Originally Published 1954.
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"Mystery novel from an award winning icon in the comic book world. Drake created The Doom Patrol and Stanley And His Monster. He also wrote a lot for Little Lulu Comics as well as Star Trek and Twilight Zone Comics along with many others.
The book is about Boyd McGee. He writes a gossip column for a New York City newspaper. He gets a tip from a cab driver friend about a millionaire tobacco mogul seen stepping out with the wife of a jailed bank robber. His wife is in Reno seeking a divorce. Thereβs a million bucks at stake.Boyd used the manβs initials but printed the womanβs name. Now his troubles start...
"This is a good, tough crime novel and worth picking up."
Review
βMystery novel from an award winning icon in the comic book world. Drake created The Doom Patrol and Stanley and His Monster. He also wrote a lot for Little Lulu Comics as well as Star Trek and Twilight Zone Comics along with many othersβ¦ a good, tough crime novel and worth picking up.ββVintage45βs Blog
About the Author
Arnold Jack Drake was born March 1, 1924, in New York City. At age 12 he contracted scarlet fever, and while confined to bed he began drawing his own comics. Years later he studied journalism and turned his career toward writing, collaborating with Leslie Waller (as Drake Waller) and artist Matt Baker to create the proto-graphic novel, It Rhymes With Lust, in 1950. After meeting Batman creator Bob Kane, who introduced Drake to the editors at DC Comics, he went on to write for them, co-creating Deadman and the Doom Patrol, and the Marvel Comics characters the Guardians of the Galaxy. He also wrote two movie screenplays (The Flesh Eaters and Who Killed Teddy Bear), as well as lyrics for musicals. In 2005, Drake received the first annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comics Writing. And after his death from pneumonia on March 12, 2007, Drake was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.