A journey behind the mask and into the mind of Gotham City's Caped Crusader, timed for the summer 2012 release ofThe Dark Knight RisesBatman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance inDetective Comics#27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination sayaboutus?Batman and Psychologyexplores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD?Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with "bad girls" he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal, green-haired clown?