Jim Aparo, RIPHe
drew Batman for as long as anybody out there, and was certainly among the best artists to handle the caped crusader.
His Batman was always active, and unlike most of the Batman artists, Aparo emphasized the cape, showed how it could distract the enemy while making the Dark Knight appear that much bigger.
Another facet of Aparo's artwork was his use of shading. The top right panel of this sequence gives you a feel for it:
Jim Aparo, dead at age 72.