Batman (comic book) work, and first interior-story work, appeared in "Batman" #19 (Oct.-Nov. 1943), for which he drew the cover and the first three Batman stories, and penciled the fourth Batman story, inked by Norm Fallon. Like all Batman artists of the time, Sprang went uncredited as a ghost artist for Kane. Villains which debuted during this early era included the Mad Hatter in issue #49 (October 1948) and Killer Moth in issue #63 (February 1951). In 1953, Sheldon Moldoff became another one of the primary Batman ghost artists who, along with Win Mortimer and Dick Sprang, drew stories credited to Bob Kane,
Gil Kane "Earth's Other Green Lantern!" in issue #59 (March 1968). Kane similarly co-created an updated version of the Atom with writer Gardner Fox. Kane — who by 1960 was living in Jericho, New York, on Long Island — also drew the youthful superhero team the Teen Titans, a revival of Plastic Man, and, in the late 1960s, such short-lived titles as "Hawk and Dove" and the licensed-character comic "Captain Action", based on the action figure. Kane and Marv Wolfman created an origin for Wonder Girl in "Teen Titans" #22 (July–Aug. 1969) which introduced the character's new costume. He briefly freelanced some