Bill the Boy Wonder book review by Michael

Title of the Book: Bill the Boy Wonder 

 Author Name: Marc Tyler Nobleman

Reviewer's Name: Michael

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc. 

Date of Publication: 2012 

Rating: 1-5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The main idea is how Bill went from almost nothing during the great depression, to becoming a very famous comic book writer. Somehow Bill managed to create all these DC characters including Batman, and many more from nothing. There were no previous superheroes like this, so it all had to be done from scratch. Everything from the character's backstory, what they look like, what their super power is, and much more, all had to be done from the author's own imagination. 

What really hits home for me with this book is the part in the beginning where the author explains his own origin and how he came to be where he is today. He mentions that he was Jewish and how not many Jews were able to get the same jobs as everyone else. My family also went through the same thing, in the Soviet Union where antisemitism was even greater than what we have in the United States, my family had to endure that struggle as well. The number of jobs they had were limited, and even getting into college was harder for them because on all their documents there was a section labeled religion, so if that was Jewish, your chances were almost 0. One thing that surprised me was I didn’t know that almost all of DC was a small company. I thought it would be more like the StarWars franchise where all these people came together and put down their ideas on what they think the characters should be. However in this case it was just people in his family and close people to him. Like many other authors I have heard of, this author also got rejected by the public as the legitimate creator. In 2015, Bill Finger has his name added to the Batman credit line.