Bill,
Re your reaction to Dave's comments:
> Dave said, "To me, Dan Marlowe seemed influenced
by
> Spillane. Have you ever
> seen any mention of that?"
>
> No, but I agree with it. STRONGARM is
reminiscent
> of THE LONG WAIT, in
> fact. I had a few letters from Marlowe many
years
> ago, and he did say that
> THE VENGEANCE MAN had a touch of Jim
Thompson.
Didn't Marlowe do a PI series about a Hammer-like character
named Johnny Killain?
Spillane's influence is also manifested in all the PBO PI
writers who got big in the '50's like Richard S. Prather,
Frank Kane, Stephen Marlowe, etc., all of whom showed a
right-wing bias, and most of whom had a tendency to get
involved in cases involving Commie spies.
JIM DOHERTY
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