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About Dr. Travis Langley

Superherologist Travis Langley, author of the book Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight (Wiley & Sons Publishing), is a psychology professor who teaches on the psychology of crime, mental illness, social behavior, and media, including courses titled "Batman" and "Stan Lee's Heroes." He has been a child abuse investigator, expert courtoom witness, and undefeated champion on the Wheel of Fortune game show. He regularly presents panels on the psychology of heroes at conventions like San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con, WonderCon, and Wizard World, to name a few. Psychology Today runs his professional column, "Beyond Heroes and Villains." Follow him as @Superherologist on Twitter or visit him on Facebook in Batman's Belfry.
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NerdSpan Style Guide: Images

Every article needs at least one image. A square image makes the best thumbnail, although a cinematic image tends to look better at the top of the article. Credit the source. Resize images. Do not copy and paste. Do not violate copyright. Promotional images are great. A screen capture from a legal copy is fine.
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NerdSpan Style Guide: Excerpts

The article “excerpt” should be about this long so that it fills enough space to keep the thumbnail from trespassing into another article’s headline space. The “excerpt” should be either a real excerpt or a quick description. DON’T USE FIRST PERSON in the excerpt even if it’s in the article’s first few sentences.
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Stan Lee’s World of Heroes – Mask & Cape: Time Travel

For Stan Lee’s World of Heroes, “Mask & Cape” hosts Kevin McShane and America Young discuss the recently released film Looper and list some of the most influential time travel movies ever made.
What’s your favorite time travel movie?
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Catch Us at Wizard World Austin Comic Con 2012!

Catch us at Wizard World Austin Comic Con October 26-28, especially on Saturday the 27th. Wow, will we be busy that day! Between doing two panels of …
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GAGA Season 1 Episode 5: Video Game Madness!

In this parody of Reefer Madness, three teens enjoy a swinging sock hop until they destroy their lives… with VIDEO GAMES.

Michael Uslan, World’s First Doctor of Comic Books

A great time for comics scholars & all comic book fans: On October 10, Michael Uslan will be recognized as the world’s first Doctor of Comic Books, receiving a fine …
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Where Does Batman Get His Self Control?
9 years ago

Where Does Batman Get His Self Control?

Answering the question of where Batman’s self control comes from would be as complex as asking the same question regarding any one person. How he learned it in the first …
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Not a Real Doctor Who Panel Article

This is not a real article. This is practice. We don’t want complete articles on the main page. We want pic and description/excerpt that can lead to the real article.


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Morgan Freeman Reveals Fate of Lucius Fox
10 years ago

Morgan Freeman Reveals Fate of Lucius Fox

Actor Morgan Freeman, who plays Lucius Fox (one of Bruce Wayne’s numerous father figures in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy), has revealed that character’s fate.

Created by writer Len Wein and …
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Haunted Collector Interview: What Scares John Zaffis?

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Haunted Collector returns for its second season on Syfy with new team members joining paranormal investigator John Zaffis and his family as they search for objects that …
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Interview: Stan Lee, John Romita Jr. – Superhero Orphanage

John Romita, Jr. (left). Stan "the Man" Lee (right).

For Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man, their parents’ and surrogate parents’ deaths are integral to their origins. Daredevil too. Robin’s origin was a deliberate reflection of Batman’s own. For most others, their parents simply remained absent, as unexplained as the heroes’ shoe sizes, until later writers explained those absences away. At Dallas Comic-Con, Stan Lee and John Romita, Jr. shared their thoughts on the super orphans.
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Interview: Ghost Rider Creator Gary Friedrich

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Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich not only lost his lawsuit against Marvel Comics, having alleged the powerhouse comic book company failed to register the character properly upon first appearance, …
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