![]() ![]() So abandoning the theatrics, no, I don’t believe Bob was evil, but he was greedy (look at his 1965 letter to Batmania) and self-absorbed (look at his gravestone). I have been conscientious about not name-calling or otherwise resorting to uncivil discourse on the subject, but the way that Spectator Tribune question was phrased, in a moment of passion, I did allow myself an exception. (These accounts come from multiple authoritative, non-conflicting sources, including Bob’s autobiography.) Bob drew only a handful of Batman stories at the beginning before hiring ghost artists and he did not write a single Batman story. When writing Bill the Boy Wonder, I realized that in simply spelling out what Bill did, it makes it all the more striking just how much Bob did NOT do. I am not diminishing Bob’s contributions he did that himself - unintentionally, of course. Marc Tyler Nobleman: It would mean that literally tens of millions of people would learn the name “Bill Finger” in a single day.ĭevil’s advocate – and you can take that as literally as you would like – but does it diminish Bob Kane’s contributions to Batman when you classify him as the villain? And if that is the point, what informs the recent remarks that you made to the Spectator Tribune about Kane’s creative contribution to Batman, in which you said: “maybe the name “Bat-Man,” but even that is disputed besides, between pulps and film, bat-themed characters were nothing new by 1939. Den of Geek: Talk to us about the campaign to get Bill Finger a Google Doodle in honor of his 100th birthday. ![]()
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