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Carmine Infantino (/ ɪ n f ən ˈ t iː n oʊ /; 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.
Apr 6, 2013 · Carmine Infantino — the man who SAVED BATMAN! — died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. Mr. Infantino, a celebrated comic-book artist who also drew the Flash, was 87.
- Batman: From the ’30s to the ’70s. Infantino’s best Batman illustration, hands down. It’s also his best-known and most widely homaged piece. Still, I admit I’m cheating here since it was originally a pin-up in Detective Comics #352.
- Detective #365. Probably Infantino’s most inventive cover. Makes you wish Mego had come up with a Ha-Hacienda with the Joker’s image on a brick-front facade.
- Detective #355. Infantino’s most eerie, unsettling cover, with a completely broken Batman. The Hangman held promise as a Batman villain but quickly vanished into obscurity.
- Batman #171. An absolute classic that heralded the Riddler’s return from his sojourn in the comics wilderness. This issue helped hone William Dozier’s vision for the Batman TV series — and that neon cover had to have influenced the brightly colored look of the show.
May 24, 2020 · With his more down-to-earth Batman, whom he redesigned for the 1960s (clearing the runway for the runaway success of the 1966 television series), Infantino earned his place in the pantheon of definitive Batman artists.
Jun 3, 2014 · In 1964, DC Comics enlisted artist Carmine Infantino to introduce the "new look" Batman. As he had with The Flash and Adam Strange before, Infantino came up with a slick, modern look for the series, making the Dark Knight a creature of the shadows once more.
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Carmine Infantino was the first artist to redesign Batman's costume in 1964, adding a yellow oval around the Bat-emblem on the chest. His sleek and simple design became iconic and influenced pop culture for decades. Learn how he also redesigned the Flash, Green Lantern, and other DC characters in the Silver Age.
Jun 29, 2010 · In 1964, his work on what was called the “new look” Batman saved that title from cancellation and pointed the way to several refashionings of the character of the next 25 years. A popular artist and extremely effective cover designer, Infantino scaled back his artistic output at the height of his powers to become DC’s artistic director.
