THE GHOSTS OF BATMAN

THE GHOSTS OF BATMAN
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Of all of the various cartoonists who worked under the "Bob Kane" signature, the two perhaps most famous are Jerry Robinson, who created The Joker, and Dick Sprang, whose stylized drawings and huge props, as well as his rendition of Batman's razor sharp chin, make his work pretty easy to spot.Sheldon Moldoff, Gil "no relation" Kane, Chic Stone, Curt Swan, Jim Mooney, George Roussos, Charles Paris, the list goes on.In the early to mid-1960's, when famed editor Julius Schwartz took on the task of running the "bat-books" we were treated to some gorgeous, beautifully designed illustration on many BATMAN stories by Carmine Infantino, who was the first caroonist to render the so-called "New Look" BATMAN, most easily recognized by the placement of the yellow oval around Batman's chest emblem, making it resemble the famous, or infamous, Bat-Signal, from the 20th Century Fox television series BATMAN, that starred Adam West as Batman, and Burt Ward as Robin.We knew that these various cartoonists were definitely not Bob Kane, but those pesky attorneys had the staff at National Periodical Publications, the name of those days for DC COMICS, jumping through hoops.Dick Sprang passed away some time ago, but Sheldon Moldoff continues to draw commissioned works for his fans, I will get contact information into this blog soon.