Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino
Infantino in October 2010
Born(1925-05-24)May 24, 1925
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 4, 2013(2013-04-04) (aged 87)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Area(s)Penciller, Editor, Publisher
Notable works
Detective Comics, Flash,
Showcase, Star Wars
AwardsNational Cartoonists Society Award, various Alley Awards. Expanded list.

Carmine Infantino (/ɪnfənˈtn/; May 24, 1925[1] – April 4, 2013)[2][3] was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are the Black Canary and the Silver Age version of DC superhero the Flash with writer Robert Kanigher, the stretching Elongated Man with John Broome, Barbara Gordon the second Batgirl with writer Gardner Fox, Deadman with writer Arnold Drake, and Christopher Chance, the second iteration of the Human Target with Len Wein.

He was inducted into comics' Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2000.

  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Sunu, Steve (April 4, 2013). "Carmine Infantino Passes Away at Age 87". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Fox, Margalit (April 5, 2013). "Carmine Infantino, Reviver of Batman and Flash, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022.

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