Friday, April 8, 2011

Bill Finger

Occasionally, I will do bios of the creators who have contributed to Super Comics either directly or indirectly. Today I will cover Bill Finger.

The following works of Finger are in Super Comics continuity:

Detective Comics #27

Batman : "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"

May 1939

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Detective Comics #28

Batman : (Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang)

June 1939

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Action Comics #17

Clip Carson : (The Cult of the Tiger)

October 1939

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Action Comics #18

Clip Carson : (The Cult of the Tiger)

November 1939

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Action Comics #19

Clip Carson : (The Ivory Safari)

December 1939

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Action Comics #20

Clip Carson : (The Ivory Safari)

January 1940

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Detective Comics #35

Batman : (The Case of the Ruby Idol)

January 1940

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Adventure Comics #46

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

January 1940

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Detective Comics #36

Batman : (Professor Hugo Strange)

February 1940

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Adventure Comics #47

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

February 1940

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Detective Comics #37

Batman : (The Screaming House)

March 1940

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Adventure Comics #48

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

March 1940

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Detective Comics #38

Batman : "Robin the Boy Wonder"

April 1940

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Adventure Comics #49

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

April 1940

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Detective Comics #39

Batman : "The Horde of the Green Dragon"

May 1940

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Adventure Comics #50

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

May 1940

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Batman #1

Batman : (The Joker)

Spring 1940

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Batman #1

Batman : (Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters)

Spring 1940

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Batman #1

Batman : (The Cat)

Spring 1940

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Batman #1

Batman : "The Joker Returns"

Spring 1940

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Detective Comics #40

Batman : (The Murders of Clayface)

June 1940

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Adventure Comics #51

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

June 1940

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New York World's Fair Comics (#2)

Batman : "Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair"

1940

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All-American Comics #16

Green Lantern : (The Origin of Green Lantern)

July 1940

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Detective Comics #41

Batman : (The Masked Menace of the Boys' School)

July 1940

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Adventure Comics #52

Rusty and His Pals : (Mansion of Murder)

July 1940

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All-American Comics #17

Green Lantern : (The Sign of the Green Lantern)

August 1940

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Detective Comics #42

Batman : "The Case of the Prophetic Pictures"

August 1940

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All-American Comics #18

Green Lantern : (At the World's Fair)

September 1940

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Batman #2

Batman : (The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman)

Summer 1940

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Batman #2

Batman : (Wolf, the Crime Master)

Summer 1940

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Batman #2

Batman : "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders"

Summer 1940

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Batman #2

Batman : "The Case of the Missing Link"

Summer 1940

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Detective Comics #43

Batman : "The Case of the City of Terror"

September 1940

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All-American Comics #19

Green Lantern : (The Insurance Racket)

October 1940

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All-Star Comics #2

Green Lantern : (The Robot Men)

Fall 1940

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Detective Comics #44

Batman : "The Land Behind the Light"

October 1940

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All-American Comics #20

Green Lantern : (Mystery at Apex Studios)

November 1940

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Detective Comics #45

Batman : "The Case of the Laughing Death"

November 1940

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Batman #3

Batman : "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master"

Fall 1940

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Batman #3

Batman : "The Ugliest Man in the World"

Fall 1940

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Batman #3

Batman : "The Crime School for Boys"

Fall 1940

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Batman #3

Batman : "The Batman Vs the Cat-Woman"

Fall 1940

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All-American Comics #21

Green Lantern : (The Long Lost Son)

December 1940

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Detective Comics #46

Batman : (Professor Strange's Fear Dust)

December 1940

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All-American Comics #22

Green Lantern : (Fix the Fight Game)

January 1941

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Detective Comics #47

Batman : (Money Can't Buy Happiness)

January 1941

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All-American Comics #23

Green Lantern : (The Sins of the Father)

February 1941

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Detective Comics #48

Batman : "The Secret Cavern"

February 1941

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Batman #4

Batman : "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus"

Winter 1941

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Batman #4

Batman : "Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society"

Winter 1941

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Batman #4

Batman : (Public Enemy No. 1 Starts Jail Sentence)

Winter 1941

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Batman #4

Batman : (Touchdown for Justice)

