Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Put another dime in the juke box, baby... Ex-Marine and WW1 veteran JIM DOUGHERTY is yet another of pulpster Torey's seemingly endless supply of almost interchangeable one-off private eyes. His sole appearance, as far as I can tell, was in … Continue reading Jim Dougherty
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John Boyle
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) "I shot him three times, catching him in the knees, and at ten feet I don't miss." Better add JOHN BOYLE to the list of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless supply of private eyes. Like most of his eyes, Boyle's … Continue reading John Boyle
Mike “Mickey” Hanigan & Irving Kowalski
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Prolific pulpster Roger D. Torrey cranked out almost 300 stories for the crime and detective pulps, most of them featuring relatively generic private eyes: big, tough-talking gumshoes, and MIKE "MICKEY" HANIGAN was one of them, quick to dish out either … Continue reading Mike “Mickey” Hanigan & Irving Kowalski
Joe Harper
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, JOSEPH H. "JOE" HARPER appears in, as far as I can tell, only one short story, narrated in first person. Harper had "four years … Continue reading Joe Harper
Teddy Rawlin
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, he gets extra points for making TEDDY RAWLIN a former stage actor instead of a cop. He chucks it all of course, to become … Continue reading Teddy Rawlin
Sam Drake
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, SAM DRAKE broke the mold a little bit. Sure, he was your typical cynical, hard-boiled private eye, but he worked on the East Coast, … Continue reading Sam Drake
John Keogh
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) This is getting ridiculous. JOHN KEOGH was yet another of pulpster Torey's seemingly endless supply of almost interchangeable tough guy private eyes. Keogh's lone appearance, as far as I can tell, was in the short story "A Murder for Teacher," … Continue reading John Keogh
Matt Keogh
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) At this point, it's getting nigh on impossible to tell prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless private eyes apart. On the surface, they seem almost indistinguishable from each other — they all tough, suitably hard-boiled dicks, and the same Irish-American … Continue reading Matt Keogh
James Halloran
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Yet another of prolific pulpster Roger Torrey's seemingly endless and virtually indistinguishable supply of private eyes, JAMES HALLORAN appears in, as far as I can tell, only one short story, "Murder for Rent," narrated in the first person, in the … Continue reading James Halloran
Terrance McGowan
Created by Roger Torrey Pseudonyms include Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, John Ryan, R.D. Torrey (1901-46) Another one-shot private eye from the pen of pulpster Roger Torrey, TERRANCE McGOWAN first popped up in the longish novella "Please Locate Murder" in the February 1944 issue of Super-Detective. It was the cover story, in fact. Formerly a cop, McGowan … Continue reading Terrance McGowan