Arnold Drake
Arnold Jack Drake  was an American  author. He was one of the first pioneers of what is called a "graphic novel" today with a book called It Rhymes with Lust. He has written comics across many genres, including war, horror, romances, superheroes, westerns, crime, and science fiction.

He is best known for his work on the DC Comics series "Deadman" and "Doom Patrol". He also worked for Marvel Comics on the "X-Men" series in the 1960s. Over the years, he has also received a number of awards.

In the late 1970s, he worked on several issues of Western Publishing's  comics.

At age 83, Drake died in New York City's Cabrini Medical Center, from pneumonia and septic shock.

Writing credits 
 Gold Key TOS
 #19: "The Haunted Asteroid"
 #20: "A World Gone Mad"
 #24: "The Trial of Captain Kirk"
 #25: "Dwarf Planet"
 #32: "The Animal People"
 #34: "The PsychoCrystals"
 #36: "A Bomb in Time"
 #38: "One of Our Captains Is Missing!"
 #39: "Prophet of Peace"
 #40: "Furlough to Fury"
 #41: "The Evictors"
 #42: "World Against Time"
 #43: "World Beneath the Waves"
 #44: "Prince Traitor"
 #46: "Mr. Oracle"
 #48: "Murder Boards the Enterprise"
 #50: "The Planet of No Life"
 #55: "A World Against Itself"
 #57: "Spore of the Devil"
 #59: "To Err Is Vulcan"

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Star Trek comic authors