Apparently according to twitter today (19/9/2020) is Batman Day.

I don’t know who comes up with these things. It’s most likely some marketing person at DC/Warner Bros.

I’ve been a big Batman fan since I was a little kid. I have fond memories of watching the 1960’s tv show with Adam West as Batman on tv (itv iirc). Then seeing the movie at the local cinema on the big screen. Obviously not on the original release. One of the coolest toys you could have at the time was the Batmobile from I think matchbox. I also had the Batman action figure.

In 1988 after Dad died Batman helped me with the grieving. That was the time of the Death in the Family story line and Joker (after a fan vote) killing Robin (Jason Todd). It was seeing Batman grieve that helped in the subsequent issues. I kind of felt a strong bond with Batman. We were both going through the same process.

In more recent times I’ve enjoyed the cinematic outings of Batman. Both live action and animated. Although I will exclude Batman and Robin from that list of enjoyable experiences.

Now days I buy the odd graphic novel, and Lego figure. But there is still a lot of love there for Batman.