He is best remembered for creating the hard boiled detective mike hammer, who appeared in a series of violent mystery novels beginning with i, the jury 1947. Frank morrison spillane, better known as mickey spillane, was an american author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, mike hammer. He introduced iconic detective mike hammer to readers in 1947 with i, the jury, and was named a. Mickey spillane the master of hardboiled crime novels, frank morrison mickey spillane 19182006 was the author of over forty novels. A narcotics dealer was the nemesis of mike hammer in kiss me deadly. Mickey spillane 19182006 sold hundreds of millions of books. A young girl is kidnapped and there is an attempt on the daughter. This 2016 series entry is set about 1967 and is an atmospheric homage to the hard boiled entries of that period. These novels are pulp classics, replete with tough criminals, tough broads and tough mike hammer. Mike hammer lives among comic book type action and is loved by the ladies like james bond. Mickey spillane mike hammer vintage pb lot of 4 one lonely night killer mine. It introduced the world to hardboiled detective mike hammer, and sold six and a half million copies in the united states alone hardboiled private detectives are expected to be worldweary and cynical. Author mickey spillane talks about his most famous character, mike hammer, the time he spent writing comic books and his writing process.
With mickey spillane, shirley eaton, scott peters, guy kingsley poynter. There is a total of 20 novels in the series which are published from 1947 to 2014. Mike hammer murder never knocks by mickey spillane. Hammer was a world war ii army veteran who spent two years fighting jungle warfare in the pacific theatre a.
With stacy keach, lindsay bloom, don stroud, kent williams. Mickey spillane s mike hammer transcends toughness in his 1947 debut novel that sets the tone for this vigilante private investigator. Frank morrison mickey spillane, fodd 9 mars 1918 i brooklyn, new york, 1 dod 17 juli 2006 2 3 4 i murrells inlet, georgetown county, south carolina, 5 var en amerikansk forfattare 6 inom detektiv och actiongenren och mest kand for sina bocker om mike hammer. The mike hammer collection, volume i by mickey spillane. Mike hammer is a fictional character featured in a series of hardboiled crime fiction novels by american novelist mickey spillane and later american novelist max allan collins. Hammer is a noholdsbarred private investigator who carries a. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. The mike hammer series is a novel series based on the life of the fictional character named micheal hammer, developed by the famous american author mickey spillane. The cases of mickey spillane s classic private eye character. Order of mickey spillane books mickey spillane 19182006 was an american author of hardboiled crime fiction, most notably his mike hammer series. Mickey spillane s mike hammer 19581960, us syndicated series. In this april 1986 tv movie, a young girl is kidnapped and there is an attempt on the daughter of a wellknown actress, after which the kidnapper then turns up dead.
He is brought back to the land of the living by his old friendly enemy, police lieutenant pat chambers. Mickey spillane, the novelist who created the hardboiled detective mike hammer and who called his own books the chewinggum of american. I, the jury mike hammer book 1 kindle edition by spillane. Young franks mother was a protestant who bestowed on him his middle name morrison, but his irish catholic father, barkeep john joseph spillane. March 9, 1918 july 17, 2006, better known as mickey spillane, was an american crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, mike hammer. Hammer s attitude towards criminals is defined on page sixteen when he says, they crack down on society and i crack down on them. Spillane wrote graphic novels about crime fighters.
The first mike hammer book by mickey spillane, i the jury has action, it has dames, it has suspense and drama. This is the opening from mickey spillane s mike hammer, the 19841985 cbstv series starring stacy keach as spillane s extrahardboiled new york city private eye. Following world war ii, spillane conceived of a comic book character named mike danger, which ended up becoming a detective fiction character named mike hammer. Mickey spillane books list of books by author mickey. Mickey spillane insisted that stacy keach carry the. After mike hammer witnesses wall street superstar vincent colby getting clipped by a speeding red ferrari, the shaken victims stockbroker father hires hammer to find the. See all books authored by mickey spillane, including the mike hammer collection volume 1 i, the jury my gun is quick vengeance is mine, and black alley, and more on.
Legendary detective mike hammer has spent seven years in an alcoholic funk after the supposed death of his secretary, velda. Mike hammer, the detective character created by mickey spillane. The original tv incarnation of mickey spillanes fictional manhattan gumshoe, mike hammer, premiered in january 1958 and starred darren. Mickey spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after world war ii as a result of the unprecedented success of his mike hammer novels, feeding the publics appetite for sexy, violent, straighttalking crime stories. His first noveli, the jury 1947introduced detective mike.
