Corrections to the first printing

Foreword by James Kakalios, Author of "The Physics of Superheroes"

Part I. Bat-Building Blocks: Exploring what Batman became by beginning where he started

• Chapter 1. The Before Batman: How Buff Was Bruce?
• Chapter 2. Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner: Bruce’s Twin Brother Bob and the Human Genome
• Chapter 3. The stress of life: Holy Hormones, Batman!

Part II. Basic Batbody Training: Laying the Foundation for Batman’s Physical Prowess to be later exploited by his skill

• Chapter 4. Gaining Strength and Power: Does the Bat that Flies the Highest or the Fastest Get the Worm?
• Chapter 5. Building the Batbones: Brittle is bad, but is bigger better?
• Chapter 6. Batmetabolism: What’s for dinner on the Dark Knight Diet?

Part III. Training the Batbrain: Batman on the path to mastery of the martial arts

• Chapter 7. From Bruce Wayne to Bruce Lee: Mastering Martial Moves in the Batcave
• Chapter 8. Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: But What Was Batman Doing?
• Chapter 9. The Caped Crusader in Combat: Can You Kayo without Killing?

Part IV. Batman in Action: Knight moves with Batman when he acts as the Caped Crusader

• Chapter 10. Batman Bashes and Is Bashed by Bad Boys (and Girls): What can He Break Without Getting Broken?
• Chapter 11. Hardening the Batbody: Can sticks and stones break his bones?
• Chapter 12. Gotham by twilight: Working the Knight Shift

Part V. A Mixed Batbag: Pondering possible pitfalls along the path to bathood

• Chapter 13. Injury and Recovery: How Much Banging until the Batback Goes Bonk?
• Chapter 14. Battle of the Bats: Could Batgirl Beat Batman?
• Chapter 15. The Aging Avenger: Could the Caped Crusader Become the Caped Codger?
• Chapter 16. The Reign of the Bat: Can You Really Become Batman and Remain Batman?

Appendix: Batman’s Training Milestones