Winter 1941

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All-American Comics #24

Green Lantern : (The Slave Racket)

March 1941

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Detective Comics #49

Batman : "Clayface Walks Again"

March 1941

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World's Best Comics #1

Batman : "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom"

1941

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All-American Comics #25

Green Lantern : (Sabotage at the Steel Mills)

April 1941

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Detective Comics #50

Batman : "The Case of the Three Devils"

April 1941

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All-American Comics #26

Green Lantern : (Case of the Loan Shark)

May 1941

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Detective Comics #51

Batman : "The Case of the Mystery Carnival"

May 1941

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Batman #5

Batman : "The Riddle of the Missing Card"

Spring 1941

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Batman #5

Batman : "Book of Enchantment"

Spring 1941

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Batman #5

Batman : "The Case of the Honest Crook"

Spring 1941

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Batman #5

Batman : (Crime Does Not Pay)

Spring 1941

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All American Comics #27

Green Lantern : (Meet Doiby Dickles)

June 1941

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Detective Comics #52

Batman : "The Secret of the Jade Box"

June 1941

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World's Finest Comics #2

Batman : "The Man Who Couldn't Remember"

Summer 1941

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All American Comics #28

Green Lantern : (A Case of Heart Failure)

July 1941

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Detective Comics #53

Batman : (Viola Vane)

July 1941

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All American Comics #29

Green Lantern : (The Patent Medicine Racket)

August 1941

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Batman #6

Batman : "Murder on Parole"

Aug/Sep 1941

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Batman #6

Batman : "The Clock Maker"

Aug/Sep 1941

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Batman #6

Batman : "The Secret of the Iron Jungle"

Aug/Sep 1941

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Batman #6

Batman : "Suicide Beat"

Aug/Sep 1941

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Detective Comics #54

Batman : "Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates"

August 1941

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All American Comics #30

Green Lantern : (The Bail Bond Racketeers)

September 1941

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Detective Comics #55

Batman : "The Brain Burglar"

September 1941

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Batman #7

Batman : (Wanted: Practical Jokers)

Oct/Nov 1941

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Batman #7

Batman : "The Trouble Trap"

Oct/Nov 1941

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Batman #7

Batman : "The North Woods Mystery"

Oct/Nov 1941

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Batman #7

Batman : "The People Vs. the Batman"

Oct/Nov 1941

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All American Comics #31

Green Lantern : "The Adventure of the Underfed Orphans"

October 1941

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World's Finest Comics #3

Batman : "The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow"

Fall 1941

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Detective Comics #56

Batman : "The Stone Idol"

October 1941

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All American Comics #32

Green Lantern : (This is the Story of Danny)

November 1941

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Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern : "Green Lantern -- His Personal History"

Fall 1941

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Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern : "Masquerading Mare"

Fall 1941

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Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern : "Disease"

Fall 1941

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Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern : "Arson in the Slums"

Fall 1941

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Green Lantern #1

Green Lantern : (Green Lantern in South America)

Fall 1941

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Detective Comics #57

Batman : "Twenty-Four Hours to Live"

November 1941

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Batman #8

Batman : "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make"

Dec/Jan 1941

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Batman #8

Batman : "The Strange Case of Professor Radium"

Dec/Jan 1941

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Batman #8

Batman : "The Superstition Murders"

Dec/Jan 1941

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Batman #8

Batman : "The Cross Country Crimes"

Dec/Jan 1941

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All American Comics #33

Green Lantern : (The Taxi War)

December 1941

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Detective Comics #58

Batman : (One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups)

December 1941

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Sensation Comics #1

Little Boy Blue : (The Origin of Little Boy Blue)

January 1942

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Sensation Comics #1

Wildcat : (This is the Story of Wildcat)

January 1942

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World's Finest Comics #4

Batman : "The Ghost Gang Goes West"

Winter 1941

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All American Comics #34

Green Lantern : (The Building Racket)

January 1942

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Sensation Comics #2

Little Boy Blue : (The Hot Car Ring)

February 1942

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Sensation Comics #2

Wildcat : (Who is Wildcat?)

