The Irwin Donenfeld 1998 Shoot Interview by David Armstrong

David Armstrong interviewed Irwin Donenfeld, former Silver Age editorial director / executive Vice President of DC Comics and son of the company's cofounder, Harry Donenfeld in his office in Westport, Connecticut, discussing his background, DC's distribution through Independent News, the sales decline of the 1950s, the Kefauver hearings on juvenile delinquency, mimicking Stan Lee's realistic approach to superheroes, the corporate sale of DC to Kinney, Carmine Infantino, why he left the company and quirky editorial decisions. Interview conducted, recorded and copyrighted to David Armstrong. Remastered, edited, timestamped and postproduction by Alex Grand. #CarmineInfantino #ComicBooks #Superhero #StanLee #IrwinDonenfeld #JuliusSchwartz #DCComics #Flash #Marvel #EstesKefauver #Superman #SilverAge #Distribution 📜 Chapters 00:00 Irwin Donenfeld's background 01:59 Distribution of DC comic books 02:56 American News Company going out of business 05:01 Comics wanting Independent News distribution 05:35 Zena Brody - female editor 05:46 Comic magazine sales 08:05 Mimicking Stan Lee 08:35 Juvenile delinquency hearings affect your sales? 10:01 Counter-Kefauver PR campaign 10:25 Overall circulation decline in the '50s? 11:00 Communications with editorial staff 11:40 Why selling the company to Kinney 12:07 Carmine Infantino 13:07 DC Comics fate? 13:25 Comic book newsstand memories 13:46 Flick / Gorilla Covers 🤔 Hope you enjoyed this video! 👍 If you enjoy this video, please like and share it. 👉 Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more updates. 🚫 Subscribe by clicking this link 🔗 https://bit.ly/3i ⚡️ Swim into our playlists ⚡️ 🎶 CBH Docuseries by Alex Grand 🔗 https://bit.ly/CBH-Docuseries 🎶 CBH Interview Series 🔗 https://bit.ly/CBH-InterviewSeries 🎶 History of DC Comics Video Series by Alex Grand 🔗 https://bit.ly/3CrGqnV 🎶 Origin of Marvel Comics Video Series by Alex Grand 🔗 https://bit.ly/3yx4gvV 🎶 CBH Videos in Order of Episode Number 🔗 https://bit.ly/3lBl29H 🎶 Comic Book Flip Thru 🔗 https://bit.ly/3xz8QIO 🎶 Historic Footage 🔗 https://bit.ly/3AiukLR 🎶 CBH Motion Comics 🔗 https://bit.ly/3yvHMLX 🎶 CBH Panel Series 🔗 https://bit.ly/3s36voy 🎶 Comic Book Historians Playlists 🔗 https://bit.ly/CBH-Playlists ⚡️ Our Socials ⚡️ ✅ Facebook:   / comicbookhistorians   ✅ Instagram:   / comicbookhistorians   ✅ Twitter:   / comichistorians   🎙 Audio Podcasts 🔗 https://comicbookhistorians.buzzsprou... 🌐 Website 🔗 https://comicbookhistorians.com/ ✊ You want to support our project? We'd be happy for your support on Patreon. ⚡️ Check us out on Patreon 🔗   / comicbookhistorians   󰛝 An extra special thank-you to all my kind Patreon supporters. 🙏 Thank you for watching