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jkcarrier ([personal profile] jkcarrier) wrote2007-06-25 06:41 pm
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Comic book writers are a superstitious, unoriginal lot...

Pulp afficionado Anthony Tollin claims that the first Batman story ("The Case of the Chemical Syndicate", DETECTIVE COMICS #27) is basically a note-for-note rip-off of one of Shadow's adventures:

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/06/24/the-case-of-the-chemical-syndicate/

This is no surprise coming from Bob Kane, who basically made a career out of signing his name to other peoples' work. But et tu, Bill Finger? For shame.

(link via Mark Evanier)

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