Larry Nadle
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Lawrence Malcolm Nadle (September 29, 1913 in Manhattan[1] - December 26, 1963)[2] (sometimes credited as Larry Nadel)[3] was a comic book editor and writer who was known for his work for DC Comics' romance comics, celebrity comics,[2] and other humor-centric titles.[4] Todd Klein has noted that Nadle's career in comics began "around 1943-44", as an editor for All-American Publications.[5] Initially working as assistant for Sheldon Mayer on comic book titles like Mutt & Jeff, Funny Stuff, Funny Folks, and Leave It to Binky, he became one of the two editors for its humor titles along with Bernie Breslauer,[6] he was promoted to full editor on all humor titles in 1949 following Breslauer's illness and remained there until his death in 1963.[7] He also took over the romance books shortly before his death in 1963.[8]
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Nadle also wrote scripts for radio and television,[9] and (under the joint pseudonym "Bob Lawrence", which he shared with cartoonist Bob Oksner) produced the comic strip version of the situation comedy I Love Lucy.[10] As well, he served as Robert Lewis May's ghost writer on the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer comic strip,[1] and created the character "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (although, due to Nadle's sudden death, the character went unpublished until Grant Morrison repurposed him in 1992).[11]