In 1979 Film producer Michael Ulsan, acquired the rights to make Batman movie. Ulsan knew nearly a ten years before Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman” who he wanted to play the Joker!
Using some white out on his coy of the New York Post: he painted over a photo of Jack Nicholson from the “The Shining” Now this part of Batman history is up to be bid on at Comicconnect right now the current bid is $500 bucks!