----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moore" <
moorich2@aol.com>
>
> I think Spillane's most immediate impact was indeed
on the PBO
> writers of the 1950s. It was in those Signet
paperback editions that
> Spillane sold like wildfire. Between them Spillane
and Erskine
> Caldwell spawned scores of PBO imitators. While I
will make the
> caveat that Frank Kane's first Johnny Liddell novel
came out in 1947
> the same debut year as Mike Hammer, the general
statement stands
> true. Even regarding Liddell, he was likely much
changed and longer-
> lived because of the Hammer novels. Harry
Whittington would never
> have earned the title of the King of the PBOs if
Spillane had not
> created the market.
>
>
>
> Richard Moore
>
>
Johnny Liddell short stories came out even earlier: "Suicide"
by Frank Kane appeared in the January 1945 issue of Crack
Detective. It is available for downloading on the pulpgen.com
website.
Monte Herridge
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