Carmine Infantino
| Carmine Infantino | |
|---|---|
Infantino in October 2010 | |
| Born | May 24, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 2013 (aged 87) New York City, U.S. |
| Area | Penciller, Editor, Publisher |
Notable works | Detective Comics, Flash, Showcase, Star Wars |
| Awards | Full list |
Carmine Infantino (/ɪnfənˈtiːnoʊ/; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) 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 the Flash with writer Robert Kanigher, Elongated Man with John Broome, the Barbara Gordon incarnation of 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.