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Published Wednesday, June 15, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

DOES BOSTON NEED BATMAN? Why do you ask such silly questions? Because I can answer them.

Batman might begin again today on the big screen, but here in Beantown, the caped crusader would more likely be relegated to the cast of Cold Case.
Not that we don't need another hero.
But Batman, the most famous superhero without any superpowers, wouldn't have many reasons to bust out the Batmobile in Boston. Most of the Hub's colorful villians are, like the so-called Dark Knight, vestiges of a bygone era.
Where was Batman when we needed him?
In 1939, DC's Detective Comics introduced Bruce Wayne, an orphaned billionaire who becomes a playboy philanthropist by day, a crime-fighting vigilante by night.
Boston has never seen any real-life imitators, despite the contention of Batman Begins screenwriter David S. Goyer, who said he modeled the young Bruce Wayne after John F. Kennedy Jr.
John-John as Batman?

Read the rest of the story: Batman's here, but does Hub need a vigilante? (Boston Herald)