Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L.

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