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Bob Kane (Robert Kahn) was born on October 24,1915 in New York. Bob Kane was the comic book artist and writer who created the mythic hero "Batman" for DC Comics while still in his teens
He graduated from De Witt Clinton High School and legally changed his name to Bob Kane at age 18.Kane studied art at Cooper Union, before "joining the Max Fleischer Studio as a trainee animator in 1934.
The writer, artist and self-described "doodler," once said that he was inspired by the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci to create the iconic comic book hero. Unlike Superman, who debuted in DC Comics in 1938, Batman is an ordinary human being.
Batman proved to be an immediate hit, not only in comic books but in newspaper strips and movie serials. In the ensuing decades, the character would star in DC Comics, animated television series, a hit live-action television show in the 1960s, and four top-grossing Warner Bros. feature films. The toys based on the character have been consistent best-sellers for more than a decade.
He has created some character beside Batman.There were Robin, The Joker, Sheldon”Shelly”Moldoff and Lew S. Schwartz
But In Tuesday, November 3 1998, In his home he died and his age was 83 years old. He was buried at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
 
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