Seen above is singer/actress Commie Francis, who died this past July at the age of 87. For years, I've seen gossip column reports that she and Batman creator Bob Kane dated back in the '60s. Today I ran across this piece, which outlines Kane's plans to create a Bat-villain for his new friend to play--THE SONGBIRD.
Kane acts like he actually had something to do with the hit series, which he did not. In fact,on the sole occasion he convinced producers William Dozier and Howie Horowitz to allow him to write an episode, he farmed it out to Bill Finger (getting Finger, now known to be the character's co-creator, his only credit for writing the character in his lifetime).
It's the description of Kane's Songbird that struck me as particularly interesting as it's a description of Lorelei Circe--THE SIREN!
Created by writer Charles Hoffman in a third season Riddler episode, sexy Joan Collins played the Siren as a solo villainess in the following episode, written by Stanley Ralph Ross.
Coincidence? Or did Bob Kane get a new character in there after all?
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