— Steve

Some work along those lines is already on-line; maybe you’ve missed the following, or perhaps you’re thinking of doing more:

http://thetrashcollector.com/pbmensadventureal.html [nice covers but far from complete]

and this one

http://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.asp?ScanName=Expeditor

which will take you directly to the Expeditor page.

[the entire website is a lot more complete but so large that it takes a lot of clicking from page to page to see everything; restricted in one way to spy fiction only, it also has a much wider range than men's adventure series]

— Steve

Thanks for that list, it’s very helpful. Still haven’t finished all the Expeditor books, but I find it interesting that the ones I have enjoyed the most so far were written by either Stokes or Lory.

Some day I want to put a website together that talks about some of these more obscure men’s adventures series. There is surprisingly little discussion about most of them.

BTW, have you ever read any of the TNT books by Doug Masters?

– Andrew

My apologies for the delay in replying. Here’s what Al Hubin has to say about The Expediter books. Stokes wrote five of them, including VALLEY OF THE VULTURES. Maybe he did some of the others you thought better than the rest?

— Steve

EDWARDS, PAUL; house pseudonym:

* * *The Brain Scavengers [by Manning Lee Stokes] (Pyramid, 1973, pb)
* * *The Deadly Cyborgs [by Paul Eiden] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *The Death Devils [by Robert Lory] (Pyramid, 1974, pb)
* * *The Fist of Fatima [by Robert Lory] (Pyramid, 1973, pb)
* * *The Glyphs of Gold [by Robert Lory] (Pyramid, 1974, pb)
* * *The Green Goddess [by Manning Lee Stokes] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *The Holocaust Auction [by Robert Lory] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *The Ice Goddess [by Paul Eiden] (Pyramid, 1974, pb)
* * *The Laughing Death [by Robert Lory] (Pyramid, 1973, pb)
* * *Needles of Death [by Manning Lee Stokes] (Pyramid, 1973, pb)
* * *Operation Weatherkill [by Paul Eiden] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *Poppies of Death [by Paul Eiden] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *Silverskull [by Manning Lee Stokes] (Pyramid, 1975, pb)
* * *Valley of Vultures [by Manning Lee Stokes] (Pyramid, 1973, pb)

— Steve

“The Spirit is a fictional American masked crime-fighter, created by writer-artist Will Eisner in 1940, who starred in a Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. His namesake, seven-page weekly series is considered one of the comic-art medium’s most significant works, with Eisner creating or popularizing many of the styles, techniques, and storytelling conventions used by comics professionals decades later.

“The Spirit chronicled the adventures of a masked vigilante who fought crime with the blessing of the city’s police commissioner, an old friend. Despite the Spirit’s origin as a detective named Denny Colt, his real identity was virtually unmentioned again and for all intents and purposes he was simply ‘The Spirit.’ The stories ranged through a wide variety of styles, from straightforward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and expectations.”

… Al agrees that both Will Eisner and The Spirit should go in.

As for Burma and Tardi, neither seems to have been published in English.

Corrections or other suggestions welcome!

— Steve

You’re right, and thanks. The Spirit books and collections should be in and they’re not.

The question on the others is whether they’ve been published in English or not. Either I or Al will check into it later today.

Best

Steve