If the Truth Be Known or A Finger in Every Plot!
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| Title: | If the Truth Be Known, Or A Finger in Every Plot! |
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| Editor(s): | Jerry Bails |
| Date(s): | 1965 |
| Fandom: | Batman |
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If the Truth Be Known or A Finger in Every Plot! by Jerry Bails
Overview
Mr. Finger’s contributions would not be publicly known until 1965. That was when a determined fan, Jerry Bails, realized that Bob Kane could not possibly be writing and drawing every Batman story on his own. Mr. Bails researched and produced a two-page mimeographed article, “If the Truth Be Known or ‘A Finger in Every Plot!’” which finally gave Batman’s other father credit. (Mr. Finger’s other additions to the Batman mythos include naming Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, the Batmobile, Gotham City and Commissioner Gordon.) Mr. Kane refuted the claims until 1989, when he admitted in his autobiography, “Batman and Me,” written with Tom Andrae, that Mr. Finger did not receive the recognition he deserved.[1]
- https://www.noblemania.com/2010/09/fandom-meet-finger.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20220616144519/https://www.noblemania.com/2010/09/fandom-meet-finger.html
- https://www.noblemania.com/2016/04/a-finger-in-every-plot-in-alter-ego.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211018080115/https://www.noblemania.com/2016/04/a-finger-in-every-plot-in-alter-ego.html ... Alter Ego
- https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-dark-knights-dark-secret-bill-fingers-uncredited-role-in-the-story-of-batman/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151022183813/https://comicsalliance.com/bill-finger-batman-comics-credit/