This is a head gum podcast.

In 2017, it's hard to remember that there was a time when the box office was

indominated by comic book adaptations and Cape Crusaders, but it used to be a novelty.

Something actually for nerds and not literally the most popular movies of all time.

The tide started turning back in 1989 with the Michael Keaton starring adaptation of Batman,

in which hot topic of fishy and auto Tim Burton posed the question, what if super hero,

but serious?

That movie kicked off the first wave of financially successful but increasingly dismal

Batman movies, concluding with Batman and Robin.

Or what I'm sure what Willie Ames would refer to as the best one.

Fans of Charles and Charge, or Aida's enough, may remember Mr. Ames as a regular on both

of those shows, a time when young Willie faced a national spotlight as well as crippling

addictions to cocaine and alcohol, which led to attending alcoholics anonymous meetings.

And eventually in the late 80s, Willie Ames got saved in 1995.

The incredibly low budget Bibleman series, written by directed by Ann Starring.

Willie Ames debuted on home video.

Bibleman, in aesthetic and in practice, is a super hero.

He's a cross between the camp-tastic, out-of-west era Batman and the more hip and cool mighty

morph and power rangers, with a few key differences.

Instead of a depressed orphan, bent on vigilante justice, it's just kind of a bored guy who found

a Bible in some mud.

Instead of the Bat-Zoo, Bibleman wears the full armor of God.

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