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FUN FACTS
Batman made his first appearance as a comic book superhero in DC Comics “Detective Comics No. 27, May 1939”. Bob Kane has been credited with the original creation of Batman. Kane was a twenty-two year old comic book artist creating fill-in cartoons about dogs and cats for DC Comics when he was selected to create a hero as powerful and appealing as Superman, DC Comic’s year old phenomenal success. Kane’s inspiration for Batman reportedly came from three sources—a Leonardo da Vinci sketch of a man trying to fly with attached bat-like wings, a 1930’s silent mystery movie titled “The Bat Whisperer” about a bat faced villain, and the masked heroes from “The Shadow and Zorro”. Although Kane had skills as both a cartoon artist and writer, Kane indicated that he “didn’t have the time to literally write and draw the (Batman) strip at the same time.” As a result, Kane worked with writer Bill Finger, who wrote the scripts from ideas Kane and Finger collaborated on.