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JenlovesJT47 Love this! So true 💜🦇💛 19h

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 😉👍🏼🦇💖🦇. 19h

dabbe L🐝VE. 🖤🐝💛 19h

TheBookHippie Truth. 18h

AnnCrystal @dabbe 😉👍🏼🐝🦇💖🦇. 17h

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😉👍🏼🦇💖🦇. 17h

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Wayne of Gotham: A Novel | Tracy Hickman

The fact that Gotham has seemingly seeped into reality has truly rocked my psyche.

Still love my Batman, but crazy Gotham has had me avoiding my favorite superhero for months now.

Truthfully, for a Batman fanatic, I don't really have that many Batman books/movies on my shelves...👀🤷🏽....yet when I do read/watch Batman, I soak up scenes like fuel. I delight that I can anticipate Bruce Wayne's/Batman's choices and moves beforehand...

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AnnCrystal and when I'm surprised, I spend time analyzing why Bruce Wayne/Batman made his decisions as if I've been given a grand new insight into Bruce Wayne's character.

Bruce Wayne's Batman fuels my hope, rejuvenates my warrior spirit, highlights the importance of holding onto empathy, and so much more.

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AnnCrystal This book first captured my interest just after I realized that the original Bruce Wayne is the only Batman I connect with...this seems to focus on the Wayne family mystery.

It also seemed like a safe choice, since it doesn't seem to focus on the usual foes of Gotham.

Yet I have still hesitated to read this book...

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AnnCrystal Monday evening, I came into my bedroom and I discovered this book moved from my bookshelf to my bedside table...with a newly handcrafted Batman bookmark!

A letter was tuck inside this book, where my mom wrote the following:

“Our ancestors had their stories about our cultural heroes, stories we are both rediscovering but neither you or I were raised knowing from childhood. Not the stories about our American indigenous heroes.

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AnnCrystal That's because these stories were lost somewhere along our family's line, lost because all our Ancestral stories and cultural ways became forbidden. Forbidden because they gave us power, courage, and hope.

Info did trickle down through the generations, but so much must be rediscovered and reconnected with.

You attached yourself to Batman since you were two years old. You adopted him before Zorro, before Zapata, before other obsessions.

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AnnCrystal Our reality may feel like Gotham City, but do not allow yourself to avoid Gotham, because then you also avoid Gotham's hero.

You have allowed reality's villains to take away the hope that the Batman character ignites within in you.

Rediscover your Batman! Allow the magic held within the pages to seep into your fingertips and fuel you with the power, courage, and the hope that Batman so easily inspires for you.“

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AnnCrystal
These words shook me to the core...I had thought avoiding Gotham City would calm some of my anxiety...yet avoiding Batman could only truly mean one thing for me...

...and there is no 🤬 way that I am ever going to give up on HOPE!

My mom left the heart for me to write whatever I wanted, “fuel your mind“ felt fitting 💖🦇🥰🦇💖.

#zeal4batman
#campaignforEmpathy
#campaignforHOPE

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Dilara That was very moving 🌱 ☀ 1d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @Dilara 🦇🥲🌱💖🦇💖📚💖. 1d

TieDyeDude That's amazing! What a great source of wisdom and compassion your mom is. #BatmanForever 1d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😉👍🏼 @TieDyeDude my mom is a genuine gem ☺️🪄💎📚🦇🎬💫. (edited) 20h

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Marvel Zombies | Robert Kirkman

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What a great read and awesome graphics!

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/R_9JcA75KaA?feature=share

Enjoy!

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Luke-XVX

Watchmen | Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Happy November 10th to those who celebrate

TieDyeDude 😅 3w

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Kingdom Come | Mark Waid, Alex Ross

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Years after the heroes of the Justice League retire, a new generation of powered people quarrel and fight each other, making life for civilians dangerous. This book is the antithesis of the film MAN OF STEEL. It answers the question ‘Why do we need Superman?‘ We need him to be the role model for the concept of ‘superhero‘. Otherwise, we live amongst fascist Gods ruling over us mortal peons. His most valuable power is always doing what‘s right.

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Absolute Batman Vol. 1: the Zoo | Scott Snyder

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One of the biggest complaints about Batman is he could do more good with Bruce Wayne‘s money than as a masked vigilante, beating up impoverished muggers. Without getting into the responses to this (cause honestly for me BM is just a pathway to the larger bat family) Absolute Batman just makes Batman lower middle class. Batman‘s grief and rage, as an adult and child, are well done. His mother is a revelation.

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Amazing Spider-Man: The Story of Spider-Man | Thomas Macri

#HauntsAndHexes Day 24: Our college graduate had a #Tarantula - err Spiderman themed birthday cake last year here in the Emirates. Looking forward to spending our baby gay‘s 24th birthday in the Bay Area with family this year. Cannot wait! 🕷️🕸️

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Happy Birthday 🎉 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎈🎉 1mo

Leftcoastzen Cool! Happy Birthday! 1mo

marleed Love that cake! 1mo

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Green Arrow: Year One Deluxe Edition | Andy Diggle

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The title ‘YEAR ONE‘ carries a lot of baggage. It must be a bare-bones reimagining of a hero‘s origin story, told with gritty realism. It must be serious and mature. This feels like a trap, a recipe for a maudlin, no fun tale. But in the hands of this creative team, it is a success. The familiar story is rendered in a tense and pulpy fashion, making every moment feel highly consequential. Recommended!

TieDyeDude Diggle was the name of one of the main characters on the TV show Arrow. I wonder if this comic was one of their inspirations... (edited) 1mo

WeAreLegion Truth! 1mo

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