Will Brooker

Will Brooker, Professor in Film and Cultural Studies, earned the title 'Dr Batman' for his PhD on the cultural history of the caped crusader. He is the author/editor of nine books, including Batman Unmasked (2000) and Hunting the Dark Knight (2012), and is acknowledged as an international academic expert, public speaker and media consultant on popular narratives and their audiences. In January 2013 he was appointed to Cinema Journal, the major publication in the discipline of film, television and media, as its first British Editor. He writes the acclaimed feminist superhero comic My So-Called Secret Identity and his next two works are on Batgirl and David Bowie.