Created by Shōichi Maruyama & Yûsaku Matsuda In Yokohama BJ Blues, a 1981 Neo-noir set in, well, Yokohama, Japan, shaggy-haired struggling blues singer and part-time private eye BJ is working a missing persons case, hunting for a lost boy, to make ends meet when his best friend, a cop, is murdered. And if that isn't … Continue reading BJ (Yokohama BJ Blues)
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Valentin St. Cyr
Created by David Fulmer Creole detective VALENTIN ST. CYR works the carnival world of 1907 Storyville, New Orleans. In this notorious red-light district, "sporting" girls ply the trade in mansion parlors and dime-a-trick cribs, cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, rye whiskey flows like an amber river, and the nights echo with a … Continue reading Valentin St. Cyr
Declan Shaw
Created by M.E. Proctor Pseudonym of Martine Proctor in Love You Till Tuesday (2024), a promising series debut, we meet Houston private eye DECLAN SHAW, who's blessed (or is it cursed?) with movie star good looks and a solid rep. He doesn't like guns, but he doesn't have to. He's dogged, determined and good at … Continue reading Declan Shaw
John Steel
Created by ?? Initially, JOHN STEEL was a "Special Agent" working for British Intelligence during World War II. Prior to the war, he'd been a sergeant in the London Police, but when duty called, he did not hesitate. He tried to enlist in 1939, only to be denied. That didn't stop him, though--he promptly … Continue reading John Steel
Johnny Staccato (Staccato)
Created by Dick Berg "A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the trigger and cool in a jam -- he's the toughest private eye to hit America in a decade." -- from the paperback blurb JOHNNY STACCATO (played by John Cassavetes) was a pianist who sometimes played at Waldo's, a Greenwich Village jazz hangout in … Continue reading Johnny Staccato (Staccato)