Bob Kane his first adventure strip, "Rusty and his Pals". In early 1939, DC's success with the seminal superhero Superman in "Action Comics" prompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceived "the Bat-Man." Kane said his influences for the character included actor Douglas Fairbanks' film portrayal of the swashbuckler Zorro; Leonardo da Vinci's diagram of the ornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings; and the 1930 film "The Bat Whispers", based on Mary Rinehart's mystery novel "The Circular Staircase" (1908). Bill Finger joined Bob Kane's nascent studio in 1938. An aspiring writer and part-time shoe salesperson,
Exiles (comic book) collected into the following trade paperback: Exiles (comic book) Exiles is the name of multiple comic book titles featuring the team Exiles and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original "Exiles" comic book series which debuted in 2001. "Exiles" was created by Mike Marts, Mike Raicht, Judd Winick and also artists Mike McKone and Jim Calafiore. "Exiles" was created after a period of development aimed at creating a new "What If?" book for Marvel. In an interview Raicht speaks of the Exiles' early origins: "We were eventually going to visit some alternate realities and flesh out some stories. We