February 1942

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Batman #9

Batman : "The Four Fates"

Feb/Mar 1942

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Batman #9

Batman : "The White Whale"

Feb/Mar 1942

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Batman #9

Batman : "The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers"

Feb/Mar 1942

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Batman #9

Batman : "Christmas"

Feb/Mar 1942

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All American Comics #35

Green Lantern : (Doiby Discovers Green Lantern's Identity)

February 1942

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Green Lantern #2

Green Lantern : "The Tycoon's Legacy"

Winter 1942

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Sensation Comics #3

Little Boy Blue : (The Case of Croaker Shayne)

March 1942

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Sensation Comics #3

Wildcat : "Case of the Phantom Killers"

March 1942

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All-American Comics #36

Green Lantern : (The Race is On)

March 1942

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Detective Comics #61

Batman : "The Three Racketeers"

March 1942

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Sensation Comics #4

Little Boy Blue : (The Scorpion's Counterfeit Ring)

April 1942

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Sensation Comics #4

Wildcat : (Stretch Skinner, Dee-teca-tif)

April 1942

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Batman #10

Batman : "The Sheriff of Ghost Town"

Apr/May 1942

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World's Finest Comics #5

Batman : "Crime Takes a Holiday"

Spring 1942

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All-American Comics #37

Green Lantern : (The Sinister Plot of Professor Casper)

April 1942

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Detective Comics #62

Batman : "Laugh, Town, Laugh"

April 1942

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Sensation Comics #5

Little Boy Blue : "The Adventure of the 'Sour' Milk"

May 1942

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Sensation Comics #5

Wildcat : (Chip Carder's Big Fix)

May 1942

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All-American Comics #38

Green Lantern : (Green Lantern Vs. a Modern Napoleon)

May 1942

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Leading Comics #2

Seven Soldiers of Victory : "Beware, the Black Star Shines"

Spring 1942

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Detective Comics #63

Batman : "A Gentleman in Gotham"

May 1942

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Green Lantern #3

Green Lantern : "The Living Graveyard of the Sea"

Spring 1942

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Sensation Comics #6

Little Boy Blue : (The Letter of Slug Ginnis)

June 1942

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Sensation Comics #6

Wildcat : (The Laughing Ghost Walked)

June 1942

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Batman #11

Batman : (The Joker's Advertising Campaign)

Jun/Jul 1942

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Batman #11

Batman : "Payment in Full"

Jun/Jul 1942

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Batman #11

Batman : "Four Birds of a Feather"

Jun/Jul 1942

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All-American Comics #39

Green Lantern : "The Mystery of the Theatre of Fear"

June 1942

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Detective Comics #64

Batman : "The Joker Walks the Last Mile"

June 1942

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Sensation Comics #7

Little Boy Blue : (The Truckers' Protection Racket)

July 1942

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Sensation Comics #7

Wildcat : (The Story of Mike McCoy)

July 1942

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All-American Comics #40

Green Lantern : "The Circle of Kafoon"

July 1942

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Sensation Comics #8

Little Boy Blue : (Reggie, the Mystery Kid)

August 1942

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Sensation Comics #8

Wildcat : (Smokey Joe's Last Fire)

August 1942

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Batman #12

Batman : "The Wizard of Words"

Aug/Sep 1942

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Batman #12

Batman : "They Thrill to Conquer"

Aug/Sep 1942

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Batman #12

Batman : "Around the Clock with the Batman"

Aug/Sep 1942

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All-American Comics #41

Green Lantern : "The Tribe of Terror"

August 1942

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Detective Comics #66

Batman : "The Crimes of Two-Face"

August 1942

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Green Lantern Quarterly #4

Green Lantern : (Green Lantern and Doiby Join the Army)

Summer 1942

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Sensation Comics #9

Little Boy Blue : (The Hi-Jack Painting Company)

September 1942

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Sensation Comics #9

Wildcat : (Crime on Skis)

September 1942

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All-American Comics #42

Green Lantern : (Green Lantern, Our New Police Chief)

September 1942

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Detective Comics #67

Batman : "Crime's Early Bird"

September 1942

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World's Finest Comics #7

Batman : "The North Pole Crimes"

