Bob Kane

Bob Kane
Kane posing with a Batmobile painting in 1966
BornRobert Kahn
(1915-10-24)October 24, 1915
New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1998(1998-11-03) (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area(s)Writer, Penciller
Notable works
Detective Comics
Spouse(s)
Beverly Sommer
(m. 1940; div. 1957)
    Elizabeth Sanders
    (m. 1987)
    Children1
    Signature

    Robert Kane ( Kahn /kɑːn/; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who created Batman and many 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.