Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:

"Carmine Infantino, Reviver of Batman and Flash, Dies at 87"
By MARGALIT FOX
Published: April 5, 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. His agent, J. David Spurlock, confirmed the death.

Mr. Infantino's dynamic, avant-garde aesthetic helped usher in the "silver age" of comic books, which held sway from the mid-1950s to about 1970. He was known in particular for his long association with DC Comics, where he began as an artist, became an editor and was later the publisher.

Sleek and streamlined, Mr. Infantino's work marr...