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Saddle up for an exhilarating journey through the rugged terrain of the Wild West with Two-Gun Gerta, a Western masterpiece by the trailblazing hardboiled fiction author Carroll John Daly, in collaboration with C.C. Waddell. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gerta's initial publication, this edition marks a historic milestone as the first-ever reprint of any of Daly's western works. Immerse yourself in the secret history of hardboiled writing, creating a literary link between Daly and-by proximity, Hammett- connecting to the literary landscape of Jack London and Rudyard Kipling's generation.Meet Gerta O'Beirne, a formidable woman adept at handling firearms, as she confronts outlaws and navigates the challenges of the American frontier. This edition, enriched with a comprehensive introduction by David Laurence Wilson, provides a deeper understanding of Daly's roots through previously unreleased family photos. The captivating new cover by acclaimed illustrator Rick Geary enhances the allure of Two-Gun Gerta, showcasing Daly's versatility and establishing him not only as a pioneer of detective fiction but also as a masterful storyteller of the Old West.

One of the best series ever published in the pulps was written by the prolific H. Bedford-Jones, author of hundreds of stories totaling an estimated 25 millions words. Thomas Jasper Pinky Jenkins, a drunk and corrupt sheriff accompanied by his deputy Parker, shot his way through nearly a score of comedy/Western stories from the 1920s. Volume 4 includes the next two Jenkins stories: "Pinky Jenkins to the Rescue" and "T.J. Jenkins, Orphanist." The Pinky Jenkins series is considered one of his best by Bedford-Jones aficionados.

John Solomon, the mysterious ship's chandler and secret agent, returns in two more rare adventures from early in prolific pulp author H. Bedford-Jones' career: "The Mysterious John Solomon" and "John Solomon's Biggest Game." Continue the story of John Solomon with this next book in the series, complete & uncut. Includes the original illustrations.

John Solomon, the mysterious ship's chandler and secret agent, returns in two more rare adventures by author H. Bedford-Jones: "John Solomon, Incognito" and "The Wisdom of Solomon." Continue the story of John Solomon with this next book in the series, complete & uncut from the pages of People's Magazine. Includes the original illustrations.

Klaw, Murdoch, and Kerrigan-AKA the Suicide Squad-are the best the F.B.I. has to offer. Through nearly two dozen adventures, they battled spies, saboteurs, and even super-villains! This collection includes their final four stories: MOVE OVER, DEATH!: Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw-the fabulous fighting Feds-had finally been given the assignment which no G-man could take-and live! Gladly, with grins on their battle-scarred faces, they walked into the Nazi trap, with blazing guns punctuating their war cry: "Move over, Death!"TARGETS FOR THE FLAMING ARROW: They had no clues, nothing but the charred arrow which had snuffed out the life of the American diplomat. But more important, Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw had almost no time at all in which to work, for within four days, the Flaming Arrow's medieval minions were scheduled to destroy America's vast war effort. Could even the famed Suicide Squad stop this Axis grand coup-before they too became living targets for the Flaming Arrow...?BLOOD, SWEAT AND BULLETS: The Ox had America neatly packaged to deliver to Hitler on Christmas morning. And, with only five shopping days left to Christmas, Kerrigan and Murdoch bartered their partner's life as the price of her freedom. But Steve Klaw found that he had to chase death three thousand miles to seal his bargain-while Kerrigan and Murdoch were helpless save to rush him to his doom!THE SUICIDE SQUAD AND THE TWINS OF DEATH!: When Blond Otto The Hangman and his Nazi aides told Murdoch that he would soon join the dead Kerrigan and Klaw, he waited until he did-then added the roar of a dead man's weapon to the blazing guns of his ghostly pals!

Once again, private eye Milo March, a Major in the Army reserves, is recalled by the CIA for a special mission. At a time when relations between the U.S. and Soviet Russia are somewhat relaxed, the Russians have asked a Syndicate-owned American company to send an expert to teach them how to build coin vending machines and plan where to install them. The CIA easily makes a deal with the Syndicate, and Milo is assigned to go undercover in the guise of this expert.Since both the Syndicate and the Soviets know who Milo March is, his identity must be kept secret. The CIA provides Milo with I.D. papers and a history covering his entire life as a gangster named Peter Miloff. After a crash course in vending machines, he is off to Moscow. Never mind that the Russians have his fingerprints on file. He will spend much of his time opening doors with his palm and closing them with his elbow.Milo's mission is twofold. First there's an American agent who disappeared into a Russian prison somewhere, and Milo has to figure out where he is. The other assignment is to finish that agent's job: find out whether a master Soviet spy who was believed killed during the war is actually still alive and running a special espionage bureau. And so our hero arrives in Moscow armed with several 007 gadgets and a gun, without which he would feel naked. He has also been offered the assistance of four double agents, two Russian nationals and two Yugoslavs. Just as Milo is deciding that he cannot expect much from these little helpers-apart from the company of the two who are lovely young women-a warning comes from Washington that one of the four agents is a traitor. But which one? The Russians are good at playing the cat-and-mouse game, and now Milo had become the mouse....