Fall 1942

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Sensation Comics #10

Little Boy Blue : (Pellagra's Alibi)

October 1942

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Batman #13

Batman : "The Story of the Seventeen Stones"

Oct/Nov 1942

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All-American Comics #43

Green Lantern : (Tunnel Under Construction)

October 1942

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Detective Comics #68

Batman : "The Man Who Led a Double Life"

October 1942

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Sensation Comics #11

Little Boy Blue : (Snake-Eye Jones and the Miser's Treasure)

November 1942

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Sensation Comics #11

Wildcat : (What Makes Wildcat Wild)

November 1942

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All-American Comics #44

Green Lantern : "The Perfect Crime"

November 1942

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Leading Comics #4

Seven Soldiers of Victory : "The Sense Master"

Fall 1942

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Green Lantern Quarterly #5

Green Lantern : "The Legion of the Lantern"

Fall 1942

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Sensation Comics #12

Little Boy Blue : (The Kidnapping of Tommy Rogers)

December 1942

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All-American Comics #45

Green Lantern : "The Headstrong Heiress"

December 1942

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All-American Comics #46

Green Lantern : "The Riddle of Dickles Manor"

January 1943

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Detective Comics #71

Batman : "Crime a Day"

January 1943

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All-American Comics #47

Green Lantern : "The Disappearing Damsel"

February 1943

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Comic Cavalcade #1

Green Lantern : "The Adventure of Luckless Lenore"

Winter 1942

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Comic Cavalcade #1

Wildcat : "Crime Takes the Count"

Winter 1942

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All-American Comics #48

Green Lantern : "League of the Three-Eyed Men"

March 1943

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World's Finest Comics #9

Superman : "One Second to Live"

Spring 1943

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World's Finest Comics #9

Batman : "Crime of the Month"

Spring 1943

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Sensation Comics #16

Wildcat : "The Headless Horseman of Central Park"

April 1943

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All-American Comics #49

Green Lantern : "Goitrude"

April 1943

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Sensation Comics #17

Wildcat : "The Case of the Half Finished Tie"

May 1943

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Comic Cavalcade #2

Green Lantern : "Handsome John Riley"

Spring 1943

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Comic Cavalcade #2

Wildcat : "The Story Behind the Bellyache"

Spring 1943

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Green Lantern Quarterly #7

Green Lantern : "The Wizard of Odds"

Spring 1943

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Sensation Comics #18

Wildcat : "Second Chance"

June 1943

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All-American Comics #50

Green Lantern : "Deep in the Heart of Crime"

June 1943

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World's Finest Comics #10

Batman : "Man with the Camera Eyes"

Summer 1943

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Sensation Comics #19

Wildcat : (The Legacy of Big Bill Prim)

July 1943

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Detective Comics #77

Batman : "The Crime Clinic"

July 1943

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All-American Comics #51

Green Lantern : "Murder Under the Stars"

July 1943

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Sensation Comics #20

Wildcat : "The Sting of the Yellow Wasp"

August 1943

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Batman #18

Batman : "The Good Samaritan Cops"

Aug/Sep 1943

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Batman #18

Batman : "The Crime Surgeon"

Aug/Sep 1943

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Comic Cavalcade #3

Green Lantern : "The Bushmaster"

Summer 1943

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Sensation Comics #21

Wildcat : "The Man You Won't Forget"

September 1943

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All-American Comics #52

Green Lantern : "The Spotlight on Crime"

September 1943

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World's Finest Comics #11

Batman : "A Thief in Time"

Fall 1943

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Detective Comics #80

Batman : "The End of Two-Face"

October 1943

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Superman #25

Superman : "Hi-Jack -- Jackal of Crime"

Nov/Dec 1943

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Batman #20

Batman : "The Trial of Titus Keyes"

Dec/Jan 1943

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Batman #20

Batman : "The Lawmen of the Sea"

Dec/Jan 1943

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Batman #20

Batman : "Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson"

Dec/Jan 1943

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All-American Comics #54

Green Lantern : "Crime is an Art"

December 1943

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World's Finest Comics #12

Batman : "Alfred Gets His Man"

