I never knew this. Before there video games, there were comic books.

Obvious, right?

What I mean is, before video games were around to take the blame for the destruction of our youth, there were comic books.

I learned this from an interesting slide show on the early history of Batman.

I also learned that Batman, from his earliest incarnation, reflected the idea of the perfectibility of man — that through hard work, discipline and education, a man could achieve great powers.

I also learned that Batman may have been gay, with an interest in young boys.

And that was where Batman really ran afoul of the moralizers of the post-war era, and why there is a Batgirl.

The Batman I grew up with is nothing like the original Batman, but the original Batman has more in common with the recent movies.

The latest DVD: Batman Begins [HD DVD]

Entertainment Weekly has published a slideshow of the 17 coolest cars in pop culture history.

The editors missed one. It’s a rather glaring oversight. They left out the Mustang Steve McQueen drove in the 1968 film Bullitt.

The movie is really what made the Mustang into the muscle car icon it is.

Oops.

The DVD: Bullitt