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nThenworld was reeling from the Great Depression. The Spanish Civil Warnhad finally ended, but Italy had invaded Albania, and Adolf Hitler’snNazis had annexed Austria, invaded Czechoslovakia, and seemed to benplotting a takeover of Poland. It was looking very much as if Hitlernwas about to plunge the entire world into a much larger war, andndiplomats and European leaders were scrambling to avoid it.
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Thingsnwere looking really grim.
Thingsnwere looking really grim.n
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nThen,non May 1, who should appear?
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nThenCaped Crusader! The Dark Knight! n
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n Batman!
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nArtistnBob Kane and writer Bill Finger created the new comic book superheronfor Detective Comics, and Batman became immediately popular—sonpopular that he soon had his own comic book. n
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nNow,nBatman couldn’t do much about the problems the real world wasnfacing—but I do think that entertainment, especially the sort thatnpits good versus evil, and has good win, can help people bear harshnreality just a little bit better.
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CelebratenBatman!
CelebratenBatman!n
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nWear a cape!
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nMake a bat cake!
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nPlaynBatman games. n
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nStencil a T-shirt with Batman flames.
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nHerenare some great coloring pages—both printables and online coloringnpages.
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nPlannAhead…
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards of Maynholidays andnMaynbirthdays. n
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nAlsonon this date:
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