Bill Finger, the forgotten pioneer
It's May of 1939 and Detective Comics issue number 27 has hit the shelves. The single issue that would go down in history for it's iconic first appearance of one of DC's most popular characters, the Dark Knight himself: Batman, or as he was originally known: The Bat Man. Today, the issue is now worth over 2 and a half million dollars, a substantial gain in value from a cover price of 10 cents. Bob Kane was notoriously known as the creator of Batman. However, Bill Finger also made massive contributions to the character and his surrounding universe, which unfortunately was left in the dark for decades. Bob Kane himself took sole credit for the creation of Batman from the character's first appearance all the way up to Kane's death in 1998. On his tombstone one line states: "Bob Kane, Bruce Wayne, Batman, they are one and the same". Not only was he the self-proclaimed creator of Batman, he was also a salesman which is arguably the reaso...