The boy who loved Batman : a memoir : the true story of how a comics-obsessed kid conquered Hollywood to bring the Dark Knight to the silver screen /
Meet the man whose life-long quest to reclaim the true, cool soul of Batman wonderfully transformed today's comic book movies. Growing up outside of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Michael Uslan was obsessed with comic books. He'd be the first to grab the latest issues off the shelves of the thre...
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | A special new edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The secret origin of Michael Uslan, Comicbookman!
- Just imagine! Team-ups and sidekicks!
- Paul and Michael...brother, power, the geek!
- Batman and Robin's dirty secret!
- Batman begins...for me!
- A campy Batman on TV. "Holy shit!"
- The comic book club
- no girls allowed!
- Pros and cons and con artists!
- "And then there were none!"
- Good-bye Smallville! Hello Metropolis!
- The world's first college professor of comic books!
- I was a teenage Junior Woodchuck!
- Plan B. A strange costume for Batman and Robin, a strange choice for me!
- Life is not a comic book!
- I know what evil lurks in the hearts of men!
- Going backward? Me, Mr. Mxyzptlk, and a Toyota!
- Raging bullshit on a "Rocky" road!
- Ben and me, the world's finest producer team!
- Blackest night: the ten-year human endurance contest!
- Infinite crisis! The human endurance contest continues!
- It's the stuff dreams are made of!
- After The Dark Knight, the brightest day!
- The road taken, the road not taken!
- Super-epilogue to the second edition.