Bob Kane devised the character's civilian name, Bruce Wayne, wrote the first Batman story, while Kane provided art. Kane, who had already submitted the proposal for Batman at DC and held a contract, is the only person given an official company credit for Batman's creation. Comics historian Ron Goulart, in "Comic Book Encyclopedia", refers to Batman as the "creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger". According to Kane, "Bill Finger was a contributing force on Batman right from the beginning. He wrote most of the great stories and was influential in setting the style and genre other writers would emulate
His Name Is... Savage novellas "It Rhymes with Lust" and "The Case of the Winking Buddha". Like them, "Savage" was also sold on newsstands rather than in book stores. Marvel Comics, shortly after "Savage" appeared, published the first of a two-issue comics magazine, "The Spectacular Spider-Man", starring that titular superhero. Like the similar, anthological comics magazines of the time, such as "Creepy", "Eerie" and "Vampirella", both "His Name Is... Savage" and "The Spectacular Spider-Man" cost 35¢, whereas a typical comic book cost 12¢ and double-size issues 25¢. Gil Kane in the 1960s was a well-established comic-book artist who had co-created the modern versions of