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May 8, 2017 · Artist Bob Kane, despite receiving sole credit (and payment) as creator, wasn’t the only person responsible for Bruce Wayne: writer Bill Finger had invented most of the crime-fighter's...
For more than 75 years Bob Kane had been the sole legally acknowledged creator of Batman. The 2012 book Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobleman challenged that notion by pointing out how Bill Finger is actually the person behind Batman and its mythos.
- Marc Tyler Nobleman, Ty Templeton
- 2012
May 5, 2017 · The truth, as proven decisively in the new documentary "Batman & Bill," is that writer Bill Finger, not artist Bob Kane, invented the Dark Knight.
- An Icon Was Born
- Adam West
- Dark Times Ahead
- First, in Print
- Second, in Cinema
- Warner Bros.
- Why Batman?
What Bob Kane and Bill Finger didn’t realize was how much that icon would transcend comics, film, media, and pop culture. Batman, for all that he is, is merely a man with no superpowers. He isn’t Superman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, The Flash or any other well-known hero. He is a man, who dresses in a costume and parades around Gotham delivering his fo...
In his first popular television appearance, Batman was portrayed as a little goofy and someone not to be taken seriously. It was littered with “pows, zaps, boinks” and every other un-bat like effect imaginable. To his detriment, the show took off like a wildfire and sparked a Bat-type revolution. For the first time in a long time, he could be seen ...
As artists and writers continued to leave their mark on the character, the readers noticed that the character was slowly returning to its roots. Bob Kane and Bill Finger would’ve been proud. Artists who were raised on the original, non-silly version, began to elevate the character back to the mountaintop from which he fell. His costume and demeanor...
The unforgettable Dark Knight Returns, Death In The Family, and Killing Joke released to both critical and fan appeal. Suddenly, the world took notice. 1. Jim Starlin 2. Frank Miller 3. Alan Moore Each story, crafted by masters of the industry, were responsible for causing more pain and heartache than Bruce Wayne had experienced since his parents d...
Tim Burton’s Batman Movie may very well go down as one of the best Batman movies of all time. The script was, as many of Burton’s movies, dark. The choice to cast Michael Keaton in the titular role was spot on. And it finally gave the world a perfect adaptation of the Joker. Sorry Cesar Romero but you have nothing on Jack Nicholson. The movie chang...
As the Bat-Machine ramped up, so to did the ambition of Warner Bros. Unfortunately, this translated into a return to the 1960’s style. Terrible jokes and Bat-Nipples were on their way. “Batman and Robin” was a critical failure on the highest of levels. Once again in the long history of Batman, those in charge forgot who he was. Warner Bros. did eve...
So, what is it about Batman that has captivated audiences for nearly a century? Why do we continue to flock to him even after he has fallen out of favor? What did Bob Kane and Bill Finger do so right? Batman is the average man’s hero. He is proof that any person with the will, can change the world around them. Batman, through all of his adversity, ...
Oct 17, 2019 · October 24th would have been Batman co-creator Bob Kane's 104th birthday. But the way he treated his partner Bill Finger makes it hard to celebrate.
- Mike Avila
Nov 17, 2016 · An enduring icon had, against astronomical odds, been created, albeit removed from a narrative framework: “‘When I created the Batman,’ admitted Bob Kane, ‘I wasn’t thinking of story. I was thinking, I have to come up with a character who’s different,’ and as an artist he was clearly more concerned with pictures than plot.
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Robert Kane (né Kahn / k ɑː n /; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator and artist who co-created Batman (with Bill Finger) and most early related characters for DC Comics.
