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Bob Kane Golden Years PP Batman 50th Anniversary Print

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Bob Kane Golden Years PP Batman 50th Anniversary Print
This wonderful piece is commomerating the 50th Anniversay of the ever so popular Batman series. Depicted here are your favorite characters from this hit comic book. * Artist: Bob Kane Title: The Golden Years (Part 1 of 2) Medium: Lithograph print on paper Edition: Numbered Printers Proof out of 75 marked PP Size of Image: 12 7/8" x 16 3/4" Size of Paper: 16 3/4" x 21 5/8" Publication: First Team Press, Inc Gold Publisher stamp at lower center Date: 1989 Condition: Excellent Biography * Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn; October 24, 1915 - November 3, 1998) was an American comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman. He was inducted into both the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996. * In early 1939, DC's success with the seminal superhero Superman in Action Comics prompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceived "the Bat-Man". Kane said his influences for the character included actor Douglas Fairbanks' movie portrayal of the swashbuckler Zorro, Leonardo Da Vinci's diagram of the ornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings; and the 1930 film The Bat Whispers, based on Mary Rinehart's mystery novel The Circular Staircase. In 1943, Kane left the Batman comic books to focus on penciling the daily Batman newspaper comic strip. DC Comics artists ghosting the comic-book stories now included Jack Burnley and Win Mortimer, with Robinson moving up as penciler and Fred Ray contributing some covers. After the strip finished in 1946, Kane returned to the comic books but, unknown to DC, had hired his own personal ghosts, including Lew Schwartz: Lew Schwartz interview, Alter Ego #51 (Aug. 2005) and Sheldon Moldoff from 1953-1967 * Information retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kane *