Bob Kane | |
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Born | Robert Kahn October 24, 1915 New York City, U.S. |
Died | November 3, 1998 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller |
Notable works | Detective Comics |
Spouse(s) | Beverly Sommer
(m. 1940; div. 1957)Elizabeth Sanders (m. 1987) |
Children | 1 |
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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 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.