The reissue of a classic mike hammer story from the new york times bestselling authors max allan collins and the iconic master of noir mickey spillane. There have been several films adapted from his books and a mike hammer television series in the 1980s, starring. The cases of mickey spillanes classic private eye character. The adventures of mickey spillane s toughtalking, brawling, skirtchasing private detective mike hammer. A disclaimer at the start of disc one inadequately acknowledges this deficiency with a notice about how the video masters that many of the shows 78episodelong run were taken from were already.
So, if youre hungry for a mickey spillane book order, or more especially, to read the mike hammer series in order, heres everything you could ever need. List of mickey spillanes mike hammer 1984 tv series. This mickey spillane book list gives all the mickey spillane books in chronological order, so lets you see the characters develop and witness events at the correct time, just as mickey intended. Mickey spillanes mike hammer 19581960, us syndicated series.
If one can now look past the dated, malecentric tone, this is a book to be read for pulp fiction lovers. The music from mickey spillanes mike hammer discogs. Mickey spillanes mike hammer tv intro 1984 youtube. Of all of the hardboiled detectives in fiction, the hardestboiled was mickey spillanes mike hammer. A circus was used as a setting in the girl hunters. Critics savaged spillane, but the book buying public ate it up, turning i, the jury into a best seller and launching hammer as a pop culture icon.
John zorn devoted a concept album to spillane s mike hammer novels, simply called spillane 1987. The return of mickey spillanes mike hammer tv movie 1986 imdb. He was born frank morrison spillane in brooklyn, new york. Frank morrison spillane 9 march 1918 17 july 2006, more commonly known as mickey spillane, was an american crime novelist, famous for his series of novels featuring his signature detective character, mike hammer, among other works. This is the opening from mickey spillanes mike hammer, the 19841985 cbs tv series starring stacy keach as spillanes extrahardboiled. Hammers best friend is pat chambers, captain of homicide nypd.
Mickey spillanes the mike hammer series 1986 dvd all. He first introduced his most famous character, the iconic private detective mike hammer, in i, the jury in 1947. Mickey spillane, american writer of detective fiction, whose popular work is characterized by violence and sexual licentiousness. His love for his secretary velda is outweighed only by his willingness to kill a killer. Mike hammer the big bang by max allan collins, mickey. Mickey spillanes mike hammer 1958 tv series, starring darren mcgavin. The night i died is a culmination of the first vision spillane had for the mike hammer character.
Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing hammer himself. That hammer guy mickey spillane mysteries mike hammer. Mickey spillanes mike hammer 1984 tv series wikipedia. Mickey spillane 19182006 was an american author of hardboiled crime fiction, most notably his mike hammer series. The mike hammer collection, volume iv kindle edition by. The mike hammer collection, volume iv kindle edition by spillane, mickey, collins, max allan.
He introduced iconic detective mike hammer to readers in 1947 with i, the jury, and was named a mystery writers of america grand master in 1995. The return of mickey spillane s mike hammer 1986 tv movie, stacy keach reprises his role as hammer in this pilot for the third season of his hammer tv show aka the new mike hammer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Mickey sppilanes margin for murder 1981, cbs was a 2 hour made for tv movie and was directed by daniel haller with kevin dobson as mike hammer. Its a classic redoing of the hardboiled tradition, taking the essentials of the plot of the maltese falcon, adding even more sex and violence, and casting its hero, mike hammer, as a returned veteran of wwii, disgusted with the world that he and his buddies had fought to preserve. Nov 06, 2017 mickey spillanes pi mike hammer made his debut in i, the jury, and set the shocked literary world on its collective ear with its sexandviolence laden story. Mickey spillane books list of books by author mickey spillane. Mike hammer masquerade for murder by mickey spillane. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to. Kiss me, deadly is his seventh novel overall and his sixth mike hammer novel.
Naturally, that hammer guy was going to end up on the radio, as it turned out he was a west coast sensation over the don leemutual network. The picture quality on new videos release of mickey spillanes mike hammer is weak with a lot of noticeable haloing, grain, and dark shadows. Georgebenson mike hamer s03e07 harlem nocturne duration. This is the opening from mickey spillanes mike hammer, the 19841985 cbstv series starring stacy keach as spillanes extrahardboiled. He also starred as mike hammer in the girl hunters. Spillane began his career by writing for pulp magazines and comic books in order to pay for his schooling. He is most famous for his character mike hammer, the toughest private eye that ever walked these streets. After mike hammer witnesses wall street superstar vincent colby getting clipped by a speeding red ferrari, the shaken victims stockbroker father hires hammer to find the driver. Watch mike hammer episodes online season 1 1984 tv guide. The ultimate guide to mickey spillane books, movies and.
