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12. Batman Pays Homage To Its Creator

Bob kane Batman 1989 sketch
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Tim Burton's 1989 adaptation of Batman owes more to Frank Miller's dark, brooding graphic novels from the '80s than its original, campier incarnation. But Burton is not one to ignore his roots, and so early in his film, he managed to sneak in a little nod to Batman's original creator.

In an early scene, reporter Alexander Knox walks into his office and is handed a sketch of The Batman. The signature on the bottom left of the sketch belongs to none other than Bob Kane, the creator of the original Batman comic strip back in 1939.

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Oren Soffer is currently a Junior majoring in Film/Television production at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He has been harboring and fostering a love and passion for cinema since early childhood. Though he mainly focuses on making movies these days, he still enjoys writing about them as well.