Given the variety of stories and heroes in the mystery pulps,
I cannot see how the publishers or the writers could be
supplying the public with models on how to live.
Would a reader of Black Mask follow Daly's Three Gun Terry,
Gardner's Ed Jenkins, Hammett's Op., Whitfield's Gar or
Nebel's Cardigan? Those five (and I mention them because they
had large followings) show no uniformity in their psychology
or morals or even in the use of violence.
In my view, at their heyday the pulps were a pretty anarchic
forum that accomodated all sorts of themes, styles and levels
of talent (obviously, lots of good trash there).
Best,
MrT
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