Legendary Comics Artist Carmine Infantino Dies At 87

Above, an Infantino and Anderson Flash cover from the 1960s.

Another fixture of my youth has passed away.

Above, an Infantino and Anderson
Batman pin-up from the 1960s.

Artist Carmine Infantino died today at age 87.

Comic Book Resources.com reported:

Carmine Infantino, legendary comic book artist and former DC Comics editorial director, passed away today. He was 87. 

Born May 24, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, Infantino attended the School of Industrial Art for high school in Manhattan. Perhaps best known for his work on "Batman" with writer John Broome during the reinvention of the character in 1964, Infantino also designed the Silver Age Flash's now-iconic red and yellow costume and co-created a number of his rogues, including Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Gorilla Grodd and Captain Boomerang.

Infantino's artwork, when he inked his own work, was too sketchy for my tastes.  But when inked by Joe Giella, Sid Greene or Murphy Anderson, they were sights to behold.  He was topnotch in comic page (and cover) layouts and would do layouts for other DC artists such as Curt Swan.

Above, an ingenious Batman cover from Infantino and
Anderson from the 1960s.

Above, your truly with a copy of the above Batman comic.

For more on Infantino, go here.