Bill Finger

William " Bill " Finger ( born February 8, 1914 in Denver, † 18 January 1974) was an American comic book writer. Of his works Batman is the best known.

Life

Bill Finger first comic stories went 1938 into the pressure. It was Rusty and his Pals and Clip Carson for Bob Kane. This was commissioned in 1939 by the then DC editor in chief, to design a similar figure after the success of Superman. Kane pointed fingers his designs for The Bat -Man. Finger made ​​some suggestions for improvement. He gave Kane the inspiration for the Cape (Batman had previously blades) and other things. The name Bruce Wayne was conceived by finger. Through him, Batman was a superhero without super powers. The DC editor in chief liked the Bat -Man and so had his first appearance in Detective Comics Detective Comics 33 27 In the history of Batman was released, written by fingers.

He also wrote for Green Lantern, Superman, Wildcat, Challengers of the Unknown, Tomahawk, Blackhawk, Captain America and others. Another " meeting " with Batman he had in the 60s, when he acted for some episodes of the Batman television series as an author.