About the item: From the 1984 Marvel First Issue covers trading card set, this trading card is in nm/mint condition and will be shipped with the utmost care. It is signed by hand by the artist, Carmine Infantino. Please note- the signature is real. It is the actual, hand-signed signature of Infantino. It is not a pre-printed image on the card. About Carmine Infantino: Carmine Infantino was one of the true legends of the comic?s biz. In addition to being one of the most prolific cover artists of DC?s Silver Age, Infantino is credited with a host of distinctions. He drew Green Lantern and the Flash during the Golden Age and co-created the Black Canary. His work on Adam Strange outsold all other Sci-Fi comics before or since with the exception of one title- Marvel?s Star Wars series (and it was Infantino himself as the artist drawing the early Star Wars comics for Marvel that helped the series beat his own record on Mystery in Space). He also designed and was the first artist to draw Barbara Gordon as Batgirl (a character specifically created for the Adam West television show at the request of the studio- but DC decided to incorporate the charter into its comic?s continuity). His other credits include Airboy, the JLA, Spider-Woman, Suberboy, Charlie Chan, and other titles too numerous to list. Infantino is also credited with saving the Batman line of comics from cancellation with his ?new look? Batman, re-designed Batmobile and other Bat gadgets, adding in the yellow oval around the bat on Batman?s chest, and introducing new villains, most notably Poison Ivy. He became editor, publisher, and ultimately president of DC Comics. But he is perhaps best know as the artist who designed the look for Barry Allen, the then-new Flash that launched the Silver Age of comics in Show Case #4. He had a long association with the character, drawing him from the 1950?s well into the 1980?s, and his artwork is generally regarded as the very best to ever grace the covers and pages of the Flash. ~Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance: Excepting pack-pulled autograph trading cards, CGC Signature Series, signed Sideshow prints, and like collectibles, all autographed items Vault Collectibles sells were personally witnessed, by myself, being signed by the writer, artist, or celebrity in question. No third party is involved. Further, art sketches - and most published original art I sell - were obtained directly from the artist themselves. For buyers desiring this guarantee in written form, this statement guarantees that the above referenced item is as stated in the listing description. A screen capture of the completed auction page, which includes this statement of provenance, may be saved by the buyer as a digital file or print off in hardcopy form. As this serves as written proof of said guarantee, no physical documentation will be included in the package when the item is mailed. J. Brian O?Bryant VaultCollectibles dba as empire.auctions