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During his period as Executive Vice President, Donenfeld made the decision to preserve the film negatives of the comics being published. This allowed the company to reprint many of the classic Silver Age comics in later treasury and
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Donenfeld was married three times. His first marriage was to Arlene Levy in 1946. The marriage ended in divorce in 1961. His second marriage (in 1963) was to Alice Greenbaum, an attorney and divorcee.
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debuted in 1938/1939, and son of the characters' publisher, Donenfeld often claimed he was the first kid in America to read the adventures of two of the world's most famous superheroes.
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create an entirely new super-speedster, updating and modernizing the Flash's civilian identity, costume, and origin with a science-fiction bent. The Flash's reimagining in
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had introduced them. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1970. Donenfeld's last marriage, in 1970, was to Carole Schnapp, the niece of fellow DC co-owner
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was tasked by Donenfeld with designing covers for the entire DC line. After Donenfeld promoted Infantino to editorial director, they hired
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Donenfeld attended New York's Columbia Grammar School. He was a notable student athlete, playing baseball and football. During
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created most of DC's initial cartoons) and other media. DC significantly lightened the tone of many DC comics – particularly
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Becoming the company's editorial director in 1952, in the mid-1950s, Donenfeld and publisher Liebowitz directed editor
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as an editor in April 1968, with Giordano also bringing over to DC some of the creators he had nurtured at
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network sparked a temporary spike in comic book sales, and a brief fad for superheroes in
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Donenfeld became the company's executive vice president in 1958. In 1964 he gave editors
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During this period, Donenfeld perceived a trend in the industry that comics featuring a
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comic around, or it would be cancelled. Jettisoning such lightweight characters as
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Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution
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Donenfeld's last few years were marred by health problems. He died in 2004 of
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Donenfeld's Comics: A Talk with Irwin Donenfeld, 1960s DC Editorial Director
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Donenfeld joined DC (officially known by its parent company name
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character, the introduction of the modern all-star team
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After college, Donenfeld attended 192: 2441:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent 1705: 1691: 819: 805: 652: 650: 623: 621: 619: 617: 569: 567: 565: 563: 561: 559: 1712: 363:(the symbolic figure designed to combat 265: 647: 2413: 1409:List of DC imprint reprint collections 762:Comic Book Artist Collection, Volume 2 614: 556: 520:Donenfeld was the recipient of a 2001 468:, eventually becoming involved in the 1686: 1404:List of DC Comics reprint collections 800: 764:; by Jon B. Cooke; published 2002 by 751: 545: 543: 541: 539: 537: 228:, where he boxed, and was covered by 2476:20th-century American businesspeople 553:Comic Book Resources (Dec. 2, 2004). 424:. While none of his titles (such as 180:(1958 – c. 1968). He was the son of 607:"Newswatch: Irwin Donenfeld Dies," 13: 1389:DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection 1114:DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults 534: 14: 2487: 2466:People from Westport, Connecticut 2431:American book publishers (people) 1335:DC Heroes and Villains Collection 86:Alice Greenbaum (second marriage) 1667: 1666: 1396:DC Comics - The Legend of Batman 932: 491: 458:National Periodical Publications 252:National Periodical Publications 129: 2451:Businesspeople from Connecticut 1644:DC Universe (streaming service) 782: 770: 736: 721: 712: 705:"Contributors: Dick Giordano," 447: 245: 696:(TwoMorrows Publishing, 1988). 686: 683:(Bloomsbury, 2004), pp. 89-90. 673: 633: 601: 579: 1: 826: 709:, Volume 1 (DC Comics, 1999). 611:#266 (Feb./Mar. 2005), p. 34. 527: 472:business (Coastwide Marina). 184:, co-founder of the company. 1430:National Comics Publications 747:. April 8, 1963. p. 33. 732:. July 22, 1946. p. 34. 728:"Miss Arlene Levy Married". 707:The New Teen Titans Archives 692:Interview with Donenfeld in 187: 84:Arlene Levy (first marriage) 7: 1314:DC Comics Absolute Editions 333:DC Executive Vice President 285:story in the try-out title 10: 2492: 1501:List of DC Comics imprints 1368:DC Comics Classics Library 1321:DC Finest trade paperbacks 1109:DC Graphic Novels for Kids 630:. Retrieved June 11, 2008. 384:Saturday morning animation 278:book market) to produce a 197:Donenfeld was born in the 2370: 2279: 2188: 2108: 2061: 2024: 1963: 1906: 1847: 1785: 1721: 1662: 1600: 1518: 1493: 1425:All-American Publications 1417: 1295: 1161: 1069: 1062: 987: 941: 930: 854: 834: 515: 412:In late 1966/early 1967, 327:Silver Age of comic books 323:Justice League of America 172:publishing executive for 111: 100: 92: 80: 69: 50: 28: 21: 2087:Everett Raymond Kinstler 1240:The New Age of DC Heroes 475: 274:(whose roots lay in the 209:family. 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