Created by Day Keene Pseudonym of Gunnar Hjerstedt (1904-1969) "Familiar enough in its sex and violence and in its expose of criminous goings on in the pop-record business; but it's fast, lively and professional, and Irish-Hawaiian Johnny Aloha is better company than many of ficiton's private eyes." -- Anthony Boucher, New York Times, on Payola … Continue reading Johnny Aloha
Tag: Ex-Marine
Jason Bard
Created by Frank Robbins and Gil Kane Another pipe-sucking shamus from the backpages of Detective Comics, playing second fiddle to Batman? Gotham City private eye and ex-Marine JASON BARD is a young "resourceful, battle-scarred Vietnam vet, his only weapon a cane and a razor-sharp intelligence." In the straighter-than-thou world of DC of the seventies, Jason … Continue reading Jason Bard
Roland Ford
Created by T. Jefferson Parker T. Jefferson Parker is one of those authors I've been reading off and on for years, since I first spotted the DayGlo colours of the paperback edition of Laguana Heat beckoning to me from a spinner rack sometime in the eighties. Through the years, I've followed his broken and damaged … Continue reading Roland Ford