Created by Edward Parrish Ware (1883–1949) Private dick. Cowboy. Raconteur. Philosopher. Edward Parrish Ware’s TUG NORTON was all those things. He was the star of over forty short stories and novelettes in the pages of of the pulps (mostly Flynn’s Detective Weekly, but also Dime Detective) from 1926 until 1934. Each of the stories is narrated … Continue reading Tug Norton
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Mike Murphy (City Heat)
Created by Sam O. Brown Pseudonym of Blake Edwards (1922-2010) "When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!" -- the film's tagline. Burt Reynolds is MIKE MURPHY, a 1930's down-on-his-luck Kansas City P.I., reluctantly teamed-up with former Homicide partner Speer (played by Clint Eastwood), in the 1984 would-be buddy flick City … Continue reading Mike Murphy (City Heat)
Johnny April
Created by Mike Roscoe Pseudonym of John Roscoe and Michael Ruso A very underrated, nearly forgotten series from the fifties, written by real private detectives! Kansas City private eye JOHNNY APRIL is, according to at least one character, "a nasty, viscious and dirty bastard." Suffice it to say that Johnny's one hard-talkin', fast-shootin', dirty-fightin' guy, always … Continue reading Johnny April