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Comic Books, Strips & Graphic Novels/Alphabetical
A
- Grace Adams & Aunt Agatha (The Agatha Detective Agency)
- Jinx Alameda
- Mosaku Anchu
- Angel
- Angel and the Ape
- Apocalypse Al
- Nick Archer (Liar’s Kiss)
- Frank Armstrong (Tumor)
- Jacob Ashe & Cinder DuBois (Cinder and Ashe)
B
- Barney Bailey (The Crime Clinic)
- Stuart Bailey (77 Sunset Strip)
- Ray Banana
- Hal Banks (Dark Horse Presents)
- Jason Bard
- Dick Barton
- Lance Barnes
- Mike Barnett (Man Against Crime)
- Velda Bellinghausen (Velda Girl Detective: True Crime Comics)
- Bob Benton (aka “Tiger Man”)
- Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
- John Blacksad (Blacksad)
- Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Betty Blake (Super-Detective)
- Jerome K. Jerome Bloche
- The Bogie Man (aka Francis F. Clunie)
- Vic Boone
- Boston Blackie
- Bobo the Detective Chimp
- Sasha Bordeaux
- Dick Bos
- Dick Boss
- Slam Bradley
- Lex Brand
- Tony Bravado
- Fernandez Britten (Britten & Brülightly)
- Romeo Brown
- Stewart Brülightly (Britten & Brülightly)
- Steve Bullitt (The Case of the Winking Buddha)
- Nestor Burma
- Byrd (Hawaiian Dick)
C
- Luke Cage
- Ezra Cain (Brutal Dark)
- Sam Cairo
- Canardo
- Frank Cannon
- Jake Cardigan
- Carmen Courageous
- Tuna Carpaccio
- Roy Carson
- Flashgun Casey
- Christopher Chance (aka “The Human Target”)
- Chandler (Red Tide)
- Charlie’s Angels
- Harry Chase
- Checkmate (Don Corey, Jed Sills, Chris Devlin & Dr. Carl Hyatt)
- Santa Claus/Nick Santana
- Francis F. Clunie (aka The Bogie Man)
- Jack Cohen (Noche Roja)
- Young King Cole, Jr.
- P.J. Colt (Trouble, Inc.)
- Joe Coogan (Dead, She Said)
- Carmen Courageous (Carmen Courageous)
- Cowboy Bebop
- Lucky Coyne
- The Creep (aka “Oxel Kärnhus”)
D
- Danny and Harry (Danny and Harry: Private Detectives)
- Danny Danger
- Johnny Danger
- Mike Danger (Danger and Adventure)
- Mike Danger (Spillane)
- Dan Dare (WHIZ Comics)
- Sammy Day
- Dead Boy Detectives
- Ted Denning & Bob Ranier (Detectives Inc.)
- Paul DeSanto
- Detective Chimp
- Detective Fork
- Detectives Inc.
- Manny Diamond (Animal Noir)
- David DiAngelo (Odd Jobs)
- Webster Dodge (Dodge’s Bullets)
- Dylan Dog
- Johnny Dollar
- Jonny Double
- Harry Dresden (The Dresden Files)
- Vincent Dressler (Falls the Gotham Rain)
- Bulldog Drummond
- Cinder DuBois and Jacob Ashe (Cinder and Ashe)
- Eric T. Duckman (Duckman)
- Steve Duncan
- Hugh Dunnit
- Nathaniel Dusk
- Johnny Dynamite
E
F
- Max Faccioni
- Ford Fairlane
- Mike Fallon
- Dan Farraday (Criminal)
- Jenner Faulds
- Ace Fedora
- Félix
- Femme Noir
- The Ferret (Marvel Mystery Comics)
- Hippolyte Finn
- Fire-Man (Liberty Scouts)
- Hip Flask
- Vic Flint
- Jonathan Foolishbury
- Glory Forbes
- Detective Fork
- Dominic Fortune
- Fortune’s Friends
- Jackie Fuentes (Killer Groove)
- Hippolytus Fynn
G
- Chip Gardner
- John “GrimJack” Gaunt
- Milo Garrett (100 Bullets)
- Toni Gayle
- Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)
- Ginger
- James Gordon (Gotham Noir)
- Bixby Grant (Bixby Grant, Private Eye)
- Richard “Dick” Grayson (Nine Lives: Who Killed Selina Kyle?)
- Gregg (“Fall Guy for Murder”)
- René Griffon
- Griffu
- GrimJack
- Frank Grissel (Fogtown)
- Peter Gunn
H
- Jack Hagee
- Hairbutt the Hippo
- John Halting (Green Candles)
- Gil Hamilton
- Max Hamm (Fairy Tale Detective)
- Dick Hammer
- Mike Hammer
- Neil Hammond (Kill My Mother)
- Rob Hanes
- John Hardin (The Black Diamond Detective Agency)
- Ace Harlem
- Ace Harlen
- Hawaiian Dick
- Hawaiian Eye
- Hawkeye
- Star Hawkins
- Ulysses Hazard (see Nate Hollis)
- Thompson Heller (Thompson Heller Detective Interstellar)
- Oscar Hellian (Cheval Noir)
- Jack Herriman (Scene of the Crime)
- Dick Hérrison
- Sam Hill
- Nate Hollis (Angeltown)
- Phil Housley (Secret Messages)
- The Human Target (Christopher Chance)
- Bruce Hunter
I
- Patrick “P.I.” Immellmann (The Private Eye)
J
- Johnny Jackson (Choker)
- A.Y. Jalisco (Chicanos)
- Jerry Jasper
- Johnny Peril
- Jerry Jasper
- Janie “Strummer” Jones (Black’s Myth)
- Jessica Jones (Alias, The Pulse, etc.)
