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2 unusual facts about Carmine Infantino


Darwin Jones

In thirteen stories Darwin Jones was penned by no less than eight authors: his creator David V Reed, Gardner Fox, Sid Gerson, Bill Finger, Joe Samachson, Otto Binder, John Broome, and Ed Herron, and an equally large number of artists, including Carmine Infantino, Sy Barry, Gil Kane, John Giunta, Joe Giella and Murphy Anderson.

Ira Schnapp

Carmine Infantino's appointment as DC's editorial director in 1966 brought about a major shake-up in the company.


Flash Comics

Carmine Infantino's first published work for DC was "The Black Canary", a six-page Johnny Thunder story in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947) that introduced the superheroine the Black Canary.

Jim's Big Ego

Among the band's songs are "The Ballad of Barry Allen," based on Barry Allen (The Flash), a character co-created by Infantino's uncle Carmine Infantino, and "New Lang Syne" (sometimes also called "Thank God It's Over"), a new New Year's Eve song featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in 2001.

Joe Simko

Among Simko’s instructors at the School of Visual Arts were Joe Orlando (VP of DC Comics and associate editor of Mad), Klaus Jansen, Sal Almendola, Carmine Infantino and many other professionals working in the field of comics and graphic storytelling.

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man

In the early 1970s author and literary agent David Obst suggested to Marvel publisher Stan Lee and DC editorial director Carmine Infantino that there should be a feature film crossover featuring Marvel's Spider-Man and DC's Superman characters.


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