Good people can always do more

On Comic Book Resources, Greg Hatcher took up the Bill Finger cause in his 5/18/13 column, with focus on Finger's role in the creation of the Clock King. Bill co-wrote the two-part episode of the 1966 Batman TV show that featured the villain.

The comments section was a passion pit (which I also jumped into), and these two in particular had an impact on me:

Herb Finn
May 20, 2013 at 5:54 pm

Marc is a good researcher, writer, and blogger (and a decent cartoonist, too!) but there is NO WAY he will ever get DC to change or add Bill Finger to the “created by” byline on Batman. There are too many legal issues—and DC finally got resolution over the Superman issues (notice new bylines on the comics) and DO NOT want to deal with something on that scale that will affect millions.

I think Marc should let this rest. DC is paying royalties for reprints of Bill’s stories to Bill’s granddaughter (after years of being misdirected to a former “friend” of her father), which is all they can do.

joshschr
May 20, 2013 at 6:38 pm
 
I think Marc should let this rest. DC is paying royalties for reprints of Bill’s stories to Bill’s granddaughter (after years of being misdirected to a former “friend” of her father), which is all they can do.

No. Good people can always do more.

People coming to the defense of people coming to the defense.

Justice has no expiration date.