Friday, June 1, 2012

"Bill the Boy Wonder" reveals…

…Bill’s given first name and why he changed it
…the only known note in Bill’s handwriting, reproduced in its entirety
...who received Batman royalties for Bill’s work
…two Bill quotations from private correspondence (with more to come on this blog)
…Bill’s yearbook photo!
…other previously unpublished photos (with more to come on this blog)
…exactly when and how Bill died
…a persistent rumor about Bill’s remains is wrong…and the truth is visually chilling
...Bill had a second wife
…the only known mainstream press mention of Bill in his lifetime (The New Yorker)
…the only known time between 1939 and 1963 that Bill’s name appeared in a Batman comic…sort of…
…more than one example of entries from Bill’s famed “gimmick books” (Alvin Schwartz mentioned one online but the others come from Bill’s longtime friend Charles Sinclair)
…one strategy Bill employed to generate ideas
…Bill’s endearing nickname for his son Fred
…what Bill liked to eat late at night
…what Bill kept on his desk (more on that here)

And most startling of all:

…the lone and previously unknown heir to Bill Finger…and therefore Batman: how I found her and who she is

And for all of above, my book is the only print source.

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