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Bob Kane

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Bob Kane

d. 1998

American comic book artist (1915–1998)

Late 20th Century

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Key Dates

Death

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Biography

Robert Kane was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who co-created Batman and many other 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.

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Timeline

1915
Birth

American author and illustrator (d. 1998)

October 24 →
1998
Death

American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)

November 3 →

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