Was Batman Inspired By Spring-Heeled Jack?

Spring-heeled_Jack might be an urban legend that's actually based on real sightings of a mysterious menacing shape.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/spring-heeled-jack

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-springheeled-jack-the-leaping-devil-that-terrorized-victorian-england

 https://comicbook.com/news/was-batman-inspired-by-spring-heeled-jack

How does a humanoid from an urban legend start to foreshadow some elements and aspects of The+Batman character?

https://comicbookhistorians.com/spring-heeled-jack-the-original-batman-by-alex-grand-2

If the Penny books were inspired by the urban legend, what was it that people actually saw in the 1800s?

Was some strange humanoid trapped on earth for a while? Or, was it some kind of phantom or nefarious being?

The Mysterious London Attacker Who May Have Inspired Batman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEBYm3HKUW4

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mystery-of-Spring-Heeled-Jack/John-Matthews/9781620554968

Of course Batman is about helping the city by fighting crime. Where as SHJ was of a mischievous and malevolent nature. Something in between a monster and a villain might very well have been seen and encountered several times.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/liverpool-turns-gotham-city-batman-17905737

"Spring-heeled Jack was last seen in 1904 at Everton in Liverpool, bounding up and down the streets, leaping from cobbles to rooftops and back!

He vanished into the darkness when some brave souls tried to corner him and he has not been seen since that day to this!

The puzzle remains…who was Spring-heeled Jack?" https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Spring-Heeled-Jack

Part of The+Batman movie was filmed in Liverpool.

https://www.theverge.com/22954478/the-batman-review-robert-pattinson-matt-reeves-movie

The Batman: It's Unlike Any other Superhero Movie

 https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960312/the-batman-movie-review-detective-matt-reeves-robert-pattinson

https://kotaku.com/the-batman-review

A dark and intense long movie with a connection to an urban legend.

https://www.theringer.com/2022/3/2/22957043/batman-villains-ranking-joker-penguin-bane-riddler

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-batman-joker-scene-spoilers-barry-keoghan

The Batman character seems to have a connection to something back in the 1800s.

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=Spring-Heeled+Jack

The Crow and The Joker

Two actors representing characters at either end of the spectrum.
http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/photos/17-creepy-movie-facts-slideshow/brandon-lee-the-crow-photo-1382976511460.html
The Crow is more about justified revenge.

Where as The Joker is a total villain attacking the innocent.
http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joker_(Heath_Ledger)

Both actors tragically died many decades before their time.

The Characters continue on in various formats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_(comics)#Eric_Draven

http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joker,
http://www.dccomics.com/characters/joker

Whenever weapons are used in movies such as, The_Deer_Hunter there is always a potential for danger.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/deerhunter.asp
Fortunately, no one died during the production of The_Deer_Hunter movie.
http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/photos/17-creepy-movie-facts-slideshow/robert-de-niro-the-deer-hunter-photo-1382976509025.html

https://paranormal-intersection.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Crow