December 1, 2004
Irwin Donenfeld, 1926-2004

Former DC Comics editorial director, publisher and all-around influential executive Irwin Donenfeld passed away Monday evening in Norwalk, Connecticut, according to
a glowing, respectful notice in his local newspaper of record, which remembers him as much as a community leader as a comics industry veteran of the first order.
Heidi MacDonald synthesizes from a few early sources
here, including
this short graph by comics historian
Mark Evanier.
The son of a company co-founder, Donenfeld is credited with helping to negotiate DC through one of the American comic book industry's most tumultuous eras in a fashion that made the company the envy of many of its close competitors. He is specifically credited with such forward-thinking moves as astutely following cover sales trends in terms of their content, bring in a qualified editor for the company romance line who happened to be female at a time when very few female hires were made, and tapping artist Carmine Infantino as art director.
Mr. Donenfeld is survived by a wife and five children.
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