Bill Finger, Co-creator of Batman 1 1

[Prince Namor]

This thread was a real eye opener.

 

The link is summarized a few posts after the first post.

 

 

Steranko had a much better relationship with Eisner, but he doesn't pull any punches in calling him out for Spirit work he says was ghosted for him.

[Prince Namor]

Secret Origins of the Batman.

 

Great information, thanks for those links!

[Cyclops]

Bill in 1937.

 

http://tomztoyz.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/new-rare-photo-of-batman-co-creator.html

 

 

[shadroch]

If Tec 27 is a swipe, what does that make Kirbys AF 15 cover?

[kav]

Some have said Kane really never drew any of Batman besides rough sketches and hiring others to draw it up for him. I know all his convention sketches look like an 8 year old drew them so maybe there's some truth to this. He's one of the most forged artists because who cant draw at the 8 year old level???

[mysterio]

Wow. Unbelievable.

 

Bill Finger co-created Batman, and created the Joker, the original Green Lantern, Wildcat, Robin the Boy Wonder, Alfred, Bat-Mite, Catwoman, Penguin, Two-Face, Bat-Mite?

 

The guy was a genius.

 

 

And to think he created Bat-Mite twice and still didn't get any credit!

[RCheli]

Some have said Kane really never drew any of Batman besides rough sketches and hiring others to draw it up for him. I know all his convention sketches look like an 8 year old drew them so maybe there's some truth to this. He's one of the most forged artists because who cant draw at the 8 year old level???

 

That's absolutely not true.

 

Kane was a pretty dreadful artist, that's for sure. But he was drawing comics for National for at least two years before he created Batman, and I doubt that he was already having ghost artists before he even became a name for himself.

 

I doubt if Kane drew more than 20 Batman stories in his life, though. He didn't seem like a very good person in the least, but he was a smart businessman. In a time where creators were regularly mess upon, he managed to get and keep his name on his creation for 75 years. He was able to package a specific amount of pages every month for National, thereby giving him an income and allowing him to reap the benefits of Batman.

 

The same couldn't be said -- in their lifetime -- for Siegel and Shuster, Simon and Kirby, Hibbard, Beck, Burgos, Everett, etc.

[Cyclops]

'Who Created Batman?' panel from SDCC this year, basically discussing Bill Finger's contribution to the character. A terrific panel with some really interesting guests.

 

 

 

[Electricmastro]

And developer, if not, co-creator of Green Lantern as well!
 

Edited June 26, 2020 by Electricmastro

[Electricmastro]

Bill Finger’s text story about modern slavery from Crime and Punishment #69 (October 1954, Lev Gleason Publications).

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Hasn't everyone seen Batman and Bill on Hulu?
 

 

Edited June 27, 2020 by BlowUpTheMoon