The Bat Strikes Again and Again! Johnston McCulley Library Book 1 edition by Johnston McCulley Will Murray Literature Fiction eBooks
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The inspiration for Batman! For the first time in one collection, all four appearances of the pulp hero The Bat, as written by pulp legend Johnston McCulley (Zorro). These stories from 1934-35 detail the adventures of Dawson Clade, a man who was inspired to fight crime by a bat's sudden appearance.
Includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.
The Bat Strikes Again and Again! Johnston McCulley Library Book 1 edition by Johnston McCulley Will Murray Literature Fiction eBooks
The Bat is a classic pulp style adventure. He is a crusading detective, framed by a mysterious criminal conspiracy, thought to have been executed by the state, only to resurface as a wide variety of anonymous characters and one infamous character, the black hooded Bat . Hunted by both the police and the underworld, the Bat is in the same company as The Spider, The Green Hornet, and The Shadow. The four adventures included in this collection are like chapters in an ongoing cliffhanger serial and the Bat leaps from one trap to the next just barely evading capture or disaster. I really enjoyed the ride. It gets 4 stars instead of 5 only because I couldn't help but compare it to The Spider adventures written by Norvell W. Page (as Grant Stockbridge) which are hard to beat for pacing and edge of your seat action. If your a fan of mysterious crime-fighting characters like the Batman then you will certainly enjoy this character which obviously helped to inspire Bob Kane's comic book character.Product details
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The Bat Strikes Again and Again! Johnston McCulley Library Book 1 edition by Johnston McCulley Will Murray Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I have to give is book a five star rating because it was a great read and I can see how Bob Kane came up with his character Batman for D.C. and if you are a fan of Batman then get this book and read it.
Editor and pulp historian Will Murray has put together a great collection of The Bat tales. These pulp stories would be difficult and expensive to find in the original magazines.
Murray presents them all here in a nicely assembled paper bound book, complete with original illustrations and set in a typographic style reminiscent of the old pulp conventions.
A pleasure to read!
Johnston McCulley writing with verve as always.
Not great but lots of fun and very affordable. Hard to imagine a pulp fan who would regret buying this.
Once again, Altus Press gives us a great pulp collection.
"The Bat" was a pulp hero who was published in Thrilling Publications' "Popular Detective" pulp from Nov 1934 to Feb 1935. This is BEFORE both Thrilling's The Black Bat or DC's Batman, who appeared in 1939, but AFTER all the major pulp heroes who started in the early 30s (Shadow, Doc, Phantom Detective, Moon Man, G-8, Spider, Secret Agent X & Operator #5).
Now, these 4 short stories of this character were published under the "CKM Scalon" house name. Per Will Murray, this hide, for some reason, Johnston McCulley, the creator of Zorro. Most fans (myself included) may not know that McCulley created several other early pulp characters, such as The Crimson Clown, Thunderbolt, Mongoose, the Green Ghost (a different one from the well known one from Thrilling), even the villinous Black Star. One would think that with his fame, they've not want to hide the fact he wrote them.
The Bat was in the model of his other characters, wearing a sack-cloth mask with a white bat on the forehead (as we see on the cover of this collection), and the common theme of an innocent man framed, who strikes back at his enemies. And like other such characters, has a special gas gun. Like the Spider, he has a special ink stamp that he stamps on the forehead of the criminals he catches (but doesn't kill), at least in the first story.
Overall, in some ways the stories were part of one big story. The setup is in the first story a state gripped by criminal corruption. Dawson Clade, private detective worked the case, is framed and will be executed. The governor, about to sign his pardon, is murdered. His assistant takes the unsigned pardon, signs it, and drives to the prison. He convences the warden and executor (who are on the side of the reforms) that the pardon is genuine, but to fake the execution so that Clade will be free to gather evidence.
In the stories, Clade, now operating as The Bat, works to find evidence of the criminal corruption, and clear his name. He deals with the murderers of the governor, and shows the corruption of the Lt. Governor (now Governor), and gets a confusion from him that Clade was innocent.
Apparently the series was planned to continue, with a 5th story announced. Was it written, prehaps re-written as another character? (McCulley moved on to his Green Ghost character, who was similiar). We may never know.
In addition to the stories, we also have the original illustrations, which just adds to the overall package.
Now, Murray has tried to push this character as "The inspiration for Batman". I would have to say, after reading them, that NO, that's a bit of exageration. He may be AN inspiration, but I really found only ONE element of the Bat that could have influenced Batman, IMO.
As with all other Altus Press titles, another winner.
The Bat is a classic pulp style adventure. He is a crusading detective, framed by a mysterious criminal conspiracy, thought to have been executed by the state, only to resurface as a wide variety of anonymous characters and one infamous character, the black hooded Bat . Hunted by both the police and the underworld, the Bat is in the same company as The Spider, The Green Hornet, and The Shadow. The four adventures included in this collection are like chapters in an ongoing cliffhanger serial and the Bat leaps from one trap to the next just barely evading capture or disaster. I really enjoyed the ride. It gets 4 stars instead of 5 only because I couldn't help but compare it to The Spider adventures written by Norvell W. Page (as Grant Stockbridge) which are hard to beat for pacing and edge of your seat action. If your a fan of mysterious crime-fighting characters like the Batman then you will certainly enjoy this character which obviously helped to inspire Bob Kane's comic book character.
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