Michael E. Uslan

FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION

Part I: How to Have an Origin Without a Planet Blowing Up, Parents Murdered, Radioactive Spider Bites, Cosmic Rays, Gamma Rays, White Dwarf Stars, Aliens Crash-Landing, a Magic Word, a Magic Hammer, or a Super Serum

CHAPTER ONE The Secret Origin of Michael Uslan, Comicbookman!

CHAPTER TWO Just Imagine! Team-Ups and Sidekicks!

CHAPTER THREE Paul and Michael . . . Brother, Power, the Geek!

CHAPTER FOUR Batman and Robin's Dirty Secret!

CHAPTER FIVE Batman Begins . . . for Me!

CHAPTER SIXA Campy Batman on TV. "Holy Shit!"

CHAPTER SEVEN The Comic Book Club-No Girls Allowed!

CHAPTER EIGHT Pros and Cons and Con Artists!

CHAPTER NINE "And Then There Were None!"

Part II: "You Still Read Comic Books at Your Age?!"

CHAPTER TEN Good-Bye Smallville! Hello Metropolis!

CHAPTER ELEVEN The World's First College Professor of Comic Books!

CHAPTER TWELVE I Was a Teenage Junior Woodchuck!

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Plan B: A Strange Costume for Batman and Robin,

A Strange Choice for Me!

Part III: Bloomington to Hollywood: How to Get There from Here!

CHAPTER FOURTEENLife is Not a Comic Book!

CHAPTER FIFTEEN I Know What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men!

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Going Backward? Me, Mr. Mxyzptlk, and a Toyota!

CHAPTER SEVENTEENRaging Bullshit on a "Rocky" Road!

Part IV: At Long Last, the Dark Knight Returns!

CHAPTER EIGHTEENBen and Me, the World's Finest Producer Team!

CHAPTER NINETEENBlackest Night: The Ten-Year Human Endurance Contest!

CHAPTER TWENTYInfinite Crises! The Human Endurance Contest Continues!

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEIt's the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of!

Part V: "Bats" of Luck

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO After the Dark Knight, the Brightest Day!

EPILOGUEThe Road Taken, the Road Not Taken!

SUPER EPILOGUE TO THE SECOND EDITIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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