Bob Kane

Robert "Bob" Kane (1915-1998) was an American comics writer and artist who is most famous for the creation of Batman (though in fact, his collaborator Bill Finger did much of the work; Kane was simpy very good at taking credit, and his name appeared for many years on Batman stories he'd actually had nothing to do with). He has no connection to British comics, but without this entry there'd be a redlink on the Batman page, so...