Kane signed away ownership in the character in exchange for, among other compensation, a mandatory byline on all Batman comics. This byline did not originally say "Batman created by Bob Kane"; his name was simply written on the title page of each story. The name disappeared from the comic book in the mid-1960s, replaced by credits for each story's actual writer and artists. In the late 1970s, when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster began receiving a "created by" credit on the Superman titles, along with William Moulton Marston being given the byline for creating Wonder Woman, Batman stories began saying "Created by Bob Kane" in addition to the other credits.
Finger did not receive the same recognition. While he had received credit for other DC work since the 1940s, he began, in the 1960s, to receive limited acknowledgment for his Batman writing; in the letters page of
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This statement is fraudulent and entirely untrue." Kane himself also commented on Finger's lack of credit. "The trouble with being a 'ghost' writer or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without 'credit'. However, if one wants the 'credit', then one has to cease being a 'ghost' or follower and become a leader or innovator."[25]
In 1989, Kane revisited Finger's situation, recalling in an interview:
In those days it was like, one artist and he had his name over it [the comic strip] — the policy of DC in the comic books was if you can't write it, obtain other writers, but their names would never appear on the comic book in the finished version. So Bill never asked me for it [the byline] and I never volunteered — I guess my ego at that time. And I felt bad, really when he [Finger]
A magnitude of literary work will portray a Christ-like figure within, “This may surprise some of you, but we live in a Christian culture” (Foster 124). We may not always have blunt and obvious signs of the portrayal of Christ, but they are there. For instance, Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are both great representations of a Christ-like figure on the grounds of resurrection.
We always called this brave hero, Batman. Few knew his real identity, and they have reframed from sharing this information with the public, even as police commissioner, I James Gordon, never knew his real identity.
His character is largely influenced by his parents’ actions when they sent him away with Mr. Thatcher. Therefore, he is always looking to be loved, and is constantly driven by his ego to prove something. Kane takes everything for granted, and feels like he should get special treatment because he’s rich. Kane is emotionally insecure, a result of being abandoned by his parents. Trying to obtain power and status, he manipulates the public in an attempt to gain complete control through his newspaper. In his quest to gain power, he attracts many women and friends. However, his attitude pushes people away when they get to close, as a result of his using them for his own personal furtherance. Kane views himself as the center of the universe, and his actions are greatly influenced by his desire for power. Orson Welles created Charles Foster Kane as fictional character. Welles relates Kane to William Randolph Hearst, another powerful, rich man at the time. In many other ways, Charles Kane can also be related to Orson Welles, whose mother died at an early
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the Super Hero Series Batman. This crime fighter originally appeared in Detective Comics issue #27 in 1939. It later became a comic book series, a TV series and a movie series. The character Batman is second only to Superman as a Super Hero. Amazingly Batman has no super powers, but he does have a lot of neat crime fighting gadgets. In this paper, we will explore the creation of Batman, his supporting cast of characters both good and bad and the gadgets he used.
Stanley Martin Lieber, or as the nerd world calls him, Stan Lee, found national renown by building the Marvel Franchise into what it is today, a multi-million dollar company that publishes comic books, shoots movies, designs video games, and creates their own television shows. The Marvel Franchise’s humble beginnings parallel that of its creator. Lee was born in New York City on December 28, 1922. His parents, Celia and Jack Lieber, had immigrated from Romania only years before. Lee’s younger brother, Larry, was born nine years later, and would later go on to work for Marvel Comics.
Bruce Wayne, Batman’s secret identity, is an American billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and owner of Wayne Enterprises. Batman is one of the most well-known and well-liked superheroes of all time probably because of all of the comics, TV shows, movies and video games with him in it. Many are interested in Batman mainly because he is human, has no super powers and no special abilities just like a normal person but continues in many super human things using his gadgets, a body suit and a brilliant mind. Not only are these some of the differences between him and some other super heroes but he wants to see justice served and to defeat his enemies because he focuses on what is right and what is wrong. Batman has starred in about fourteen films both as a starring character and as an ensemble character beginning in 1943 and the latest in 2012 with two more coming in 2016 and 2017. Having earned a total of U.S. $1,900,844,295, the Batman series is the fifth-highest-grossing film series in North America. The first full-length movie of batman made in 1989 shows that to overcome great diversity one must step out of the bounds of what is socially and morally acceptable though the characterization of Batman, the contrast between
One way he influenced the comic book world was by revolutionizing the way characters behaved in his stories. Many of the characters in the older comic books were given makeovers to make the audiences like them more because they were flat and lacked emotion. This was called the Silver Age of Comics. The older characters lacked a personality. Stan Lee was an office assistant at Timely Comics in 1939 and soon after that he became an interim editor in the 1940s (Stan). When Martin Goodman, the publisher of Marvel Comics, Timely Comic’s new name, since 1939, asked Stan Lee to create a team of superheroes better than the Justice League of America, their rival in comic books, Stan Lee had his doubts. Mr. Goodman thought that comic books should be dumbed down because they were for “stupid children.” Stan Lee did not agree with Martin Goodman’s idea. Stan Lee already wanted to quit, so his wife advised him to go ahead and write the story the way he wanted to write it. If Goodman fired him it would be okay since he already was contemplating quitting. Lee decided to write a story about four people who got superpowers after an accident in space. They were completely different from other superheroes because they did not wear costumes. The story was also based in New York City instead of Metropolises or Gotham City like Superman and Batman. These characters also had a real personality along with a real job, no secret identity, or alter egos. This story was known as the Fantastic Four. It was extremely different than many other comic books. (Garcia)
Citizen Kane was produced, co-written, directed, and lead acted by Orson Welles in 1941 at the young age of twenty-five. The story is based on real life publisher and tycoon William Randolph Hearst, though Welles was hesitant to admit it. None the less this didn’t stop Hearst from stopping all mentioning of Citizen Kane in his papers, and attempting to stop RKO from releasing it. Luckily this didn’t occur, though the film did have difficulty showing the film at major theatres.
...t up in his honor. Batman gets this statue because he is worthy of this honor for all that he has done for Gotham City.
At that time, I had been generally acknowledged for several years as the top American writer both seriously and, as far as prices went, popularly. I...was confidant to the point of conceit. Hollywood made a big fuss over us and the ladies all looked very beautiful to a man of thirty. I honestly believed that with no effort on my part I was a sort of magician with words...Total result - a great time and no work. I was to be paid only a small amount unless they made my picture - they didn't. (Mizener 205)
The creators of the joker were Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, and Bob Kane. The joker was at first a straightforwar...
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