From the November 1998 Peg-Board
BOB KANE, who created the classic hero Batman for DC Comics nearly 60 years ago, died on November 3, 1998 at the age of eighty-three.
Kane was doing fill-in cartoons about dogs and cats for DC Comics in 1939 when he was selected to create a hero as powerful and appealing as their year-old Superman.
Kane has told legions of comic book conventioneers, interviewers and fans over the years that his inspiration came from three basic sources -- Zorro, a Leonardo da Vinci sketch of a man trying to fly with attached bat-like wings and a silent mystery movie titled "The Bat."
For King Features, he created the TV cartoon characters Courageous Cat, Minute Mouse and Cool McCool.
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