Yvonne Craig portrays the crime-fighting Batgirl in the 1960s television hit Batman. Craig died Monday, in her Los Angeles home from complications from breast cancer. She was 78. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc via AP hide caption
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Lenny B. Robinson dressed as Batman to cheer up sick kids. Facebook.com hide caption
In Gone Girl, Ben Affleck stars as a husband under scrutiny following his wife's disappearance. Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
Affleck: 'Gone Girl' Was Freeing, And 'Batman' Will Be No 'Daredevil'
"What Batman provides, what all superheroes provide is this notion that good will triumph over evil," says author Glen Weldon. "That evil will have its day, but there will be somebody up there who will keep trying, who will keep looking out for us. ... He's catharsis in a cape." Above, Adam West, as Batman, makes a road safety film with child actors in Kensington, London in the late 1960s. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
The little cape crusader's fans were out on Friday in San Francisco. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, talks strategy with Batman before saving a woman from peril in San Francisco on Friday. The Make-A-Wish Foundation turned San Francisco into Gotham City for Miles, creating a daylong event to grant the leukemia survivor's wish to be a superhero. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Neil Gaiman is also the author of Coraline, American Gods, Anansi Boys,Stardust and M Is for Magic. He was born in Hampshire, England, and now lives near Minneapolis. Darryl James/Getty Images hide caption
Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James on the set of the French TV show Le Grand Journal. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Things go dark in the Louisiana Superdome during Super Bowl XLVII. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images hide caption
A police officer outside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., early today after the shooting rampage. Ed Andrieski/AP hide caption
The Caped Crusader, about to get into his Batmobile. Facebook.com hide caption