Martin Nodell and/or Martin Naydel? Somebody straighten me out...

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OK, I will admit that I am NOT the world's foremost expert on GA artwork. I do know a little about Mart Nodell. He was a close friend of my ex-wife and her family. But, here's the problem I am running into. The two artists (Nodell and Naydel) have virtually the same name? They worked at the same company at the same time? They both did superhero books? I've even seen some books listed which have one website crediting the book to Naydel and the other crediting the same to Nodell. I am honestly quite confused. Are these in fact two different artists? Can anyone confirm who did what? Is it Nodell just signing his name differently and they are actually just one? Help.

 

Nodell cover listing from a website

 

And the same website has another page for Naydel with the same covers.

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From Jerry's Who's Who of American Comic Books:

 

Name and vital stats

NAYDEL, MARTIN (artist; writer)

Family in arts

Brother: Lawrence Nadle (former editor at DC)

Influences

Sam Loyd; great puzzle-maker at turn of 20th century

Member

National Cartoonists Society

Syndication

JUMBLE [puzzle] [daily] (wr/pen/ink/) 1954-c60 > 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

JUMBLE [puzzle] [sunday] (wr/pen/ink/) 1954-c60 > 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

POGO AND PENNY (wr/pen/ink/) puzzle feature for King Features Syndicate

Comics in other media

KIDDIES HEAVEN (wr/pen/ink/) puzzle feature for the New York Evening Graphic

NOODLETEASER FAMILY (wr/pen/ink/) puzzle feature the New York Post

BARNES

JUMBLE (wr/pen/ink/) 1955 collection of the scrambled word game > 55

DC COMICS

Covers (pen/ink/) 1944-51 > 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO HARRY (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48

FLASH (pen/ink/) 1943-48 > 43 44 45 46 47 48

GREEN LANTERN (asst pen&ink/) 1945-46 > 45 46

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA (pen/ink/) 1945-47 > 45 46 47

MC SNURTLE THE TURTLE (pen/ink/) 1944-46 > 44 45 46

MONEY STUFF (wr/pen/ink/) 1954 filler > 54

OL' JUDGE OWL (wr/pen/ink/) 1944-46 filler > 44 45 46

PLAY ARMY (pen/ink/) 1955 filler > 55

PLAY outside-affiliatelinksnotallowed (wr/pen/ink/) 1954 filler > 54

QUIZZLERS (wr/pen/ink/) 1954 filler > 54

SLAM BRADLEY (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44

Support (let/) 1948-58 on his own features > 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

WINKY, BLINKY AND NODDY (ink/) 1947 > 47

HUMOR PUBLISHING

ADVENTURES OF DETECTIVE ACE KING (wr/pen/ink/) 1933 original comic book > 33

PARENTS' MAGAZINE PRESS

TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

 

 

 

 

NODELL, MARTY

Source (some data)

MARTIN NODELL

Name and vital stats

NODELL, MARTIN [1915- ] (artist; writer)

Pen names

MART DELLON

Education

Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; Pratt Institute

Print Media (non-comics)

Artist: Newspaper staff: New York, Chicago, W. Palm Beach

Animation

Storyboarder: Commercials

Storyboarder: For military c1952 > 52

Commercial Art & Design

Ad agencies 1950-78- > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

Art Director: Ad agency: Major accounts: Kellogg's; Proctor & Gamble; Team created Pillsbury Doughboy; Awards for clients: Folger's; Texaco; Sunshine

B.B.D. and O.; Norman; Craig and Kummel [NY]; Ford Motors

Cunningham and Walsh; Leo Burnett [Chicago]

Honors

50th Anniversary Award (Kansas City) 1990 [for craetion of Green Lantern] > 90

Comic Art Apa 1992 > 92

Ignatz (Orlandocon) 1985 > 85

Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1986 > 86

Comics in other media

GREEN LANTERN (pen/ink/) 1974 in Amazing World of DC Comics, from inventory > 74

Creator

Original GREEN LANTERN; Pillsbury Doughboy

Fan & trade zines

Overstreet's Advanced Collector (contrib/) #1, 1993 > 93

ACE PERIODICALS

BUCK STEELE (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

LARRY HARRIGAN (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

RAVEN, THE (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

SANDS OF DOOM (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

DC COMICS

ALL-STAR COMICS ARCHIVE~ (pen/ink/) 1991/93 graphic album with reprint of Green Lantern chapters > 91 93

ALL-STAR SQUADRON (pen/) 1984 > 84

Covers (pen/ink/) 1940-42 > 40 41 42

GREEN LANTERN (pen/ink/some plot/) 1940-47 > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

GREEN LANTERN [1st version] (pen/) 1991 > 91

Illustration (pen/ink/) 1995 > 95

Support (let/) 1940 on his own art > 40

WHO'S WHO IN THE DC UNIVERSE (pen/) 1985 entries > 85

DIAL PRESS

GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES~ (pen/ink/) 1965 graphic album with reprint of Green Lantern > 65

FAWCETT COMICS

STREAK SLOAN (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

FOX COMICS

DR. DOOM (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

HARMONY BOOKS

SECRET ORIGINS OF THE SUPER DC HEROES~ (pen/ink/) 1976 graphic album with reprint of Green Lantern > 76

I.W. PUBLICATIONS

FANTASTIC TALES~ (pen/) 1958 reprint > 58

MYSTERY TALES~ (pen/) 1964 reprint > 64

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN AMERICA (pen/) 1949-50 cf cover of CAPTAIN AMERICA'S WEIRD TALES #74 > 49 50

Horror (pen/ink/) 1948-49 cf cover of MARVEL TALES #93 > 48 49

HUMAN TORCH (pen/) c1948 > 48

Science fantasy (pen/ink/) c1948-c49 > 48 49

SUB-MARINER (pen/) c1948 > 48

Various features (pen/ink/) c1948-c50 on staff > 48 49 50

War (pen/ink/) c1948-c49 > 48 49

 

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If it's Flash then it's Naydel.

If it's Green Lantern then it's Nodell.

 

[PowderedH2O]

If it's Flash then it's Naydel.

If it's Green Lantern then it's Nodell.

 

Ok, so this CGC label is incorrect then when it says Martin Nodell?

 

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I am pretty sure that is incorrect. Even if Marty signed it at a show. He used to sign Shelly covers as well. I only met him once at the Serendipity show in Philly.