Review of 'The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Very thorough survey of Batman, from creation through current comics and Christian Bale. Focuses on the cycles the Batman figure has gone through, from driven loner to father figure (often to Robin) to member of a superhero collective (from Justice League to Batgirl and Bat dog) and then back to driven loner again. Contains an extensive bibliography of books, movies and comics.
Batman and other comics are used to demonstrate the rise of nerd culture, but this topic isn't explored in further depth. A major contributor to nerd culture, video games, is only touched on at the very end of the book. Overall, I recommend this book, but wish it could have covered a bit more.