CCI: The Siegel and Shuster and Finger Panel

[CBR News]

Comics historians Mark Evanier, Larry Tye and Marc Tyler Nobleman reflect on the contributions and importance of Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster and Bill Finger to the comic book industry.


Full article here.

[Fan-El]

I wish they had discussed Frank Foster. Because I do believe that Kane stole the idea of naming a character Batman from him. Frankly, I don't think Kane contributed much to the creation of Batman, either way. He's really Finger's creation. Kane only came up with the name, basically.

[Kurosawa]

Even Kane's art when he did do the art was often swipes, and all of his ghosts were better than him. He did have a good eye for talent, but he was a total scam artist.

Jerry and Joe's story is more conventional to a degree, as they were used and screwed over by a corporation-that's what corporations do, especially if you don't know any better (and they were 18 year old kids who didn't know any better).

[Ed Love]

I wish they had discussed Frank Foster. Because I do believe that Kane stole the idea of naming a character Batman from him. Frankly, I don't think Kane contributed much to the creation of Batman, either way. He's really Finger's creation. Kane only came up with the name, basically.

The Foster story has a whole lot of holes in it. The date of creation claimed not only predates Batman, but the various comic strip characters, pulp characters and pretty much every evolutionary step along the way. It requires more suspension of disbelief than most superhero stories. Whereas, we can see deliberate links to the comic strips and pulp story elements thanks to Kane and Finger being pretty brazen about their swipes.

[Kyle Anderson]

Having DC add a Bill Finger credit next to Bob Kane's name would be great. I don't know much about that, but starting an online petition could give some atention to the subject.