tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6597184133943662507..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: The Phantom Detective, June 1940James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89030469709286412982017-04-16T10:10:16.738-05:002017-04-16T10:10:16.738-05:00The first one I read, 'The Vampire Murders'...The first one I read, 'The Vampire Murders', was like a drawing room mystery with a pulp hero as the detective. It was quite ho-hum. The second one I tried, 'The Crimes of Fu Kee Wong', was a Chinatown pulp which crackled with action and bloodshed and barreled along at a mile-a-minute. There's a guide book out there, to help you decide which ones are best worth your time!Scott Ranallinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-4063090447149141962017-04-02T21:31:23.045-05:002017-04-02T21:31:23.045-05:00Some of the Phantom stories are good action novels...Some of the Phantom stories are good action novels, while others are decent mysteries. There is a certain sameness about many of them, especially the ones by Norman Daniels, who was a pretty formulaic writer, but I still enjoy them. I have a collection of them written by Laurence Donovan, and I need to get around to those. Donovan was a pretty entertaining writer.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25146273236176874972017-04-02T17:19:37.851-05:002017-04-02T17:19:37.851-05:00I'd heard so many negative things about the Ph...I'd heard so many negative things about the Phantom Detective that it wasn't until a week ago that I read one. I chose "The Emperor of Death," his 1933 debut, and I found it to be terrific. Apart from the engrossing story itself, it was nice to see a 1930s pulp hero who occasionally makes mistakes and feels a whole range of emotions, while still being bold and resourceful enough to earn his place in that pantheon. Christopher Snowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916795501605134235noreply@blogger.com