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Remembering Kevin Conroy

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I am going to begin my getting on an old man soapbox. Growing up in the 80's and 90's was a  very different experience. Obviously this was over 30 years ago (checks math...yep 30 years...shit) so childhood memories are from a different world. When you grew up a comic book  fan you were ostracized to say it lightly. There is a reason movies like Revenge of the Nerds were made after all, unlike now when everyone and their aunts, cousins and mild acquaintances  are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now this leads to the reason I began with that. When I would get off the bus after school I would  rush home if it was close to 4:30 because that is when Batman: The Animated Series came on.  Of course I wouldnt tell others that is why I was trying to get home because I was already a fat  nerd and didn't want to give people another reason to say something to me. When the show started in September 1992 I was 12 years old and had watched Batman  Returns a few months e