From Zorro came Batman…

Jared Chapman | June 20th, 2005

To celebrate the release of the new Batman movie, NPR recently aired an old interview with Batman creator, Bob Kane, in which he discusses the origin of the Dark Knight.

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  • You can never, EVER, go wrong with any kind of Batman link.

    never, EVER.

    I love hearing about the Golden Age of comics!
    -J
  • Take anything Kane says about the early days of Batman with a grain of salt. He had a tendency to minimize contributions of the artists with whom he worked on those early stories; particularly Jerry Robinson and Bill Finger, who co-created much of the world Batman inhabited.
  • Nicholas Post
    Dirk Deppey,
    I agree with you that Jerry Robinson and Bill Finger should be remembered as the true co-creators of the famed Batman. Their names should be printed next to Bob in every Batman comic books like Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in Superman comic books.
    Thank you for brought it up,
    Nicholas Post
  • Yeah, I agree with you guys as well. From what I've read, Kane was determined to not lose out financially (like Siegel & Shuster), but also to make sure that his name would always be associated with Batman even if it meant glossing completely over the contributions of Robinson & Finger.

    I've always been happy that Frank Miller acknowledged Robinson & Finger in Dark Knight Returns; a sort of tribute to the men who REALLY put their blood, sweat and tears into the Batman mythos.
    -J
  • Nicholas Post
    Re:
    "I’ve always been happy that Frank Miller acknowledged Robinson & Finger in Dark Knight Returns; a sort of tribute to the men who REALLY put their blood, sweat and tears into the Batman mythos."

    Me too. That was 2nd most important turning point for this icon figure next to amazing revival by Neal Adams.
    ~n.
  • Since my Batman history isn't that up to par, I've really enjoyed reading the comments that have been posted so far. Great discussion everyone.
  • Nicholas Post
    Is there anybody else who wish to share their thoughts about these recent comments?

    I was born in 1956 and Dick Sprang was responsible for getting my eyes glued to his incredible (and still unmatched) art works in the early 80-Page Giant/Annual Batman comic books.

    I almost died when Neal Adams did his stuffs in the Brave and the Bold, Batman and Detective comic books, Deadman, a couple of World's Finests and (gasp!) X-Men!
    ~n.
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