Melinda GronenFeb 16, 20154 minHow I Became a Caped Crusader...Growing up in Iowa, I was active and adventurous. Most free days my brother and I would play outside from sun up to sun down. We would go swimming in the river, exploring in the woods, setting up elaborate blanket forts, and playing cops and robbers in dramatic scenarios taken straight from the TV show Miami Vice (which we secretly watched without parental permission.) I remember going into the homes of neighbors to play with a new litter of kittens or watch Wheel of Fortune