Created by Yutaka Nanten SPIKE SPIEGAL and JET BLACK were bounty hunters of the future on the hit TV show Cowboy Bebop, who were found on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim time slot back in the early naughties. There's a difference between them and most bounty hunters, though--these guys are animated. But don't make the mistake … Continue reading Spike Spiegel, Jet Black & Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
Tag: Bounty Hunter
Tiny Ryder
Created by Tiny Boyle & Hank Nuwer Created by Tiny Boyle & Hank Nuwer Okay, he looks more like one of those fat, hairy yahoos storming the U.S. Capitol, or maybe a character from Charlie Daniel's "Uneasy Rider," but TINY RYDER was the hero of The Bounty Hunter, an unlikely series of Men's Adventure novels … Continue reading Tiny Ryder
Pedro Gomez & Dennis “Hardball” Bakelenekoff (Grand Slam)
Created by Bill L. Norton In this extremely short-lived action/adventure series, comic Paul Rodriguez and John "Dukes of Hazzard" Schneider starred as PEDRO GOMEZ and DENNIS "HARDBALL" BAKELENEKOFF, bounty hunters for competing firms who eventually team up to nail a ruthless South American drug dealer, and end up going into business together, despite the fact they … Continue reading Pedro Gomez & Dennis “Hardball” Bakelenekoff (Grand Slam)
C.J. Floyd
Created by Robert O. Greer (1944--) "The only black bail bondsman operating on Denver's Bail Bondsman's Row," C.J. FLOYD is one sleuth who likes to spend his dough. He's a sucker for antiques--be they license plates, blues records or classic cars (including his beloved BelAir), and he owns season tickets for the Broncos and the … Continue reading C.J. Floyd
Bounty Hunters
"Not your average nine-to-five job" "To be certain, bounty hunting isn't your average nine-to-five job. But then, I'm not your average guy. I've had guns pointed in my face so many times I've lost count. I've survived having the trigger pulled more than once or twice. I have been stabbed, scratched, beaten up, and hit … Continue reading Bounty Hunters
Karl Morgen
Created by Dietrich Kalteis Seattle bounty hunter KARL MORGEN got his licence yanked for being a little too enthusiastic about bringing in a skipped bond, so he's now eking out a living as a process server across the border in Vancouver in Ride the Lightning (2014), Dietrich Kalteis' headsnapping (and promising) debut. Lark figures it'll … Continue reading Karl Morgen
Jerri Johnson
Created by Jim Sanderson JERRI JOHNSON scratches out a living as a San Antonio bounty hunter, tracking down bail jumpers, serving subpoenas and occasionally taking a gig that might not exactly pass the smell test--much to the chagrin of her pal Joe Parr, an aging, recently widowed Texas Ranger, in Safe Delivery, a 2000 standalone … Continue reading Jerri Johnson
Dave Barrett (Manhunter)
Created by Sam H. Rolfe Taciturn DAVE BARRETT was an ex-WWI marine turned bounty hunter who goes up against a Bonnie-and-Clyde team of bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend (and his dog!) in Manhunter, a 1974 TV movie. Dave was played by Ken Howard, later to star as television's The White Shadow. Killed his … Continue reading Dave Barrett (Manhunter)
Michael MacGruder (Cagney and Lacey)
Created by Steven Brown Intended as a possible spin-off from Cagney & Lacey, Orion Productions had high hopes for "The Bounty Hunter," an unsold pilot disguised as an episode in the popular show's third season. BrianDennehy starred as MICHAEL MacGRUDER, a tough guy manhunter from Michigan on the trail of a bail jumper, who's wanted in New … Continue reading Michael MacGruder (Cagney and Lacey)
Streeter
Created by Michael Stone One of the more promising eyes of the nineties, Michael Stone's Denver bounty hunter and sometime private eye STREETER is just a pile of exes. He's an ex-linebacker, an ex-accountant, an ex-bouncer, an ex-husband (four times) and an ex-fiancé (three times). And he works out of an ex-church. Obviously, judging from … Continue reading Streeter