Pseudonyms include Grimes Hill, Lewis Nebel & Eric Lewis (1903-1966) He was born LOUIS FREDERICK NEBEL on November 3, 1903. He dropped out of high school at fifteen, allegedly after only one day of classes. He worked the docks and checked cars. He became a valet and, in some versions of his biography, a sailor on a tramp … Continue reading Frederick Nebel
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“Tough Dick” Donahue
Created by Frederick Nebel (1903-67) One of the hardest of the hard-boiled dicks was prolific pulpster Frederick Nebel's private eye "TOUGH DICK" DONAHUE, whom Cap Shaw of Black Mask hoped would replace The Continental Op after Dashiell Hammett stopped writing for that magazine. There was certainly some reasons for their optimism. A big, burly Irishman and … Continue reading “Tough Dick” Donahue
Cardigan (aka “Steve Cardigan” & Jack Cardigan”)
Created by Frederick NebelPseudonyms include Grimes Hill, Lewis Nebel & Eric Lewis(1903-1966) “I said I was sorry, you want me to set it to music?” The award for most appearances by a series character in Dime Detective has to go to prolific pulpster Frederick Nebel's St. Louis private eye JACK CARDIGAN. Starting with "Death Alley" … Continue reading Cardigan (aka “Steve Cardigan” & Jack Cardigan”)
The Adventures of Cardigan: A Review
Review by Mario Taboada "Hardesty was as dumb an egg as they come -- but boy how that baby could pitch ball. So when he tangled himself all up in a murder net it was up to that big dick from Cosmos to pick the knots. Or else - But there just wasn't any "or else". … Continue reading The Adventures of Cardigan: A Review
Kennedy of The Free Press & Captain Steve MacBride
Created by Frederick Nebel The most famous of the pulp newsmen -- and one of the most popular series presented in Black Mask in the thirties -- was freewheeling KENNEDY OF THE FREE PRESS, as he was always introduced, whose job as crime reporter invariably led him into conflict with the infinitely more strait-laced Captain Steve … Continue reading Kennedy of The Free Press & Captain Steve MacBride
Torchy Blane
Created by Frederick Nebel (1903-1966) "The Lady Bloodhound with a Nose for News" "The Yellow-Haired Peril!" -- some of the taglines for the films Somewhere along the line, in the transition from the pulps to celluloid, Frederick Nebel's skinny, drunk-as-a-skunk Kennedy of The Free Press who'd appeared in a slew of stories in Black Mask became … Continue reading Torchy Blane