Batman and Bill: The Bill Finger documentary

http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/558036/batman-bill-finger-documentary

https://youtu.be/59c4Lfpii9w

Post by mizerable on 6 hours ago
I know this will turn into a discussion about how much of a monster Bob Kane was, but I honestly think he gets way too much of a bad rep.

Bob did indeed have the concept for "a Batman", which Finger in turn fleshed out. Keep in mind, Finger was working at a shoe store at the time and making far less money before Bob offered him a job.

Also remember what happened to the two that created Superman, they were screwed out of the rights. Since Kane didn't want the same thing to happen to Batman, he rightfully developed a better contract.

People will probably ask why he didn't include Finger, we'll keep in mind that Kane oversaw all the aspects of Batman and approved of them, so even if he wasn't developing the character, he was working hard to market him. Kane was able to showcase the character in a way that was not possible in just the writing. A lot of good superheroes were created, smartly written and a lot of times died a quick death.

So while his initial ideas of Batman sucked, let's not undermine how successful Bob Kane was at marketing the character. He wasn't some figurehead who did nothing, in terms of his creation he's more in line with a Vince McMahon or Walt Disney; someone who is ambitious and has the ability to market an idea to a new audience as something original, with the help of some talented people.

Kane and Finger were friends for most of their lives. Finger did not handle his own finances and had alcohol problems. By no means was he just making pauper wages to survive and it's too bad he died so early in life as Kane did speak very highly of him and did give him much of the credit of helping shape Batman.