If I can quibble about just a couple of things . . .
Why can't this sort of novel be literature like
any other kind of novel that's good enough to merit that
distinction (which is pretty much subjective anyway)?
And if you're referring to the Nick Carter,
Killmaster series of the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties, he
was never a vigilante but rather a government agent in all of
the books. I believe the earlier incarnations of the
character were all private detectives, so they might come
closer to falling into the vigilante category, although the
ones I've read really don't.
James Reasoner
Eric Chambers <
nqexile@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
It
occurred to me recently that Spillane's work influenced a
whole subgenre of writing, (I'm not going to say literature.)
I refer to the 'vigilante,lone individual dealing out
graphically violent "justice" ' series, like the
Destroyer,Executioner, Nick Carter , the Penetrator, et al.
Spillane wrote Submariner for comics, and the comics
character mostly in the vigilante vein is Marvels' 'the
Punisher'. And hey, who else but Frank Miller spent time
reviving this character back in the early '80's?. On the
other hand, think of the 'Shadow' and the pulp influence of
this kind of character becomes clear. What goes around comes
around.
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