Author: Mel Odom Published: November 2011 Time for another entry in the hard punching Fight Card series – this time courtesy of Mel Odom writing as Jack Tunney. Mel may not be a household name, but if you are like me and troll through book shops, you have no doubt come across some of his [...]
12Dec11
Fight Card: The Cutman
29Nov11
Fight Card: Felony Fists
Author: Paul Bishop Published: November 2011 I am too young to remember the halcyon days of pulp fiction, but as a child growing up in the 1970s, there was always a lot of brutal entertainment on television. We would regularly watch ‘TV Ringside’ with Ron Casey, and on Sunday afternoon was ‘World Championship Wrestling’. I [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, Paul Bishop, Pulp Fiction
Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, Paul Bishop, Pulp Fiction
26Nov11
The Dolly Dolly Spy
Author: Adam Diment Publisher: Dutton Published: 1967 Author Adam Diment is somewhat of a mystery and an enigma. And at the bottom of this post, I’ll add links to some great websites, that have attempted to delve into mystery of Adam Diment (there is even some speculation that he was not even a real person, [...]
22Nov11
The Dead Man: Kill Them All
Author: Harry Shannon Publisher: 47 North Published: November 2011 Book No: 6 It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a Dead Man adventure on this site. This is not because I have stopped reading them, but as many of you would be aware the Dead Man series has been picked up by Amazon and is [...]
18Nov11
Kiss the Boys & Make them Die
Author: James Yardley Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd. Published: 1970 Kiss the Boys & Make them Die is the first book in James Yardley’s two book Kiss Darling series. Kiss is not a spy but a super-sexy insurance investigator, but nonetheless she traipses around the world investigating criminal enterprises – so she is worthy of being [...]
6Nov11
Day of Mourning
Author: Stephen Mertz Publisher: Worldwide: Gold Eagle Based on characters created by Don Pendleton Published: February 1984 Book No: 62 Despite the cover image I have posted above, the Australian editions of Day of Morning (and Dead Man Running) did not feature the red foil stamping on the name Mack Bolan – and as such [...]
Author: Mike Newton Publisher: Worldwide Gold Eagle Published: 2003 Book No. 133 Based on characters created by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy To suggest that I am an expert on the Destroyer series, after only reading two books, would be the height of arrogance. So accept my comments as broad generalisations. Yesterday, I looked at [...]
3Nov11
The Destroyer: The Head Men
Author: Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy Publisher: Pinnacle Books Published: 1977 Book No: 31 I remember when the Destroyer movie came out in the mid 1980′s. I was very excited about it. That wasn’t because I was a fan of the Destroyer books – and in fact, The Head Man, which I am reviewing here, [...]
Written by Lee Falk Illustrated by Sy Barry The Great Web of Spidera is a Phantom story from 1965. The tale starts with an oil geologist, named Eliot, and his pilot flying over the Bengali jungles when they encounter a severe storm and are blown off course. Flying low to spot landmarks, Elliot spies a [...]
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Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
5Oct11
The Phantom: The 12 Tasks
By Lee Falk and Ray Moore (and Winston McCoy) Originally published: 29th December 1946 – 29th June 1947 Any look at The Phantom would not be complete without a look at the comic strip where it all began. The 12 Tasks is the oldest story I have, and I thought it was a good place [...]
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Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