It is the time of the infamous Los Angeles riots of 1965-several days of arson and looting in protest of police mistreatment of black residents of the Watts neighborhood in the southeast of the city. During this tense time, Milo March is summoned to L.A. to investigate because one of the properties that has burnt down is heavily insured, as are two of the three people who were killed Harry Masters, the wealthy owner of the building, and his brother-in-law, who owned a store on the first floor. Milo questions whether the arson and deaths were truly the work of black rioters. Maybe the arson was separate from the rioting, a setting that merely enabled white men to cover a more serious crime. Focusing on the character and habits of Harry Masters is the key to these questions. No one makes a fortune without also making enemies; could that be why someone torched Masters' building? People said Masters was a no-good bastard, but good at it. Maybe he had decided he wasn't satisfied with just making a few million a year. Maybe he wanted to score big and go off somewhere with a delicious broad. It's possible Masters engineered the whole thing, then, with the help of a couple of cheap punks connected to the Syndicate-the same punks who are now tailing and threatening March. Masters could steal money from his own company, leaving it crippled or destroyed, and disappear. He could start over in another country and might never be found. Milo just has to prove that he did it, how he did it, who helped him, where he was, and how to get him back to face the music. That's all, nothing to it. But Milo has some helpers, too: One is a girlfriend of Harry's, a voluptuous stripper who seems determined to drink Milo under the table. The other is a young black hipster from the neighborhood. Once Milo has won his trust, he proves to have access to key information that none of the white people suspect.

A blood-red mailed fist crashed into the shadowy dens of New York's underworld, dangling the promise of vast loot for alliance, and a threat of stark horror for betrayal. The answer came swiftly in an orgy of killing and rapine-the Red Hand ruled all crimeland! Richard Wentworth, hastening to set the Spider's might against the new terror, was trapped in a murder net with Nita van Sloan, branded a policeman's slayer in the Red Hand's grip! Only the Spider could hope to win through this criminal army to the devil-brain behind that fist. And the Spider must battle alone, against time-and a foe who coldly put a price on wholesale, ruthless slaughter!

Milo March is sent to bust a large smuggling ring that appears to be the work of organized crime. Goods stolen throughout the U.S. are being transported to Los Angeles, then smuggled into Hong Kong, to be sold illegally to Red China.

Four men have been marked for death by the vengeful Hindu who earned the name of the Rajah from Hell. A serialized novel by the "King of the Pulps"-H. Bedford-Jones-which includes all of the original pulp illustrations.

Sailor Singapore Sammy Shay roamed the South Seas, desperate to find the father he neither knew nor loved. For reckless old Bill Shay had absconded with the only copy of a will that left all of his own father's worldly riches to Sammy alone. Singapore Sammy didn't know why, and he didn't care particularly. He just wanted to get his hands on that precious document. He had only two clues to go on: his old man loved pearls and elephants-in that order. When Sammy came into possession of the fabulous Malobar pearl, he realized that he had something to bargain with. If only he could track down the elusive Bill Shay.... In his youth, George Frank Worts had been a telegraph operator on ships making the China run when he turned his experiences in Asia into some of the most memorable escape fiction ever to appear in the pages of Argosy magazine.The volume collects the next two stories in the saga of Singapore Sammy Shay and Lucky Jones of the schooner, Blue Goose: "The Monster of the Lagoon" and "Shark Bait."

In 1930, Argosy Magazine brought back several of their most popular series characters, and that list was headlined by Peter the Brazen. The three stories collected in Volume 5 showcases an even more action-oriented series compared to the earlier stories, and are considered by pulp readers as among the best stories to ever appear in Argosy. Written by George F. Worts under his primary pen-name, Peter the Brazen made a marked impression on Argosy reader Lester Dent when he co-created Doc Savage. The saga of Peter the Brazen is amongst the best adventure series in the history of pulp fiction. Included in Volume 5 are the next three stories in the series: "Vampire," "Chinese for Racket," and "Cave of the Blue Scorpion."

One of the best series ever published in the pulps was written by the prolific H. Bedford-Jones, author of hundreds of stories totaling an estimated 25 millions words. Thomas Jasper Pinky Jenkins, a drunk and corrupt sheriff accompanied by his deputy Parker, shot his way through nearly a score of comedy/Western stories from the 1920s. Volume 3 includes the next two Jenkins stories: "Wanted-T.J. Jenkins" and "T.J. Jenkins, Doctor." The Pinky Jenkins series is considered one of his best by Bedford-Jones aficionados.

Race Williams returns! Originally appearing in the pages of Black Mask Magazine, author Carroll John Daly pioneered the hard-boiled detective P.I. story and perfected the genre with his classic character, Race Williams. Apart from the novel-length Race Williams stories, these classic hard-boiled thrillers have rarely been reprinted, if ever. Volume 7 contains 16 Race Williams stories, all from 1944-55, as Daly closed out his most popular series with a bang. It's also prefaced by an all-new, scholarly introduction by Professor Brooks E. Hefner of James Madison University. Unremembered Murder: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Volume 7 concludes the most important series published in years on the history of the Hard-Boiled Detective story.

There is no ceiling where Death rides the grim trail of the damned, and Herr Gruber talks the language of death to a million men who serve him! Captain Combat feels these vulture claws reaching for the flesh of the civilized world and knows that now, for the sake of others-it is Combat's turn to die!

Down from the bleak Kentucky hills swept the stark-naked mob of murder-maddened Blancos-sacking and slaying as they came! Neither steel nor bullet could stem that terror-tide of man-made albino monsters, whipped to a frenzy of lust by their criminal chief. Eastward they crept until New York, itself, was at their mercy, and human victims, bloodied and outraged, lay in their path. Once again Richard Wentworth, in the Spider's disguise of doom, fought alone to wipe out crime's crowning horror and save mankind from death!