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Great shape #275 of 500, small chip in glass, but NO damage to print is at very top, print is also matted in blue.
JOHN MAIORIELLO BATMAN ORIGINAL SKETCH ART COLLECTION BY BOB KANE L.E. 275/500FRAME SIZE 19\'\' x 15\'\'ART SIZE 16\'\' x 11.5\'\'Titled : Batman\'s ScrapbookI am not a collector or grader, so please inspect the pictures carefully to determine the condition,
and if you have any questions please ask them before placing your offerBatmanDetective Comics#27 (May 1939). The first appearance of Batman. Art by Bob Kane.
In early 1939, DC\'s success with the seminal superheroSupermaninAction Comicsprompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceivedthe Bat-Man.Kane said his influences for the character included actorDouglas Fairbanks\' film portrayal of theswashbucklerZorro,Leonardo da Vinci\'s diagram of theornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings; and the 1930 filmThe Bat Whispers, based onMary Rinehart\'s mystery novelThe Circular Staircase(1908)
Bill Fingerjoined Bob Kane\'s nascent studio in 1938. An aspiring writer and part-time shoe salesperson, he had met Kane at a party, and Kane later offered him a jobghost writingthe stripsRustyandClip Carson.He recalled that Kane
...had an idea for a character called \'Batman\', and he\'d like me to see the drawings. I went over to Kane\'s, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with kind of ... reddish tights, I believe, with boots ... no gloves, no gauntlets ... with a small domino mask, swinging on a rope. He had two stiff wings that were sticking out, looking like bat wings. And under it was a big sign ... BATMAN.
