Created by Rob Gilmer According to the TV Times, this 1992 made-for- tv flick relates what happens when "an unearthly romance blossoms between a female detective and the ghost of a murdered, 1940's private eye." The female P.I. in question is one ELIZABETH BENTLEY, a perfect little miss, an up-and- coming eager beaver partner in … Continue reading Elizabeth Bentley & Nick Peyton (Love Can Be Murder)
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Ben Ames
Created by Gayleen Froese Burned out and disillusioned criminologist and former cop turned Calgary-based private eye BEN AMES chases cheatersof all types (but mostly marital and insurance) all over Kananaskis County in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. "People will surprise you," Ben says to one of his clients in the series … Continue reading Ben Ames
Tom Welles (8MM)
Created by Andrew Kevin Walker Everyone take a shower. Happily-married, and boasting a new-born daughter, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania surveillance expert and private eye TOM WELLES is hired by a wealthy widow to track down the origins of a reel of 8mm film that seems to depict the murder of a young girl. Tom's soon in way … Continue reading Tom Welles (8MM)
Wade Griffin (Griff)
Created by Larry Cohen The Voice of Doom" as a P.I.? Pa Cartwright as a shamus? Canada's own Lorne Greene (why do you think they call it a "Greene Card"?) played WADE "GRIFF" GRIFFIN, a veteran LAPD captain who resigned from the force after thirty years of service over a matter of principle, but stormed … Continue reading Wade Griffin (Griff)
Lewis Wait
Created by Marshall Thornton Young, bookish LEWIS WAIT finds himself a reluctant operative for the legendary Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He didn't really want the job — he considers the agency merely "a band of thugs and strikebreakers" — but when financial hardship hit the family after the death of his father and brother, he … Continue reading Lewis Wait
Lance Wingman (Destination Kill)
Created by Joe Palmer Got dystopia? Not sure how "PI-ish" this 2026 comic book is, but it does have ex-copper turned private eye LANCE WINGMAN as a major character, teaming up with his former partner on the force, Gina Serene, a burned-out, pill-popping detective charged with squelching a worker's uprising in the corporate-controlled, robot-dominated hellscape … Continue reading Lance Wingman (Destination Kill)
Pete Barrow
Created by Ken Linn "Some teachers are such know-it-all assholes." — Pete lets us in on a little secret Hey, maybe high school math might actually becoming interesting, if only we could get the teacher to tell us a few stories about his side gig in between all that thrilling blather about sines, tangents, x … Continue reading Pete Barrow
Ah, Virginia, Talk To Me Like You Do…
Virginia Eyes are for Lovers Pete Barrow by Ken Linn (Potomac County) Sam Drake by Roger Torrey Scott Drayco by B.V. Lawson (Cape Unity) Frank Johnson by Ed Lynskey (Pelham) Wendy Lu by Timothy J. Lockhart (Virginia Beach) Henry Malone by James D.F. Hannah (Parker County) Khloé Mercer by Kiki Swinson (Norfolk) Frank Pavlicek by … Continue reading Ah, Virginia, Talk To Me Like You Do…
Rusty Forbes
Created by Milton K. Ozaki Other pseudonyms include Robert O. Saber & Mark Shane (1913-89) "The car was hot and so was the blonde who drove it. A smart shamus like Rusty Forbes should have known better than to hole up with her in a tourist cabin. By the time that the little picnic was … Continue reading Rusty Forbes