Robin Abcarian: An author tells schoolchildren the real origin story of Batman and is silenced for using the word 'gay'
Holy evangelical conservatives, Batman! Even the Dark Knight's origin story has become fodder for our endless culture wars. Last month, Marc Tyler Nobleman, an author who spent years researching the disputed origins of the Batman story, told an assembly of fifth-graders in Georgia how his work led to an obscure writer named Bill Finger finally getting credit for co-creating Batman. For the ...
Holy evangelical conservatives, Batman!
Even the Dark Knight's origin story has become fodder for our endless culture wars.
Last month, Marc Tyler Nobleman, an author who spent years researching the disputed origins of the Batman story, told an assembly of fifth-graders in Georgia how his work led to an obscure writer named Bill Finger finally getting credit for co-creating Batman. For the last decade, Nobleman has given presentations to rapt children all over the country based on his 2012 book, "Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-creator of Batman."
One of the pivotal characters in the true story, Finger's son, Fred,