Winter 1943

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Superman #26

Superman : "The Super Stunt Man"

Jan/Feb 1944

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All-American Comics #55

Green Lantern : "The Riddle of the Runaway Trolley"

January 1944

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Detective Comics #85

Batman : "The Joker's Double"

March 1944

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World's Finest Comics #13

Batman : "The Curse of Isis"

Spring 1944

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Batman #22

Batman : "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy"

Apr/May 1944

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Batman #22

Batman : "The Cavalier Rides Again"

Apr/May 1944

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Batman #23

Batman : "The Upside Down Crimes"

Jun/Jul 1944

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Batman #23

Batman : "Pelt Plunderers"

Jun/Jul 1944

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World's Finest Comics #14

Batman : "Salvage Scavengers"

Summer 1944

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Superman #29

Superman : "The Tycoon of Crime"

Jul/Aug 1944

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Superman #30

Superman : "The King's Substitute"

Sep/Oct 1944

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Batman #25

Batman : "The Kilowatt Cowboys"

Oct/Nov 1944

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Superman #31

Superman : "Tune Up Time for Crime"

Nov/Dec 1944

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Superman #31

Superman : "A Dog's Tale"

Nov/Dec 1944

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Superman #31

Superman : "The Treasure House of History"

Nov/Dec 1944

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Detective Comics #93

Batman : "One Night of Crime"

November 1944

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Detective Comics #94

Batman : "No One Must Know"

December 1944

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Superman #32

Superman : "Crime on Skis"

Jan/Feb 1945

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Sensation Comics #38

Wildcat : "Meet Mr. Waffles"

February 1945

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Superman #33

Superman : "The Country Doctor"

Mar/Apr 1945

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Superman #33

Superman : "The Compass Points to Murder"

Mar/Apr 1945

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Sensation Comics #39

Wildcat : "From Stretch Skinner's Secret File"

March 1945

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World's Finest Comics #17

Batman : "Crime Goes to College"

Spring 1945

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Sensation Comics #40

Wildcat : "The Greatest Show on Earth"

April 1945

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Batman #28

Batman : "Shirley Holmes, Policewoman"

Apr/May 1945

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Superman #34

Superman : "When the World Got Tired"

May/Jun 1945

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Batman #29

Batman : "Enemy No. 1"

Jun/Jul 1945

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Batman #29

Batman : "The Mails Go Through"

Jun/Jul 1945

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Superman #35

Superman : "Like Father, Like Son"

Jul/Aug 1945

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Batman #30

Batman : "While the City Sleeps"

Aug/Sep 1945

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Batman #30

Batman : "Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves"

Aug/Sep 1945

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Superman #36

Superman : "Clark Kent, Star Reporter"

Sep/Oct 1945

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Batman #32

Batman : "Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder"

Dec/Jan 1945

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The Golden Age of Comics and fiction in general occurred pretty much exactly as it appeared in print and on screen.  However, these Super Comics characters lives diverged from their mainstream DC counterparts following World War II.

Additionally, more of Finger's work became canon later on.

Batman Dailies Vol. 1, 1943-1944 TPB

Batman : "Introduction"

November 1990

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Batman Dailies Vol. 1, 1943-1944 TPB


November 1990

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Batman Dailies Vol. 1, 1943-1944 TPB


November 1990

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Batman Dailies Vol. 1, 1943-1944 TPB


November 1990WriterBatman Dailies Vol. 3, 1945-1946 TPB


January 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB

Batman : "Liquid Gold"

May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB

Batman : "Cap'n Alfred"

May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Batman:The Sunday Classics, 1943-1946 TPB


May 1991

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Because these stories were published by DC during the period of November 1986 - December 1992, where DC stories were incorporated into the Wronskiverse, they are in, though they are actually reprints of golden age Batman comic strips, so this is the Golden Age Batman in the 1940s.


Bill Finger

Bill Finger, portrait by Jerry Robinson.
BornWilliam Finger
February 8, 1914
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 1974 (aged 59)
ManhattanNew York City,New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable worksBatmanDetective Comics,Green Lantern
AwardsJack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1994
Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, 1999

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