For the long time, everyone outside of die-hard comic book fans was under the impression that Bob Kane was the sole creator of Batman, considering the writer and artist’s name was displayed in the opening credits of every one of the Caped Crusader’s movies, and TV series (both live-action and animated).
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The 2017 Hulu documentary Batman and Bill exposes that misconnection and attempts to right the wrongs experienced by Bill Finger, the uncredited co-creator of one of the comic world’s most iconic characters.
Told through a combination of interviews with notable comic book writers, publishers, and fans and animations that look like something out of an old issue of Detective Comics, Batman and Bill tells the story of Bill Finger’s struggles in life as well as the crusade by his family and supporters to be recognized for his contributions in the decades following his 1974 death.