Infantino 1994 art 1 1

[Ecclectica]

Hi all,

 

In Russ Cochran last auction, I stumbled on this page labelled :

"Infantino - Unknown Title #?, Pg 2, DC, Original Comic Book Art (1994)"

https://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&auction_uid1=6303715

At reverse, there is a label : "Carmine Infantino - Possible 'Flash' art"

 

What surprise me is the year of the DC stamp at the back : 1994, and the fact it should come from a #2.

I thought the lastest major contribution of Infantino for DC was the "Danger Trail" MS done in 1993, his last DC work DC Comics Presents: Batman #1 in 2004, and nothing, in sequential mode, in the decade between (except some pin-ups).

Does somebody know something about this art ?

It seems to be from Infantino indeed, but somewhat downplayed by the inker (?)

Too bad a pencil mention under the "Shot for code" is mainly erased because there aren't many signs on the page to tell for where it comes from, except the fact it was probably done indeed around 1994.

A new series of the time ? A Flash MS ? Unpublished ?

(or simply an error in the listing maybe, with somebody emulating here a bit of the Infantino style - that would be the first time at DC -, so it would explain why I don't find where it comes from. I says this because the R.C.'s guys aren't usually very careful to check for the creators on their pages to sell. There is another page in this auction lot, from a Superman issue, with inks by a "Schuktz" or "Mark Schultz", for inks done in fact by Tom Nguyen...  I sent them, for their last batch, a mail to make them correct another mistake like this one and they didn't even bother to reply or do something...) 

 

So, the opinion from Infantino's specialists is welcome !

Many thanks in advance !

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2022 by Ecclectica

[Chaykin Stevens]

On 7/18/2022 at 3:39 PM, Ecclectica said:

Hi all,

 

In Russ Cochran last auction, I stumbled on this page labelled :

"Infantino - Unknown Title #?, Pg 2, DC, Original Comic Book Art (1994)"

https://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&auction_uid1=6303715

At reverse, there is a label : "Carmine Infantino - Possible 'Flash' art"

 

What surprise me is the year of the DC stamp at the back : 1994, and the fact it should come from a #2.

I thought the lastest major contribution of Infantino for DC was the "Danger Trail" MS done in 1993, his last DC work DC Comics Presents: Batman #1 in 2004, and nothing, in sequential mode, in the decade between (except some pin-ups).

Does somebody know something about this art ?

It seems to be from Infantino indeed, but somewhat downplayed by the inker (?)

It says page 2 not issue #2.  Here's another page from it.  Apparently it's King Faraday, and the inker was Marshall Rogers.

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[Ecclectica]

Excellent !

I knew the inker was familiar to me, but I couldn't put a name on it.

So a sequel, or whatever is it, to the "Danger Trail" MS was on the work.

Many thanks !!!

[cesium_7]

Yeah, this was an unpublished King Faraday story inked by Marshall.  Most likely it was meant for publication in Ms Tree Quarterly, which was published by DC in the early 90s (Infantino drew a King Faraday story published in issue #8).  Five other pages were sold on Comic Link not too long ago, and I sold page 7 for the family awhile back.