Larry Nadle

Fellow editor George Kashdan said that Nadle "paid himself for stories that did not exist", and that prior to audits, Nadle "would take an old script and change the title page to the title of the new story that he bought for himself".

Similarly, artist John Romita alleged that Nadle solicited kickbacks from artists from whom he would then commission stories, in order to pay his gambling debts.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=ygjPjIV02LgC&q=%22larry+nadle%22John&pg=PA106 Romita and All That Jazz!], by Roy Thomas, John Romita, and Jim Amash; published 2007 by TwoMorrows Publishing; "There were other editors that expected kickbacks. I never gave an editor a kickback. I did get caught by Larry Nadle, but only for one story, and I like to think he liked me a little bit better than the other guys. Otherwise he would have taken me for more than one story. You know, you'd get a check and then you'd sign a personal check over to him for that amount, and then you owed the company a story. And when he died, I owed them one story, 360 bucks worth. I did the story and I was okay, but there were other guys who were like five and six stories in the hole to him - to the company. Not Larry - he spent the money. He was not only a gambler, he was a liar (...)"

Bob Oksner likewise stated that Nadle solicited kickbacks, and described how, when he was writing and drawing The Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Nadle persuaded him to allow his writing credit (and thus payment) to be transferred to another cartoonist who "was in great debt to DC"; in reality, Nadle was keeping the money, and when this was discovered after Nadle's death, Oksner was nearly fired.[https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/alterego67preview "My Women Had Saturday Night Bodies And Sunday School Faces": Cartoonist Par Excellence BOB OKSNER Drew Angels, Apes - And Everything In Between!], by Jim Amash; in Alter Ego #67 (April 2007) (via Issuu)

Bob Haney called Nadle "a horse player with a heart problem".[http://classic.tcj.com/superhero/bob-haney-interviewed-by-michael-catron-part-two-of-five/2/ Bob Haney Interviewed by Michael Catron Part Two (of Five)], at the Comics Journal; published January 6, 2011; retrieved August 20, 2017

Craig Shutt has noted that Nadle participated in the practice of "redo(ing) stories", whereby a comic would "replicate major plot points or complete storylines [of earlier comics], often using the same scenes if not the exact pacing".[https://books.google.com/books?id=7kwfa0h_cFUC&dq=%22lawrence+nadle%22&pg=PA182 Baby Boomer Comics: The Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Comic Books of the 1960s], page 182-183, "Twice-Told Tales", by Craig Shutt; published February 28, 2011, by Krause Publications

As editor unless otherwise noted:

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• The Adventures of Bob Hope #1–86 (1950–1964)
• The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #1–40 (1952–1957)
• The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #41–82 (1957–1964)
• The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet #1–5 (1949–1950)
• Animal Antics #20–51 (1949–1954)
• Buzzy #28–77 (1949–1958)
• Comic Cavalcade #30–63 (1948–1954)
• A Date with Judy #13–79 (1949–1960)
• The Dodo and the Frog #80–92 (1954–1957)
• Everything Happens to Harvey #1–7 (1953–1954)
• Falling in Love #61–67 (1963–1964)
• Flippity & Flop #1–47 (1951–1960)
• The Fox and the Crow #1–85 (1951–1964)
• Funny Folks #1–60 (1946–1954)
• Funny Stuff #1–79 (1944–1954)
• Girls' Love Stories #97–103 (1963–1964)
• Girls' Romances #94–100 (1963–1964)
• Heart Throbs #85–89 (1963–1964)
• Here's Howie #1–18 (1952–1954)
• It's Gametime #1–4 (1955–1956)
• Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners #1–12 (1956–1958)
• Leading Comics #36–77 (1949–1955)
• Leave It to Binky #1–60 (1948–1958)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis #1–24 (1960–1964)
• Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood #1–9 (1949–1950)
• Miss Melody Lane of Broadway #1–3 (1950)
• Mutt & Jeff #7–103 (1943–1958)
• Nutsy Squirrel #61–72 (1954–1957)
• Pat Boone #1–5 (1959–1960)
• Peter Panda #1–31 (1953–1958)
• Peter Porkchops #1–62 (1949–1960)
• The Raccoon Kids #52–64 (1954–1957)
• Real Screen Comics #23–128 (1949–1959)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1–13 (1950–1962)
• Sergeant Bilko #1–18 (1957–1960)
• Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman #1–11 (1958–1960)
• Secret Hearts #90–95 (1963–1964)
• Scribbly #1–15 (1948–1952)
• Sugar and Spike #1–52 (1956–1964)
• The Three Mouseketeers #1–26 (1956–1960)
• TV Screen Cartoons #129–138 (1959–1961)
• Young Love #39–43 (1963–1964)
• Young Romance #125–129 (1963–1964){{div col end}}

Nadle's brother was cartoonist Martin Naydel, perhaps best known as the creator of the Jumble.[http://www.toonopedia.com/mcsnurt.htm MCSNURTLE THE TURTLE: THE TERRIFIC WHATZIT], by Don Markstein, at Don Markstein's Toonopedia; retrieved August 20, 2017[https://books.google.com/books?id=kxQEhkcO0fYC&dq=%22larry+nadle%22&pg=PA31 All-Star Companion Volume 1], by Roy Thomas; published June 23, 2004, by TwoMorrows Publishing

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• [http://www.bailsprojects.com/(S(pdpdfa451mltgx45cy25rq45))/whoswho.aspx?mode=AtoZsearch&id=NADLE%2c+LARRY Larry Nadle] at Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999

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