Interesting, looks like Batman and the Black Bat join Doom Patrol, Xmen, and Swamp Thing, Manthing in the comic sync records as simular ideas being published at the same time by unrelated creators.Both the Black Bat and Batman hit the newsstands around the same time, and both claimed that the other was a copy. The threat of lawsuits ended when DC editor Whitney Ellsworth intervened. Ellsworth had once worked for the Black Bats publishers and brokered a deal that allowed both characters to co-exist peacefully. It is probable that the costumes of both characters were copied from the 1933/34 Black Bat series which featured costumed illustrations of the Black Bat inside the pulps though actually the Black Bat in the stories was indistinguishable from any other man in his choice of clothing. Batman creator Bob Kane always contended that the only bat-like man he had seen was the villain from the 1930 film, The Bat Whispers. However, the Black Bat did have a permanent influence on the Batman: chief Batman scribe Bill Finger called Kanes attention to the unique gauntlets the rival character wore. Subsequently, similar fins were added to Batmans gloves which remain to this day. Been seing the Black Bat allot in the Public Domain realm. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Bat
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:08:57 +0000
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