Batman depicted in both film and television by Lewis Wilson, Robert Lowery, Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Dante Pereira-Olson. In early 1939, the success of Superman in "Action Comics" prompted editors at National Comics Publications (the future DC Comics) to request more superheroes for its titles. In response, Bob Kane created "the Bat-Man". Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that "Kane had an idea for a character called 'Batman,' and he'd like me to see the drawings. I went over to Kane's, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with
Val Kilmer Echo. Kilmer also played the role of Detective Dobson in the series finale of the television show "Psych". In 2017, Kilmer appeared in "Song to Song" opposite Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling and directed by Terrence Malick. Kilmer also appeared in the 2017 film,"The Snowman" opposite Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson and directed by Tomas Alfredson. On June 7, 2018, it was confirmed Kilmer would be reprising his role as Lt. Tom "Iceman" Kazanski for the upcoming "Top Gun" sequel "". Kevin Spacey told James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" that one of the turning points of his life