Awhile back I gambled twenty bucks and picked up a half dozen
or so Frank Kane Dell First Editions from a local used
mystery bookstore. I got:
DUE OR DIE A SHORT BIER TIME TO PREY JOHNNY COME LATELY BARE
TRAP JOHNNY LIDDEL'S MORGUE
For those who've said that there wasn't much here, I'm afraid
they're right, there isn't. This is pretty by the book stuff:
Liddell's attractive to women, has an uneasy relationship
with the cops, tends to investigate by pounding heads, etc. I
detect some Spillane influence, mainly in the idea that
everybody in these worlds are corrupt and the only way to get
anywhere is to be the white light pounding his way through
the clutter.
Interesting in part in that it's so concise and to the point.
More evidence for my pet theory that run of the mill stuff
was better in the glory days: Kane's tight page count tends
to make his stories at least reasonably craftsmanlike. The
second tier guys and gals of today do not, in general, do
well with the additional pages.
Also great for the art. In fact, if you can get 'em cheap I'd
pick up any Frank Kanes you see, soley for the knockout cover
art. Who did it?
doug
Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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