[Andrew999]

My first encounter with Chafik as well - but what a terrific story. Google tells me Chafik was the invention of Claude Vernon Frost, using the pseudonym Charles B Child.

Loved the full-page artwork - pages 6 and 26 for example and the cover where Chafik bursts through the frame towards you.

What a rich cultural setting Baghdad provides - it would be great to read tales of other heroes set in Casablanca, Tunis, Tehran, Cairo, Mecca for example - such a fascinating area

Link to the book: Super Detective Library 047 - Bagdad Manhunt

[crashryan]

I followed Andrew999's example and googled the Inspector. I learned that Chafik originally appeared in a long-running (1947-1955)  series of short stories in Collier's magazine. I had wondered how such an unusual character could have been created as an original Super Detective Library series. I suspect the SDL strips are adaptations of Frost's magazine stories. It is strange that Frost/Child is not credited, given that SDL's other literary adaptations name the authors.