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Mike Shayne Private Eye
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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This is actually a close adaptation of the novel, "The Private Practice of Michael Shayne." I would have sworn I had seen it before, as a movie or TV show, but no, I had recently read the novel and it stuck in my mind. Like I said, a close adaptation.
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Great tip, Crash – many thanks! I loved the use of language –‘the banshee scream of skidding tyres.’ Fifties hardboiled detectives – I love all that stuff. Nice work from Edd Ashe on the art front. I found the plot a bit hard to follow – so many characters and it moves so quickly – but I got there on the second read-through. I think there are pages missing from the second story. This has prompted me to read more Brett Halliday – someone who slipped beneath the radar on my book list.
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I find it curious that Brett Halliday does not seem to be mentioned at all in the comic (I skimmed thru it, so if I missed a reference, my bad). There was a Mike Shayne TV series in 1960 starring Richard Denning, so that may have in part inspired the look of Mike Shayne in the comic (I think in the novels he has red hair), although he actually looks more like Forrest Tucker than Denning.
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Yes, this is an adaptation of the 1940 novel by Davis Dresser writing as Brett Halliday. It's Book #2 in the Shayne series of 70 novels and was published 6 times as a paperback of 190 pages. And now a comic book. Phyllis Brighton makes her second appearance here. In book #3, she is Mike's wife at age 20, he is 36. The graphics and lettering of all 3 Shayne comics are superior to any DELL comic about Zorro from the 1950s, I have nine of those.
  
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NameMike Shayne 1 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.15 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: quarterly | Editing: Don J. Arnesen
 
CoverThe Private Practice of Michael Shayne! / 1 page
FeatureMike Shayne Private Eye
Pencils? (painted)
Inks? (painted)
Colors? (painted)
Letterstypeset
GenreCrime
CharactersMike Shayne
 
Text ArticleNo Title (1 page)
GenreCrime
Script
PencilsEdd Ashe
InksEdd Ashe
LettersEdd Ashe
First LineThe gangster era is recognized as that period of time beginning in 1919, the year in which the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited by law until 1933, when the law was repealed.
NotesAbout the gangster era of America.

In black and white on inside front cover.
 
Comic StoryThe Private Practice of Michael Shayne (27 pages)
SynopsisMike Shayne is framed for a murder.
FeatureMike Shayne
GenreCrime
CharactersMike Shayne; Larry Kincaid; Thomas Grange; Phyllis Brighton; John Marco; Whitey; Chuck Evans; Marsha Marco; Peter Painter; Tim Rourke; Passo; Marv; Will Gentry; Helen Kincaid; Mama Julie; Carl Boulton; James Hilliard; Bernie; Belle; Butch; Ned; Elliot Thomas
Script
PencilsEdd Ashe
InksEdd Ashe
LettersEdd Ashe
NotesAdapted from Brett Halliday's novel.
 
Text StoryDanny the Dip (1 page)
SynopsisDanny the Dip tries to go straight.
Letterstypeset
GenreCrime
CharactersDanny Caldwell; Happy Titus; Basher Albion; William Wood
NotesText only.
 
Comic StoryA Plot to Murder (4 pages)
SynopsisHarriet Cayne wants her twin sister Jessie to help her kill her husband.
GenreCrime
CharactersHarriet Cayne; Jessie Cayne; Sam Hall; Paul Mercier
Script ?
PencilsEdd Ashe
InksEdd Ashe
LettersEdd Ashe
 
Text StoryParadise Square (1 page)
FeatureLandmarks of Crime
GenreNon-fiction
Script
PencilsEdd Ashe
InksEdd Ashe
LettersEdd Ashe
NotesAbout old New York City's Paradise Square.

In black and white on inside back cover.
 
Text StoryRigor Mortis (1 page)
FeatureCrime Notes
GenreNon-fiction; Crime
Script
PencilsEdd Ashe
InksEdd Ashe
LettersEdd Ashe
NotesOn the problem of using rigor mortis to estimate time of death.

Back cover.
 
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