Batman & Bill (2017)

[the2ndevil]

I just finished this documentary about Bill Finger on Hulu.

A really insane story, truth be told. And I really recommend it, even though at times they were hitting the "Bob Kane is literally the devil" angle way too hard.

It sucks that it took damn near 40 years after his death to get the credit he deserved, but I'm glad he did end up getting it.

DC announced he would be getting the credit starting With the show Gotham and Dawn Of Justice on my 30th birthday, so I thought that was neat.

Has this spilled over to the comics, as well?

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I had been waiting for this, didn't know it was out yet. Thanks for the heads up.

[A Platypus Rave]

Jun 11, 2017 15:35:39 GMT -5 the2ndevil said:

Has this spilled over to the comics, as well?

the comics generally don't have credits like that so not really, "Written by and Drawn by" on the cover... the other people on an inside page. So it's not like Detective Comics has a big CREATED BY BOB KANE on the front.

But there was a comic with Finger's name on the cover for the first time relatively recently.

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Jun 11, 2017 17:55:02 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Jun 11, 2017 15:35:39 GMT -5 the2ndevil said:

Has this spilled over to the comics, as well?

the comics generally don't have credits like that so not really, "Written by and Drawn by" on the cover... the other people on an inside page. So it's not like Detective Comics has a big CREATED BY BOB KANE on the front.

But there was a comic with Finger's name on the cover for the first time relatively recently.

Cover credits, not very much (there was a reprint of DETECTIVE #27 that came out a while back which was Bill's 1st cover credit ever) but virtually every Batman comic since his credit became official - beginning with Dark Knight III #1, I believe - has featured "Batman Created By Bob Kane with Bill Finger" inside.

....I suspect "with" is a compromise with the Kane Estate, which had always been VERY much against giving anyone else credit, but (for reasons that maybe the doc goes into?) have stood down from very dramatically in recent years. Though there have been some.....glitches. (the JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK animated movies says "Bob Kane and Bill Finger.")

[the2ndevil]

Jun 11, 2017 18:16:38 GMT -5 @knapp said:

Jun 11, 2017 17:55:02 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

the comics generally don't have credits like that so not really, "Written by and Drawn by" on the cover... the other people on an inside page. So it's not like Detective Comics has a big CREATED BY BOB KANE on the front.

But there was a comic with Finger's name on the cover for the first time relatively recently.

Cover credits, not very much (there was a reprint of DETECTIVE #27 that came out a while back which was Bill's 1st cover credit ever) but virtually every Batman comic since his credit became official - beginning with Dark Knight III #1, I believe - has featured "Batman Created By Bob Kane with Bill Finger" inside.

....I suspect "with" is a compromise with the Kane Estate, which had always been VERY much against giving anyone else credit, but (for reasons that maybe the doc goes into?) have stood down from very dramatically in recent years. Though there have been some.....glitches. (the JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK animated movies says "Bob Kane and Bill Finger.")

The doc didn't really go much into Kane's family. I doubt they granted any interview requests, if any were made at all.

[Bub (BLM)]

I'm glad Bill is finally getting his due. I will never understand the insecurity of Bob Kane. He acted as if people would somehow think less of him if they knew he had a co-creator on Batman.