#BatmanDay Unites Dark Knight Fans on Social Media

Second-annual Caped Crusader celebration is one of top Twitter trends on Saturday

Batman Day is in full swing on Saturday as fans/nerds across the country are gathering in person and on social media to celebrate their favorite costumed hero.

#BatmanDay is one of the top trends on Twitter and users are doing their best Bruce Wayne.

But Gawker site Kotaku is out with an interesting take, disputing that today is the correct day on which to celebrate the Caped Crusader.

“The worst thing about Batman Day is that it’s happening on the wrong date. It should be on June 26, not September 26,” Evan Narcisse wrote.

There’s one strain of thought that says Bruce Wayne became Batman on the night his parents died, not the first time he put on the cape and cowl. It’s a rather vicious psychological interpretation, but one that gets at just how traumatic it must’ve been for a little boy to watch his parents die in front of him. For decades, the exact date of the Waynes’ murders wasn’t mentioned. The story that revealed that date in one of the best Batman stories ever and its legacy is a great example of why DC Comics’ periodic reboots suck.



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