Travis Langley

Birth Name: Travis Dale Langley Jr.

Dr. Travis Langley is a psychologist whose publications include the books "Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth," "The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead," "Captain America vs. Iron Man: Freedom, Security, Psychology" (with a foreword by Stan Lee), and "Doctor Who Psychology: A Madman with a Box."Langley previously authored the book "Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight," which explores the psychology of Gotham City's Dark Knight, his allies, and their many colorful foes. Dr. Langley regularly presents panels on the psychology of heroes at conventions including San Diego Comic-Con International, WonderCon, New York Comic Con, Wizard World, and the American Psychological Association. He appears as himself in several documentary films. According to the British Psychological Society, he is one of the 10 most followed psychologists on Twitter. Psychology Today runs his online column, "Beyond Heroes and Villains." He was also an undefeated champion on the "Wheel of Fortune" TV game show. Show less «

He's the hero that's defined by his psychology more than any of the others. The other superheroes, t...Show more »

He's the hero that's defined by his psychology more than any of the others. The other superheroes, they're all heroes because of something that goes on with their character, but the super part comes from powers, generally things they did not choose themselves. Batman chose to be some fantastic creature that looks like a bat. The closest thing he has to a superpower is his sheer will and self-control to make himself into the person who could go wage a war on all criminals. Show less «

He's the superhero with no superpowers. His origin taps into a primal fear that we all understand, b...Show more »

He's the superhero with no superpowers. His origin taps into a primal fear that we all understand, but even before that origin, his creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger invested our primal fears in his very look. They created a hero we could all imagine might exist in real life - no secret formula, magic ring or rocket to Earth required. Show less «

We want cause to transcend effect. A simple truth can leave us feeling cheated. We need to believe i...Show more »

We want cause to transcend effect. A simple truth can leave us feeling cheated. We need to believe in the existence of answers and purpose more powerful than our pain, in reasons and meaning bigger than the results. Show less «

We need those villains for us to understand our heroes, what they are and what they aren't.

Batman's the part of us that wants to scare all of life's bullies away.

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