Here's the real-life gravesite marker for Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, at the Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA. It reads:
"Robert Kane aka Bob Kane....GOD bestowed a dream upon Bob Kane, Blessed with divine inspiration and a rich imagination, Bob created a legacy known as BATMAN. Introduced in a May 1939 comic book, Batman grew from a tiny actor into an American Icon. A "Hand of God" creation, Batman and his world personify the eternal struggle of good versus evil, with GOD's laws prevailing in the end. Bob Kane, Bruce Wayne, Batman--they are one and the same. Bob infused his dual identity character with his own attributes: goodness, kindness, compassion, sensitivity, generosity, intelligence, integrity, courage, purity of spirit, a love of all mankind. Batman is known as the "Dark Knight", but through his deeds he walks in the Light of a Higher Power, as did his creator--Bob Kane!...Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather. In Loving Memory."
4 comments:
Holy swelled head, Batman! Is that a eulogy or an application for sainthood?
If nothing else, this sure sounds like what Kane thought of himself, so I'm tempted to accuse him of writing his own obit. But that would make it about the only creation after 1940 he didn't assign to a "ghost", so I guess not.
I agree that should be changed "from divine inspiration and a rich imagination" to Mr. Finger
If that's his marker, Finger and Robinson should have 80 foot gilded statues in their likeness.
With all due respect, the line about Kane, Wayne and the Batman being one and the same made me roll my eyes.
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