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That time Bob Kane was dissed in a Batman film and you totally missed it.

Yes, Bob Kane was dissed in the 1989 Batman film starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusading Dark Knight. Did you miss it? The Deal Bob Kane was called a dick. Yes, he absolutely was but, what I'd really love to know is, was this intentional or just merely a coincidence?  Whether or not it was intentional or a coincidence matters not, but it was definitely poetic justice as most hard core Batman fans know that Bob Kane wasn't that great of a guy. A guy that literally robbed Bill Finger, Batman's Co-Creator of cash and credit.  Kane also wasn't liked very much by his peers and was one time slapped by comic book artist Jim Steranko. The Scene Alexander Knox played by actor Robert Wuhl enters the press room at the Gotham Globe and he is handed a "Bat-Man" drawing by Bob Kane. Kane was supposed to make a cameo appearance in the film, but scheduling conflicts prevented this so another actor took his place. Still, he was a called a "dic

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