. Psychology Today carries his blog, “Beyond Heroes and Villains.”

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Close-quarters weapon of choice: a long crowbar—quiet, unlikely to get stuck in an undead skull, and practical for other things. Walkers and locked doors, beware!