{"id":2449,"date":"2009-12-15T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2009-12-15T00:30:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T05:30:50","slug":"like-batman-then-visit-the-bat-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/15\/like-batman-then-visit-the-bat-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Batman? Then visit the Bat-Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomztoyz.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Bat-Blog\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/bat-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I want to send a huge THANKS to Tommy from the <a title=\"Bat-Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/tomztoyz.blogspot.com\/\">Bat-Blog<\/a>!\u00a0 He was kind enough to give my other blog, <a title=\"Firestorm Fan\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/\">FIRESTORM FAN<\/a>, a shout-out last week.\u00a0 That was super-cool of him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;ve never checked out the <a title=\"Bat-Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/tomztoyz.blogspot.com\/\">Bat-Blog<\/a>, you should swing by and take a look.\u00a0 Tommy does a phenomenal job covering all things Batman.\u00a0 Considering the scope of the Bat-universe and the  surrounding merchandise, it&#8217;s an enormous task. I&#8217;m consistently impressed at how much he&#8217;s able to cover. Additionally, it&#8217;s one of the most visited comic book blogs on the net.\u00a0 Well worth your time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So be sure to swing by and check out his blog every day.\u00a0 Same Bat-Blog, same Bat-URL.\u00a0 &#8230; Sorry, I just had to do that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2449\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/15\/like-batman-then-visit-the-bat-blog\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2449\" class=\"share-facebook 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