Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction : An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm

Mengel, Bradley

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 233 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786441655
• DDC分類 813

Full Description

Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendleton's The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel.

Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial vigilante has influenced a variety of tough guys, private eyes, spies and cops in different media. A complete bibliography for each series is featured.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction     

THE VIGILANTES     

Appendices     

1. Crossovers, References and Parodies     

2. Precursors to the Serial Vigilante     

3. Modern Pulp     

4. Missing the Mark: Singletons, Police, Private Eyes, Criminals, and Other Oddities     

5. The Female of the Species     

6. The Future of the Serial Vigilante     

Bibliography     

Index