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The Rectification of Bill Finger’s Legacy

Batman & Bill, a Hulu documentary. Photo courtesy of Hulu.

This one’s going to be quick today, but for those of you Batman fans out there, or anyone interested in comics and creator ownership, you need to check out Batman and Bill on Hulu.

The documentary follows the struggle of the Finger family to get Bill Finger’s credit on the Batman property.

For those unaware, Bill Finger co-created Batman with Bob Kane and made many of the design choices that make the character recognizable and iconic, yet never received credit...

Bill: The Boy Wonder, by Marc Tyler Nobleman, the host of the documentary and the person who originally dug up all the info on Bill in recent years. This book came out and eventually spawned the interest for the documentary. Photo courtesy of Amazon.

As a creator of fiction and other art, this film moved me and it was gratifying to see the fandom stick up for Bill, even when there were only a few at the beginning. This is also why I never choose to pirate films or other media; creators are due royalties and recognition for their work.

‘Nuff said.

-Kyle