Career Comics Īn aspiring writer and a part-time shoe salesman, Finger joined Bob Kane's nascent studio in 1938 after having met Kane, a fellow DeWitt Clinton alumnus, at a party. Finger graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx in 1933. The family moved to The Bronx, New York City, where during the Great Depression Louis Finger was forced to close his tailor shop. The family also included two daughters (or possibly nieces raised as daughters), Emily and Gilda. His stepmother Tessie was born in 1892 in New York City. Little is known about his biological mother Rosa Rosenblatt. His father, Louis Finger, was born in Austria-Hungary in 1890 and emigrated to the U.S. īill Finger was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1914 to an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
In 2015, DC Comics’ parent company conditionally agreed to recognize Finger’s intellectual property claim as co-creator of the Batman characters and mythos, officially adding his name, going forward, to the “created by” credit line Kane had gotten contractually guaranteed in 1939.
At the urging of Nobleman, the online comics fan community and others, Finger's granddaughter revived the fight to restore his lost legacy, which continued for years. In the 2000s, Finger biographer Marc Tyler Nobleman’s research uncovered previously unknown heirs. As a result, Finger died in obscurity and poverty while the Batman brand – and Kane – amassed international fame and wealth. While Kane privately admitted in a 1980s audio interview with his autobiographer that Finger was responsible for "50-75% of all the creativity in Batman," for decades he publicly denied Finger had been anything more than a subcontractor executing Kane’s ideas. Despite making major (sometimes, signature) contributions as an innovative writer, visionary mythos/world builder and illustration architect, Finger (and other creators of his era) was often relegated to ghostwriter status on many comics - including Batman, and Green Lantern (the original, Alan Scott version). Milton Finger (Febru – January 18, 1974), known professionally and personally as Bill Finger, was an American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer who was the uncredited (until 2015) co-creator (with Bob Kane) of the DC Comics superhero character Batman (launched in 1939). Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, 1999Įthel "Portia" Finger (nee Epstein April 24, 1943-1950s)įrederick Michael "Fred" Finger (December 26, 1948-February 4, 1992)
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