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Bob Kane

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Also known as Robert Kahn, Robert Kane

American comic book artist, the co-creator of Batman (1915-1998)

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Bob Kane was an American comics artist, penciller, writer, and screenwriter. Born in New York City on October 24, 1915, he was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School and Cooper Union. His notable work includes Gotham City. Kane’s artistic influences included *The Mark of Zorro* and *The Bat*. He was a member of the Jewish ethnic group and spoke English.

Kane received the Inkpot Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He died in Los Angeles on November 3, 1998, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1937
Works
82

Top works

  • Los archivos de Batman nº 07
  • Los archivos de Batman nº 07
  • Batman/Hellboy/Starman (En Español)
  • Catwoman
  • Los archivos de Batman nº 05

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Writing · New York City, New York, USA

Robert Kane (né Kahn /kɑːn/; October 24, 1915–November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who created Batman and most early related characters for DC Comics. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Kane, licensed under…

Known for

  • Superpowered: The DC Story — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Knight Immortal — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Heart of Batman — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Batman & Bill — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics — Self (archive footage)2010
  • Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman — Self (archive footage)2005
  • Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes — Self (archive footage)2001
  • Batman Forever — Guest (uncredited)1995
  • Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? — Self - Creator of Batman1995
  • The Comic Book Greats: Bob Kane — Self1992

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1915
Active to
1998
pop rock

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
68
Total plays
268

Tags

batmanbbcknightfallbob kane

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Kane">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Bob Kane

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

    · 2009 · cited 59,247x

  2. <i>Colloquium</i>: Topological insulators

    · 2010 · cited 18,424x

  3. The Sequence of the Human Genome

    · 2001 · cited 10,203x

  4. Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving maxwell's equations in isotropic media

    · 1966 · cited 9,311x

  5. Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Graphene

    · 2005 · cited 7,162x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • Bill Finger was a contributing force on Batman right from the beginning. He wrote most of the great stories and was influential in setting the style and genre other writers would emulate … I made Batman a superhero-vigilante when I first created him. Bill turned him into a scientific detective.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Born
Robert Kahn , ( 1915-10-24 ) October 24, 1915, New York City, U.S.
Died
November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03) (aged 83), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area
Writer, Penciller
Notable works
Detective Comics
Spouses
Beverly Sommer ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) ​ Elizabeth Sanders ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ) ​

via Wikipedia infobox

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Robert Kane (né Kahn /kɑːn/; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who co-created Batman (with Bill Finger) and many other early related characters for DC Comics. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bob Kane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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