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Pied Piper (DC Comics)
Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway) is a supervillain turned superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, and is commonly associated with the superhero The Flash (comics), the Flash. The character was created by writer John Broome (writer), John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino, and made his first appearance in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' #106 (May 1959). Piper was originally introduced as a foe of the Flash / Flash (Barry Allen), Barry Allen and eventually became a member of Rogues (comics), the Rogues, a criminal association led by Captain Cold which often battled the Flash. During the crossover (fiction), crossover event ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', most of the Multiverse (DC Comics), Multiverse was destroyed, which resulted in the DC Universe being rebooted; moreover Barry died, and Wally West took up the mantle of the Flash. Following the events of ''Crisis'', Piper was re-introduced in ''The Flash'' (vol. 2) #20 (December 1988) as having reformed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Infantino
Carmine Michael Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editing, editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are the Black Canary and the Flash (Barry Allen), Silver Age version of DC superhero the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash with writer Robert Kanigher, the stretching Elongated Man with John Broome (writer), John Broome, Barbara Gordon the second Batgirl with writer Gardner Fox, Deadman (comics), Deadman with writer Arnold Drake, and Christopher Chance, the second iteration of the Human Target with Len Wein. He was inducted into comics' List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2000. Early life Carmine Infantino was born via midwife in his family's apartment in Brooklyn, New York City. His father, Pasquale "Patrick" Infantino, born in New York City, was originally a musician w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |