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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
My Bat-Family
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beneath the Cowl
Chapter 2: Which Batman?
Screen History
The Source Material: Comic Books!
Whose Belfry?
CASE FILE 2–1 King Tut
CASE FILE 2–2 Mr. Freeze
Chapter 3: The Trauma
“Nothing More Traumatic”
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The Search for Meaning: “Why?”
Social Superheroes
Bouncing Back
The Loss
Chapter 4: Why the Mask?
Cognitive Development: Thinking Batty Thoughts
Moral Development: Growing a Hero’s Conscience
The Might of a Mask
Chapter 5: Why the Bat?
Facing Our Fears
The Roots of Fear
The Intimidation Game
CASE FILE 5–1 Scarecrow
CASE FILE 5–2 Hugo Strange
Chapter 6: The “Superstitious, Cowardly Lot”
The Roots of All Evil: Some Theories on Crime
Bad Seeds and Early Misdeeds: Juvenile Delinquency
Evil by Many Names
Prognosis: Do Psychopaths Get Better?
Meet Joe Chill
CASE FILE 6–1 Bane
Chapter 7: The Halloween Party
Serial Crime
Personality Disorders
Sensation Seeking
Obsession
Celebrities of Crime
CASE FILE 7–1 The Riddler
CASE FILE 7–2 The Penguin
CASE FILE 7–3 Poison Ivy
Chapter 8: The Madhouse
Insane Places
Lunatics in Charge
Treatment Issues
CASE FILE 8–1 The Mad Hatter
CASE FILE 8–2 Harley Quinn
Dependent Personality Disorder
Folie à Deux
Coping Strategies
CASE FILE 8–3 The Joker
Chapter 9: The Psychodynamic Duo
Freud’s Psychodynamic Foundations
Batman vs. Hamlet, Act I: Murder Most Foul
Batman vs. Hamlet, Act II: The Defense Mechanisms
Batman vs. Hamlet, Act III: Theatricality and Deception
Batman vs. Hamlet: Curtains
The Inner Child: Robin
Jung’s Archetypes: Shadow of the Bat
The Hero’s Journey
CASE FILE 9–1 Two-Face
Chapter 10: The Kids
Robin Begins
Dick Grayson
Jason Todd #1
Replacement Robin Rebooted: Jason Todd #2
Tim Drake
Stephanie Brown
Damian Wayne
Crime-Fighting Value
Personal Value
Pederasty?
Wish Fulfillment
Identification
Growing Up Robin
CASE FILE 10–1 Red Hood
Diagnoses
CASE FILE 10–2 Dr. Fredric Wertham
Chapter 11: The Women
Sexy Devils
Blinded by Beauty
The Bat’s Black Book: Women Who Love Batman
Birds of a Feather, Bats of a Leather
Intimacy Issues
The Love Triangle
CASE FILE 11–1 Catwoman
Chapter 12: The Fathers
Attachment
The Bad Fathers
The Good Fathers
The Mothers
Batman and Sons: The Legacy
CASE FILE 12–1 Ra’s al Ghul
Chapter 13: Why So Serious?
Dark Knight, Bright Knight
Chapter 14: The Assessment
References: Comic Books and Graphic Novels
References: Not Comic Books or Graphic Novels
Index
About the Author
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