"The Origin of Batman," by Bob Kane and Bill Finger with Lew Sayre Schwartz, 1947. Everything Batman ever was and ever will be was encapsulated in that story.

Alas, it's been scrapped, right along with every positive character trait Batman ever had....

My first novel, Wounds of the Heart (http://www.booksurge.com/product.php3?bookID=IMPR02655-00001), has been published. Check it out, if you like.