- Jinx Jordan
- Rocky Jorden (Crime Cases Private Eye)
- Gil Jourdan
K
- Oxel Kärnhus (The Creep)
- Jan Karta
- Martin Kane
- Mr. Keen
- Jonny Kilmeister (Integer City)
- Kimitsuka Kimihi & Siesta (The Detective Is Already Dead)
- Gideon King (Nightmark)
- Rip Kirby
- Tamara Knight
- Carl Kolchak (The Nightstalker)
- Keri Krane (Charlie Chan)
L
- Mike Lancer
- Leslie Lenrow (aka “The Ferret”)
- Lloyd Llewellyn
- Léo Loden
- The Lone Wolf
- Doc Long, Jack Packard and Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
M
- Kelvin Mace
- Matthew MacGregor (High Moon)
- Mike Mahogany
- Dashell “Dash” Malone (Dash)
- Luke Malone
- Stu Manning (Lonesome Days, Savage Nights)
- Christopher Marlowe (The Wastelands)
- Philip Marlowe
- Mack Martin
- Marvin
- Carter Mason
- Kirk Mason
- Perry Mason
- Mike Mauser
- The Maze Agency (Jennifer Mays & Gabriel Webb)
- Carey McCandless & Jessica Williams (McCandless & Company)
- Skip McCoy
- “Digger” McCrae (Gravedigger)
- Cal McDonald
- Antonio Mercer (You Have Killed Me)
- Ace Mifflin (The Jazz Age Chronicles)
- Mike Mist
- Liz Monroe (Fortune’s Friends)
- Mike Monster (ZANY Magazine)
- Manuel Montano
- Chic Mooney (Nowheresville)
- Case Morgan
N
- Johnny Nemo
- Easton Newburn (Newburn)
- Billy Nguyen
- Nightmark (Gideon King)
- Femme Noir
- Sam Noir (Samurai Detective)
- Dakota North (Dakota North, Daredevil, etc.)
O
- Angel O’Day & Sam Simeon (Angel and the Ape)
- Dr. Occult
- The Odd Man
P
- Jack Packard, Doc Long & Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
- Edwin Paine & Charles Rowland (The Dead Boy Detectives)
- Paladin (Have Gun-Will Travel)
- Jack Palmer (aka “Palmer”)
- Dex Parios (Stumptown)
- Dougie Patterson & Ivor Thompson (Dicks)
- Jon Pay
- Sam Pezzo
- Mitch Pistolwhip (2001, Top Shelf Productions)
- Vector Pope (Pulp Fantastic)
- Joe Potato (Batman)
- Ace Powers (Silver Streak Comics)
- Leo Pulp
Q
R
- Eddie Race (Sojourn)
- Bob Ranier & Ted Denning (Detectives Inc.)
- Roy Raymond, TV Detective
- Roy Raymond, Jr.
- Ethan Reckless (Reckless)
- Renfield & Igor Vorlic (Strange Detective Tales)
- Jim Reuben (aka “Fire-Man”; Liberty Scouts)
- Denaldo Reynoso (The Big Hoax)
- The Rio Kid
- Alexander & Penelope Risk
- Charles Rowland & Edwin Paine (The Dead Boy Detectives)
- Esa Ruispelto
- Buck Ryan (The Daily Mirror)
S
- Jon Sable
- The Saint (aka “Simon Templar”)
- Nick Santana/Santa Claus
- Gregg Saunders (“Fall Guy for Murder”)
- Speed Saunders
- Peter Scratch
- Secret Agent Corrigan (see Secret Agent X-9)
- Secret Agent X-9
- Dick Shamus (The Drowned Girl)
- Lesley Shane
- Ken Shannon
- Michael Shayne
- Sam Simeon & Angel O’Day (Angel and the Ape)
- Tiffany Sinn (Career Girl Romances)
- Alack Sinner
- Clement Skunk-Petersen
- Kensington Slade
- Big Sleeping
- The Sleeze Brothers
- Sally the Sleuth
- Sam Spade
- Jeff Spencer (77 Sunset Strip)
- James Sprecken (Modern Pulp)
- Tammy Starr & Kevin Rourke (Starr Security Service)
- Sarge Steel
- Larry Steele (Detective Comics)
- Hank Steiner (Hank Steiner Monster Detective)
- Rocky Stone
- Clayton “Clay” Stoner (The Odd Man)
- Verge (Subgenre)
- Alec Swan (Firearm)
- Joseph Swann & Abel Walker (Hawkshaws)
T
- Gaston Talon
- Simon Templar (aka “The Saint”)
- Paul Temple
- Ivor Thompson & Dougie Patterson (Dicks)
- The Three Xs (Mystic Comics)
- Rock Thrust
- Jonni Thunder
- John Tiffany
- Tiger Man (aka Bob Benton)
- Dick Transom (All Good Comics)
- Nick Travers
- Ms. Tree
- Timothy Trench
- Dan Turner
U
V
- Jean Valhardi
- Vengeance Squad (Eric Redd, Tulsa Coyle and Candy Orr)
- Igor Vorlic and Renfield (Strange Detective Tales)
W
- Johnny Wadd
- Abel Walker & Joseph Swann (Hawkshaws)
- Speed Walker (Speed Walker, Private Eye)
- Watson & Holmes
- Pete Webb
- Honey West
- Dan Williams (Exciting Comics)
- Jessica Williams & Carey McCandless (McCandless & Company)
- Minky Woodcock (The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini, etc.)
X
Y
- Reggie York, Jack Packard and Doc Long (I Love a Mystery)
Z
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Stefan Wood’s private Facebook group for classic comic strip enthusiasts was originally intended to facilitate the trading and sharing of classic strips “that will likely not be taken on by publishers due to their extreme niche appeal”–in other words, ones whose copyrights were not renewed. Scholarly articles are also posted.