Created by Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) Now here's something you rarely hear crime writing legend Elmore Leonard credited with.... Cindy Fazzi, author of a series of novels about Domingo, a modern day bounty hunter, suggests that that "pop culture has long mythologized and even romanticized" the occupation, and suggests that Leonard  himself helped popularize the profession … Continue reading Dave Flynn
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R.B. “Ax” Axton
Created by Doug Allyn (1942--) R.B. "AX" AXTON is a sometime-licensed private investigator, eking out a living on the fringes of Dearborn, Michigan. He also does collections for local loan sharks and snatches for bail bondsmen, not to mention occasional gigs as a bodyguard, bouncer, bartender and even a hotel night clerk. Whatever. And whatever … Continue reading R.B. “Ax” Axton
Lily Crow
Created by by Liliana Hart. LILY CROW is the heroine in a one-off from author Liliana Hart; a spin-off novella from Hart's  best-selling Laurel Valley romance-tinged series of thrillers, which follows the lives (and loves) of the O'Hara clan of the sleepy, idyllic, post card-perfect town of Laurel Valley, Idaho. But Return to Laurel Valley … Continue reading Lily Crow
Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy)
Created by Glen A. Larson "It's a death defying life I lead But I'll take my chances..." Okay, you might consider it a stretch to include TV's The Fall Guy (1981-86, ABC) on this site, but under-employed stunt man COLT SEAVERS (played by a post-$6,000,00 Man and post-Farrah Lee Majors) actually did moonlight as a … Continue reading Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy)
Painter
Created by Melinda DiLorenzo "For just one night I needed to turn off the dread I felt every day. I needed to forget that despite every carefully planned escape, my past was waiting to tap me on the shoulder and steal away everything I cared about. I wanted this man. It was passionate. It was … Continue reading Painter
Domingo
Created by Cindy Fazzi Filipino-American bounty hunter DOMINGO has a speciality: tracking down and capturing "illegals" (undocumented immigrants) who have committed criimes. Yeah, there's an irony in there, and he knows it. An immigrant himself (legal since 1998), he's not without sympathy, but it's also what makes him so good at his job. And at … Continue reading Domingo
John Tiffany
Created by Stephen Desberg (script) & Dan Panosian (art) We’re definitely in ComixLand here—high-priced, globetrotting and always well-dressed manhunter JOHN TIFFANY is possibly the world’s greatest bounty hunter. The only four people he trusts, we’re breathlessly informed, are:  Pastor Lovejoy, an unorthodox priest Wan Chao, an underworld geek who’s in the process of converting to Judaism … Continue reading John Tiffany
Ralph “Papa” Thorson
Created by (presumably) Mr. and Mrs. Thorson "I'm getting too old for this shit." Not a fictional creation, though his biography unravels like one. The Hunter was a 1980 fact-based action/adventure flick starring the late, great Steve McQueen (in his last role) as real-life bounty hunter RALPH "PAPA" THORSON. Thorson, famed as "the Greatest of … Continue reading Ralph “Papa” Thorson
Domino Harvey (Domino)
"Created" by Tony Scott, Richard Kelly and Steve Barancik "If you're wondering what's true and what's not you can beep off because it's none of your damn business!" -- Domino lays it on the line. "You're probably wondering how a girl like me arrived here, at the arse end of the Nevada desert with a … Continue reading Domino Harvey (Domino)
Truck Turner
Created by Jerry Wilkes Pseudonym of Leigh Chapman "Just follow the bouncing ball, nigger.” —Truck explains the plot "Anybody thinkin' about leavin' here is gonna find my left foot square up their ass, do you understand it?! Those two bitches that left, they better learn to sell pussy in Iceland because if I ever see … Continue reading Truck Turner