The toughest private eye in mystery fiction is back its the middle of the swinging sixties in midtown manhattan. The ultimate guide to mickey spillane books, movies and mike. Frank morrison spillane, better known as mickey spillane, was an american crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, mike hammer. Mike hammer, the iconic pi created by hardboiled crime master mickey spillane and written by new york times bestseller max allan collins, returns in masquerade for murder. Vtg 1963 mickey spillane the girl hunters mike hammer detective first pb edition. Over 225 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and at one time, seven his books were in the top 15 in the list of alltime bestselling novels in the united states.
Following another ten year break from writing, mickey spillane accepted a friends dare and earned a literary award for his efforts. Hoping to add to his funds, spillane wrote a novel in just nineteen days called i, the jury. The master of hardboiled crime novels, frank morrison mickey spillane 19182006 was the author of over forty novels. Mike hammer was revived in the 1980s for a series of television films and series that lasted to 1998, most of which featured stacy keach in the starring role. With stacy keach, emily rose chance, don stroud, lindsay bloom. Mickey spillane returned to writing about mike hammer. Mickey spillanes mike hammer later titled the new mike hammer, with stacy keach in the title role, is an american crime drama television series that originally aired on cbs from january 28, 1984, to may, 1987.
The mike hammer collection, volume iv by mickey spillane. Originally intended for comic book form, but turned down spillane wrote i, the jury instead with hammer as the hero, or antihero as he would become known. With over 225 million copies of his books sold internationally, some of mickey spillane s most wellknown novels include my gun is quick, vengeance is mine. The killing man was the final novel that was released about mike hammer. A tripleshot anthology featuring the first three mike hammer novelsfrom the undisputed master of detective fiction. Mickey spillane talks mike hammer, his writing process, and wealth, 1962 duration. Fawcett gold medal books published mickey spillane s novels.
April 18, 1986 hammer becomes involved in a childselling ring that has its origins in vietnam when he witnesses the attempted kidnapping of the daughter of actress joanna lake lauren hutton during a shoot on a new york street. Michael mike hammer is a fictional character created by the american author mickey spillane in the 1947 book i, the jury. The adventures of mickey spillanes toughtalking, brawling, skirtchasing private detective mike hammer, whos always ready to use his fists on a mug or his charm on a skirt to get the case solved. Officially titled music from mickey spillane s mike hammer, this album was one of the jewels of televisions brief flirtation with jazz, in the wake of peter gunn. Mickey spillane, the king of the pulp novelists in the postww ii period, sold an estimated 200 million copies globally. Spillane s first novel is unfortunately out of print and i hope this will encourage the publishers to reprint. Mickey spillane is one of the bestselling mystery writers of the twentieth century and rightfully so. Mickey spillanes mike hammer 1984 tv series, starring stacy keach. For old fans and newcomers alike, an ebookexclusive collection of four classic mike hammer novels from bestselling crime fiction icon mickey spillane a killer preying on desperate women, setting mike hammer on a journey through the highs and lows of new york city society to find the truth.
Unlike most detective shows of the decade, the bad guys on mickey spillane s mike hammer were usually killed by the protagonist by the time the closing credits rolled. This is a collection of mickey spillane s first three mike hammer novels i, the jury, my gun is quick and vengeance is mine and the action, sex and violence is overwhelming. Young franks mother was a protestant who bestowed on him his middle name morrison, but his irish catholic father, barkeep john joseph spillane, allegedly had his son. Mike hammer murder never knocks by mickey spillane, max. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mike hammer collection, volume iv. In 1947 comic book writer mickey spillane and his wife needed money to buy a new house. Jul 18, 2006 there were two successful television series based on mike hammer, the first in the late 1950s and the second, 198487, starring stacy keach in a periodised, seminoir, 1950s setting, with spillane. With brian keith, robert bice, virginia lee, donald randolph. Mike hammer was the central crime fighter in a series of novels. Mickey spillane talks mike hammer, his writing process, and wealth. Mike hammer masquerade for murder by mickey spillane, max. With darren mcgavin, bart burns, vito scotti, johnny seven. The original tv incarnation of mickey spillane s fictional manhattan gumshoe, mike hammer, premiered in january 1958 and starred darren mcgavin. This novel was completed from a manuscript fragment that was apparently intended to be set in 1954 as a followup to kiss me deadly 1952, as it turns out it was an early variant of the girl hunters 1962 the first mike hammer novel to follow kiss me deadly.