tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post2625183538297886757..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: WAR AGAINST THE MAFIA by Don PendletonEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-62657990866995624732017-03-19T11:22:54.133-07:002017-03-19T11:22:54.133-07:00Been a long long while since I read any Pendleton ...Been a long long while since I read any Pendleton (or his "contributors"). Got an itch now to dig those paperbacks out and look them over again,Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-90250135534337136402017-03-18T11:30:47.101-07:002017-03-18T11:30:47.101-07:00Thanks for the no-pulp info, TC.
The early Gold E...Thanks for the no-pulp info, TC.<br /><br />The early Gold Eagles sometimes had a line that said, "Special thanks and acknowledgements to so-and-so for his contributions to this work." Which meant he flat-out wrote it. I don't have any of the more recent volumes.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-4809690753789353452017-03-18T10:30:50.744-07:002017-03-18T10:30:50.744-07:00I read the original series in the 1970s and '8...I read the original series in the 1970s and '80s (donated them to a library book sale in the 1990s) and liked them. Bolan does have too-easy access to heavy machine-guns and rocket launchers, against which the Mafia is pretty helpless. After Pendleton left (and later died) I tried a few and decided to pass. They all said "Don Pendleton's The Executioner" and no author's name I could find.Lohr McKinstryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445988155428774450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-67055494032588434812017-03-17T15:04:43.940-07:002017-03-17T15:04:43.940-07:00Pendleton was interviewed in Marvel Comics' ma...Pendleton was interviewed in Marvel Comics' magazine Marvel Preview #2 in the 1970's. He said that The Executioner (and other paperback adventure series, like The Destroyer and Death Merchant) had been compared to the "hero" pulp magazines, and that the suggestion had been made that he had revived the genre in a new format. But he said that the pulps were "before my time," and that he didn't remember much about them. <br /><br />TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-6927072522679772242017-03-17T10:08:28.764-07:002017-03-17T10:08:28.764-07:00I continue to read and collect Mack Bolan, Able Te...I continue to read and collect Mack Bolan, Able Team, and Phoenix Force novels. I have never read Stony Man, though. I find them all very entertaining. I have also read about the Bradley Cooper project. There was a time when I thought someone like Tom Berenger would make the ideal Mack Bolan.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-31680615715983021332017-03-17T08:25:55.377-07:002017-03-17T08:25:55.377-07:00Thanks Bill. Guess I had a Golden brain fart.
Dea...Thanks Bill. Guess I had a Golden brain fart.<br /><br />Death Squad is a great one, Graham, but also left me depressed. Twice.<br /><br />True, George. The Destroyer probably needs rereading, too.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-63231593393619445722017-03-17T08:17:25.750-07:002017-03-17T08:17:25.750-07:00I read the first dozen EXECUTIONER novels back in ...I read the first dozen EXECUTIONER novels back in the 1970s. Then I moved on to THE DESTORYER series. But Pendleton should get credit for creating the genre.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-45943944789270094212017-03-17T07:15:43.196-07:002017-03-17T07:15:43.196-07:00I read ad many of these in my younger years. I did...I read ad many of these in my younger years. I did think Pendleton was just getting warmed up here, though Death Squad is my personal favorite. Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-26350003480051843582017-03-17T05:18:13.403-07:002017-03-17T05:18:13.403-07:00I need to reread some of these, too, and soon.
...I need to reread some of these, too, and soon. <br /><br />It should be "Gold Eagle" instead of "Gold Medal" when you talk about the publishers.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com