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I often tell my wife, if I could go back fifteen years, before he died, I would like to say. However, after the popularity of Tim Burton's Batman (1989), Kane acknowledged Finger as 'a contributing force' in the character's creation, and wrote in his 1989 autobiography 'Batman and Me' that 'Now that my long-time friend and collaborator is gone, I must admit that Bill never received the fame and recognition he deserved. Finger died penniless and his contributions to the character was never acknowledged in his lifetime. Finger, who by this time was deeply in debt, continued to write for various projects in and outside of comic books until his death in 1974, when he was found alone in his apartment by friend Charles Sinclair. Kane caught wind of Finger's appearance not long after and replied in the form of a printed letter to Batman fan magazine, 'Batmania,' where he labeled his old friend a fraud. Finger's story gained exposure in a two-page article titled 'If the truth be known, or a Finger in every plot!,' written and distributed by pop culturist Jerry Bails. Finger attended the first official New York Comic Con in 1965 and sat on a panel with other comic book creators where he revealed the role he played in Batman's creation. Despite all of this, the only writing credit that Finger received for Batman in his lifetime were two episode of Batman (1966), The Clock King's Crazy Crimes (1966) and The Clock King Gets Crowned (1966) which he co-wrote with friend Charles Sinclair. He also came up with several secondary Batman characters including, his sidekick Robin, his arch-nemesis The Joker, and his occasional love interest Catwoman, as well as Commissioner Gordon, The Riddler and The Scarecrow. These included the Batmobile, the Batcave, Gotham City, and Batman's nickname 'The Dark Knight'. During his writing tenure, Finger was responsible for the unaccredited creation of many key players and pieces in the Batman universe.

Finger would go on to ghost write Batman stories up into the mid 1960's, either with Kane or for DC Comics directly. Unfortunately, the agreement was never put into writing, and Finger never saw a cent. Out of fairness, Kane agreed to pay Finger his share with money out of his earnings. When Kane negotiated a contract about selling the rights to the 'Batman' character, he claimed he was the sole creator and demanded a sole mandatory byline acknowledging him as such on all comics and adaptations. The script was written by an uncredited Finger, making him the first of many ghost writers to work on comics officially credited to Bob Kane. Kane marketed the 'Batman' character to National Comics, and Batman's first story was published in 'Detective Comics' #27 (May 1939). His changes included changing his hair colour, a black colour scheme for the costume, adding a cape and cowl, the idea that he shouldn't have any superpowers, his civilian identity of Bruce Wayne (which Finger named after Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland and general Anthony 'Mad Anthony' Wayne), the origin story about his parents being shot in an alley and the idea that he should also be a detective. Finger rejected several of Kane's initial ideas about the character and suggested several changes in design and characterization. Kane then asked for writer Bill Finger's assistance on the project. After the success of the comic book Superhero Superman, artist Bob Kane tried to come up with his own hero 'The Bat-Man', the character Kane created wore a red suit with a domino mask, blonde hair and a pair of bat wings.

Black knight sleeping around slowed down