wade freedman has more on that. >> who better to analyze a possible link between a comic book eye onlife tragedy than the people who know batman best, his fans and patrons. >> we have batman here and someone more featured stories. >> to appreciate the depth and breadth of the economic empire look no further than san mateo where batman has become so popular in anticipation of the new picture, some items sold out. mark manages the store. he said anything between the shooting and the story remains superficial. teargas was used and other things, and actually described to take people out. >> at theaters some people stayed away. >> i'm not going to take my grandchildren to go see batman. i had mean, we were. >> still, it played to mostly packed houses on three screens. zach hadn't even heard of the tragedy until we told him. >> it may be the only psychological correlation i can see with this person that may have killed a lot of people sounds like -- >> a thought that resonated back at lee's where customers point the out with batman any violence remains fictional, at least until we learn ot

wade freedman has more on that. >> who better to analyze a possible link between a comic book icon andy than the people who know batman best, his fans and patrons. >> we have batman here and someone more featured stories. >> to appreciate the depth and breadth of the batman economic empire, look no further than san mateo where batman has become so popular in anticipation of the new picture, some items sold out. mark manages the store. he said any connections between the story and the shootings remain circumstantial. >> you go in and make a lose connection he used teargas and teargas was used in a comic, it's a comic related attack. but it is also used other places when you want to take someone out. >> at theaters some people stayed away. >> i'm not going to take my grandchildren to go see batman. i had mean, we were. >> still, it played to mostly packed houses on three screens. zach hadn't even heard of the tragedy until we told him. >> generally comic book movies appeal to people that like the franchise. >> it may be the only psychological correlation i can see with this person that m

abc reporter wade freedman picks up the story. >> it's been a form of cultural.ave you heard this yet. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist on him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage? >> a less scrutinize, critical world the remarks would have passed but with controversy comes opportunity, first from chicago mayor emanuele. >> and from boston mayor thomas. >> i don't believe a company that speaks out against gay rights in our country today should have the opportunity to operate in the city of boston. >> san francisco mayor edwin lee chimed in. quote, chick-fil-a in san francisco is 40 miles away and i strongly recommend that they try not to come any closer, end quote. and with every new quote the debate seems to expand. what began was a discussion of same-sex marriage has turned into a dewait about free speech and government boundaries. new york city mayor michael bloomberg weighed in. >> where government really is too big when government starts to trample on people's freedoms. and tram bowli