The history of Batman is tied intimately to the people who perpetually reinvent him, but also to those who worship him — or frighteningly relate to him. “Batman is an inkblot; we see in him what we want to,” Weldon writes. It’s The Caped Crusade’s mantra — and under that famous cowl, Weldon sees ugliness, wonder, and the undercurrents of pop culture in all their conflicting glory.