Thursday, October 31, 2013

"The Bat," 1926

In April 2013, a theologian in Germany named Max Weremchuk kindly contacted me to share images he discovered while researching sources of potential inspiration for Batman...namely The Circular Staircase (book 1908, movie 1915) and The Bat (play 1920, movies 1926 and 1930).

The Film Daily (vol. 35, no. 2, Monday, January 4, 1926, page 10):



The Film Daily (vol. 35, no. 6, Friday, January 8, 1926, page 10):


Hmmm...

from Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman
art by Ty Templeton

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