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The character has gone through so many stories and incarnations over the years that's it's hard for anyone to claim responsibility anyways.
I think whether Kane or Finger created the character, and which movie version they prefer is all inconsequential.
It belongs to the fans and whatever writers DC/Warner Bros. employ. That's the nature of comic book properties and most franchises in general.
Very rarely do you see one person get full credit and control over something like Lucas or Tolkein.
So many later Batman stories are superior to the original material anyways.
I'm sure he's right about Bob Kane saying anything Batman was fabulous. He always just seemed like an old fart who was happy to have his character being made into a show, movie, whatever.
Also, Batman is a genius character and one of my favorites of alltime, but it was pretty standard and simple in it's time. It's the mythology that evolved and got expounded upon over the decades that makes it great.
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