Falk, Leon

Falk, Leon
▪ 2000
“Lee” 
      American comic-strip writer who created the Mandrake the Magician (1934) and The Phantom (1936) strips and wrote them until a short time before his death; he also wrote, produced, and directed numerous plays (b. April 28, 1911?, St. Louis, Mo.—d. March 13, 1999, New York, N.Y.).

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