Arnold Drake

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Biography

Arnold Drake was an American comic book writer and screenwriter best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters Deadman and the Doom Patrol, and the Marvel Comics characters the Guardians of the Galaxy, among others.Drake was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.

  • Primary profession
  • Writer·miscellaneous·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 01 March 1924
  • Place of birth
  • New York City
  • Death date
  • 2007-03-12
  • Death age
  • 83
  • Place of death
  • New York City
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • University of Missouri·New York University
  • Knows language
  • English language

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Began writing comics in the 1940s and worked for major publishers throughout his career. He also wrote one of the first graphic novels "It Rhymes with Lust" in 1950.

Comic book writer and co-creator of "The Doom Patrol" and "Deadman for Strange Adventures.".

Interviewed in Tom Weavers McFarland books "Eye on Science Fiction" (about The Flesh Eaters ) and "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (about 50,000 B.C. (Before Clothing) ).

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