tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post5028425434673793440..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Complete Guide to Manhunt Part 2John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-72335189097536184472015-03-24T23:39:32.592-07:002015-03-24T23:39:32.592-07:00The “Love and Blood” episode of FALLEN ANGELS was ...The “Love and Blood” episode of FALLEN ANGELS was based on Evan Hunter's "Return"<br />from the July 1954 issue of Manhunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-66587836271786918932010-10-03T15:44:21.285-07:002010-10-03T15:44:21.285-07:00You might want to take care when using anything fr...You might want to take care when using anything from Hugh Merrill's John D. MacDonald biography (footnote 1), especially when it comes to his judgments about the quality of anyone's writing. His analysis of the fiction written by the book's own subject reveal that he never bothered to read much of it, so I doubt if he ever got around to reading Spillane -- certainly not to the extent where he would be able to insightfully compare him to his contemporaries. Best example? He writes about MacDonald's 1949 short story "Looie Follows Me," a nostalgic tale of an inner-city kid spending a few weeks in the country, and describes it as "a story about big-city gangsters." He even got the story's title wrong, calling it "Louie Follows Me."Steve Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15863138617383626261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-91809072364385591552010-10-01T07:47:49.485-07:002010-10-01T07:47:49.485-07:00A very impressive and valuable article on MANHUNT!...A very impressive and valuable article on MANHUNT! Excellent original research. This book must be published. I'll be waiting for the next part Peter.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-5081309982017729502010-10-01T07:10:13.632-07:002010-10-01T07:10:13.632-07:00You give Mickey his due here -- thank you. If he ...You give Mickey his due here -- thank you. If he was an "acquired taste," though, there were a hell of a lot of people quickly acquiring it in the '50s and '60s.<br /><br />The private eye writers you admire here -- Prather and Kane -- were Spillane imitators (though Prather was an inspired, quirky one) and the Kane passages you quote are pure Mickey pastiche.<br /><br />Kane wrote many episodes of the Darren McGavin MIKE HAMMER TV show, and quite a few were based on Johnny Liddell stories. And one HAMMER episode was based on an Evan Hunter "Matt Cordell" story -- pretty sure it was "Dead Men Don't Dream," which you mention.<br /><br />The DNA running through Manhunt and the hardboiled paperback field of the '50s was pure Spillane.<br /><br />But I apologize for jumping the gun after the first installment....Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.com