<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-1111493">Matt MacNabb</a> of Omaha, Nebraska, runs the fan site <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legionsofgotham.org" target="_blank" target="_blank">legionsofgotham.org</a>. He is one of many Batman fans who collect all the Batman memorabilia they can get their hands on. With the popular comic book character's 75th birthday on Sunday, click through to take a look at some of these Bat-fans and their collections:
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Matt MacNabb of Omaha, Nebraska, runs the fan site legionsofgotham.org. He is one of many Batman fans who collect all the Batman memorabilia they can get their hands on. With the popular comic book character's 75th birthday on Sunday, click through to take a look at some of these Bat-fans and their collections:
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-1109535">Andy Seven</a> compares the TV series' debut in 1966 to the Beatles appearing on the "Ed Sullivan Show" a few years before: "The Batman TV series was as close as television will ever get to replicating a pulpy comic book on film with vibrant colors, beautiful women, great gadgets, teen pop culture and some of the wildest villains ever seen on television."
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Andy Seven compares the TV series' debut in 1966 to the Beatles appearing on the "Ed Sullivan Show" a few years before: "The Batman TV series was as close as television will ever get to replicating a pulpy comic book on film with vibrant colors, beautiful women, great gadgets, teen pop culture and some of the wildest villains ever seen on television."
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Austin, Texas resident <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-1111420">Eli Vizcaino</a>, seen here dressed as Batman, credits the character with helping him "find his voice." Vizcaino had a speech impediment as a child, and when he read Batman stories aloud as therapy, they freed his imagination.
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Austin, Texas resident Eli Vizcaino, seen here dressed as Batman, credits the character with helping him "find his voice." Vizcaino had a speech impediment as a child, and when he read Batman stories aloud as therapy, they freed his imagination.
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Evert Huizing's home in Akkrum, Netherlands, is filled with Batman collectibles, such as these figures of heroes and villains.
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Evert Huizing's home in Akkrum, Netherlands, is filled with Batman collectibles, such as these figures of heroes and villains.
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Like so many Batman fans, Huizing says he can identify with the character, who has no real superpowers. "I still can't handle injustice, and I always would like to be Batman when I see injustice happen."
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Like so many Batman fans, Huizing says he can identify with the character, who has no real superpowers. "I still can't handle injustice, and I always would like to be Batman when I see injustice happen."
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Collector Robin Cross considers Batman the "measuring stick that other characters are compared to."
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Collector Robin Cross considers Batman the "measuring stick that other characters are compared to."
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Cross, from Windsor, Ontario, has a number of notable Batman comic books from the various series' long run.
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Cross, from Windsor, Ontario, has a number of notable Batman comic books from the various series' long run.
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Cross said he admires Batman because the superhero "helps those who can't help themselves, regardless of the physical cost to his body and mind, and the effect in the perception of his public identity."
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Cross said he admires Batman because the superhero "helps those who can't help themselves, regardless of the physical cost to his body and mind, and the effect in the perception of his public identity."
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Seventy-five years later, the Batman franchise is still going strong. Vinyl figures of Batman characters (right) have grown in popularity in recent years.
Hard-core 'Batman' fans celebrate 75 years —
Seventy-five years later, the Batman franchise is still going strong. Vinyl figures of Batman characters (right) have grown in popularity in recent years.
courtesy robin cross