Documentary about the uncredited co-creator of Batman, Bill Finger.
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Thomas Andrae | ... | Himself |
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Benjamin Zaido Cruz | ... | Himself |
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Athena Finger | ... | Herself |
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Bill Finger | ... | Himself - archival |
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Stacey C. Friends | ... | Herself |
| Bob Kane | ... | Himself - archival | |
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Althea Mariotta | ... | Herself |
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Marc Tyler Nobleman | ... | Himself |
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Lyn Simmons | ... | Herself (as Edith 'Lyn' Simmon) |
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Roy Thomas | ... | Himself |
| Michael E. Uslan | ... | Himself (as Michael Uslan) | |
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Documentary about the uncredited co-creator of Batman, Bill Finger.
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This is an interesting one-sided argument. However it does ignore any investigation towards Bob Kane's contribution to the creation. Focusing purely on the speculative works of Bill.
A statement is made early on in the film, that Bill was paid as a "Ghost Writer". Perhaps he forgot to look up the definition of that, because if true, it justifies everything Bob did, even if Bill did create it.
And later on, the film shows early design templates that Bob came up with, that apparently Bill developed further. A friend offering ideas and suggestions to someone else's work, is a bit different to plagiarism or whatever else they are trying to suggest. The original templates were developed by Bob, regardless of what changes were made along the journey to publication.
And lets just say for arguments sake, Bill came up with the design. Bob was the marketing business expert who risked actual money and time into publishing him. Comics books were a new medium, and other superheroes had failed. He was the risk taker, who compiled the team of writers, artists and colourist and steered the ship as it were through war time and kept the dream alive.
This documentary needed a deeper look at what Bob Kane added the equation, to balance out the argument and allow the viewer a clearer understanding of how much credit Bill deserves, and for what.