Batman without Bill Finger (DC Universe) Custom Action Figure
Custom #:58230
Name:Batman without Bill Finger
Custom Type:Action Figure
Toy Series:DC Universe
Creator:Karcossa  
Date Added:February 8, 2014
Base Figure:Black Lantern Hal Jordan
Height:6.00 inches
Completion Time:1.50 hours
Hey guys, today (8th Feb) marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the under appreciated co-creator of Batman along with some of the most notable DC characters ever, Bill Finger. If you have no idea who Bill Finger was, please google him. I'd also be happy to send you a link to an interesting article on him, as well.

This figure, was done in a day to try and bring a bit of recognition to Fingers contribution to Batman by presenting Batman as in Bob Kanes' original sketch. It was Finger who suggested the cape, cowl and the colours. The figure is just a basic paint job with some (admittedly petty bad) wings made of a couple of layers of paper (I couldn't find a toy bat to use anywhere... wrong holiday, I guess).

I'll probably give him another pain job, and get some decent wings down the road, but I really wanted to get him up today.

Don't be too harsh.

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THIRDGUNMEN -
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
I realize I'm writing this two years after the fact, but I can't help but tell you how classy of a move I think this was, and my hats off to you for it! As a side note, id also like to add that Bill finally got his credit in BVS as co-creator, and his family is now part of the DC family. Bill is officially home now! R.I.P
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Chester001 -
Thursday, May 29, 2014
about time someone did this concept , nice work , love the face and mouth to add a more vampiresk effect
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NeCrollector -
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
This is totally cool and informative! Thank you so much for sharing!
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JeddTheJedi -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Bill Finger definitely deserves as much credit as Bob Kane for the creation of Batman and by all accounts, he kinda got played out by Kane after Kane hit the big time. This is a really interesting idea for a custom figure and you've done a good job capturing the original sketches. I think we can all agree that the Batman who ended up in Detective #27 was far superior to this design.
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Karcossa -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Massprime - happy belated birthday!

I honestly think that without Bill's contributions to Batman, we'd be in a whole different comic, action figure and even pop culture landscape today. And one of the truly sad things about Bill Finger I that DC signed a contract with Bob Kane prior to DC finding out about Finger that means they legally can't acknowledge him as Batmans co-creator.
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massprime -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Thank God for his ideas and I'm proud to share a birthday with him! I just read his wiki after seeing this and Batman would've never made it without him. Good job.
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Whowatches the watchmen? -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
aweomse!
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DrChops -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Great work! I find this batman frightening in the extreme - psycho and wearing a circus clown style set up, crazy to think about "what if".
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ACCustomFigures -
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Just listened to Kevin Smith's Fatman podcast where he hyped Bill Finger. Nice job.
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En-Ryu-Oh!2061 -
Saturday, February 8, 2014
A Great Homage to a Great man , credited or not , we fans shall forever remember him and all his contributions , Well Done!
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Dravenheart -
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Oh wow. I think I remember seeing this sketch before. Most certainly, Bob Kane walked away with all the credit on what was a two man job. Nice work pulling together this original design. I really like how it came out.
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