Created by Robert W. Tinsley "I sat in the oldest cemetery in El Paso, dressed in my Sneaky-Suit, black sneakers, socks, pants, gloves, sweater, and watch cap with every exposed square inch of skin covered in black make up. I was ready for a minstrel show or a commando raid, whichever came along first." -- … Continue reading Jack Brady
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John Caine
Created by Charles Knief Retired U.S. naval officer and SEAL JOHN CAINE lives on his 56-foot ketch-rigged sailboat, Duchess, in Oahu, Hawaii, and supplements his income by occasionally doing little favors for friends. Drawing favorable comparisons to Spenser and particularly Travis McGee, Caine's first appearance, 1996's Diamond Head, won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers … Continue reading John Caine
Jon Lancaster
Created by James Swain "Security companies are licensed and bound by a strict set of rules in the state of Florida. I'm not licensed, which lets me do pretty much whatever the hell I want." JON LANCASTER may look like a pot-bellied, belligerent asshole, but when push comes to shove, well... yeah, sorta. He also makes … Continue reading Jon Lancaster
Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
Created by Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson I just don't get it. Never has such a so-so show had such a large impact on the genre as the MAGNUM, P.I. A watered-down and beefcaked-up Rockford Files wannabe, utilizing Hawaii 5-O's discarded props and then-rising star (and former cigarette commercial star) Tom Selleck... Okay, okay, I … Continue reading Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)