Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, who first appeared in Detective Comics No27 in May 1939?
Bill Finger would suggest colonialism. I tried Adams, Hancock ... then I thought of Mad Anthony Wayne." Kane decades later in his autobiography described Finger as "a contributing force on Batman right from the beginning... I made Batman a superhero-vigilante when I first created him. Bill turned him into a scientific detective." Finger biographer Marc Tyler Nobleman described, "Bob [Kane] showed Bat-Man to [editor] Vin [Sullivan] — without Bill. Vin promptly wanted to run Bat-Man, and Bob negotiated a deal — without including Bill." Finger wrote both the initial script for Batman's debut in "Detective Comics" #27 (May 1939) and the character's
Bill Finger Finger provided his own account in 1966: The Penguin debuted in "Detective Comics" #58 (Dec. 1941). According to Kane, he drew the Penguin after being inspired by the then advertising mascot of Kool cigarettes — a penguin with a top hat and cane. Finger, however, claimed that he created the villain as a caricature of the aristocratic type, because "stuffy English gentlemen" reminded him of emperor penguins. Kane introduced the Scarecrow and drew his first appearance, which was scripted by Finger. Finger and Kane introduced Two-Face in "Detective Comics" #66 (Aug. 1942). The Riddler was created by Finger and Dick