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Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 - January 18, 1974) was an American comic book writer and the primary contributor in the creation of Batman. Finger was hired by Bob Kane as a ghostwriter to create the Bruce Wayne identity and flesh out his backstory. Finger along with Gardner Fox created most of the core identifiable elements of the Batman brand while Jerry Robinson and Sheldon Moldoff established some of the early visual designs.

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Finger wrote hundreds of Batman stories, including the very first, The Case of the Chemical Syndicate. Finger's primary influence was Walter B. Gibson's work on The Shadow magazines. Finger created many Batman storylines and characters very often without the Editor of Batman, Bob Kane contributing any ideas at all. However, during his lifetime, he was only credited with two Batman storylines. These were two episodes of the 1960's Batman show: The Clock King's Crazy Crimes and The Clock King Gets Crowned which he co-wrote with Charles Sinclair. In the 2000's, a grassroots campaign was spearheaded by Marc Tyler Nobleman, Finger's biographer, to have Finger's creator status recognized. Once finding Finger's granddaughter and heir, he convinced her to fight to honor his legacy. Batman & Bill, a book and documentary was produced about the legal crusade to get his name attached to Batman. Pressured by this and nine years of growing public support, in 2015, DC formally recognized Bill Finger's creative role in the creation of Batman, and would credit his name on any Batman media going forward.

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Amazing World of DC Comics

Amazing World of DC Comics memoriam, one year after his death

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