Foreword
Introduction
A Fan’s History
Part 1: Being Batman
Fan Appreciation Interview: Paul Levitz
Dark Hero Rising: How Online Batman Fandom Helped Create a Cultural Archetype
Heroes with Issues: Fan Identification with Batman
Being Batman: From Board Games to Computer Platforms
Fan Appreciation Interview: E. Paul Zehr
Part 2: Embracing the Knight
Fan Appreciation Interview: Josh Hoko and Kendal Coombs
The Passive Case: How Warner Bros. Employed Viral Marketing and Alternate Reality Gaming to Bring Fandom Back into the Culture Industry
Canonizing The Dark Knight: A Digital Fandom Response
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: The Nolan/Ledger Joke, Morality, and the Hetero-Fictional Fan Impulse
Fan Appreciation Interview: Dennis and Elijah Vasquez
Part 3: Representations of Fandom
Fan Appreciation Interview: Travis Langley
Inspired, Obsessive and Nostalgic: The Facets of Fandom in ‘Beware the Gray Ghost’
Villainous Adoration: The Role of Foe as Fan in Batman Narratives
Fan Appreciation Interview: Seamus Keane
Part 4: Inspirations and Adaptations
Fan Appreciation Interview: Kim Newman
“Elementary, My Dear Robin!”: Batman, Sherlock Holmes, and Detective Fiction Fandom
Dark Knight Triumphant: Fandom, Hegemony, and the Rebirth of Batman on Film
Fan Appreciation Interview: Michael E. Uslan
Contributor Biographies
Image Credits