At least as far back as December 2016, in snuck a change that only a certain elite would notice, a change at once startling and straightforward.
Here are examples as pointed out in
posts on the Bill Finger Appreciation Group Facebook page:
Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series
Justice League Dark (2017 animated film)
Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics: Justice League, Volume 2 When the "Batman created by Bob Kane"
credit was changed in October 2015, it read "Batman created by Bob Kane WITH Bill Finger." As you can see above, these publications and films list the Batman credit as "Bob Kane AND Bill Finger" [emphasis mine, wish come true many].
The first time I came upon this, I assumed it was simply an inadvertent, isolated break from protocol. But now that there have been multiple sightings, it seems that this is instead the CORRECTED version of the corrected credit.
Once is a fluke. Thrice is a new normal.
That said, I have not yet seen it in monthly comics nor was it in the most recent first-run episode of
Gotham ("Mad City: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies," aired 1/30/17). But unless we learn otherwise, I will presume that it is being rolled out across the board.
I'm told it was not as a result of any recent conversation between the Finger family and DC Comics. So until we learn who at DC lobbied for it, we can chalk it up to that old Bat magic...
As I've said numerous times, no matter the wording, I'm just thankful Bill's name is there...
...but yeah, "and" beats "with," big time.