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| A three volume look at the story writing of Robert Leslie Bellem, the creator and author of the Dan Turner stories, in his own words. |
| Volume 1 - Deals with the early Spicy period from 1934 to 1941. Includes the first 4 stories published. Over 320 pages, containing 20 stories and 2 articles. |
| Volume 2 - Deals with the middle period, a slightly less spicy period, when Dan Turner appeared in his own magazine, filled with his own stories. The 21 stories and 1 letter in this over 360 page book are from 1943. |
| Volume 3 - Deals with the final period, from the end of 1943 to 1950. The stories now have less sexual content and more comedy. Over 350 pages, with 15 complete stories and a Dan Turner bibliography. |
| Available now through lulu.com, each volume is $20.
Volume 1 - The Spicy Years |
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| Deja Vue! Have you ever encountered it? Probably! Well, when you read enough of the works of Robert Leslie Bellem, the creator of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, you will have that deja vue feeling--Bellem was not above rewriting his older, spicy stories, into tamer products. This collection brings together six pairs of stories, the first, usually spicy, version, and the rewritten version. Also included are the original illustrations for both versions of the story. Collected together are: | |
Spicy Detective Stories | Hollywood Detective |
Spicy Detective Stories | Dan Turner Hollywood Detective |
Spicy Detective Stories | Dan Turner Hollywood Detective |
Spicy Detective Stories | Hollywood Detective |
Spicy Detective Stories | Dan Turner Hollywood Detective |
Fantastic Adventures | Super Detective |
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Doctor of Lesbos
Written by Robert Leslie Bellem writing as Anthony Gordon. Better known for his stories of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, Bellem was a prolific writer whose yarns covered many genres, including adult fiction. At least two novels are known: The Sex Ladder and Doctor of Lesbos. We will be reprinting both novels. While this is termed an Adult book, it is only slightly more descriptive than Bellem's Spicy work, and is much less explicit than many of our mystery and science fiction stories of today. |
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The Sex Ladder
Written by Robert Leslie Bellem writing as Anthony Gordon. Better known for his stories of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, Bellem was a prolific writer whose yarns covered many genres, including adult fiction. At least two novels are known: The Sex Ladder and Doctor of Lesbos. We will be reprinting both novels. While this is termed an Adult book, it is only slightly more descriptive than Bellem's Spicy work, and is much less explicit than many of our mystery and science fiction stories of today. When I first began working on it, I was a little dubious as to its quality, but I found it very entertaining and can recommend it to Bellem's fans.
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The Vice Czar Murders
Written by Cleve F. Adams and Robert Leslie Bellem as Franklin Charles. Bill Rock worked for the District Attorney. He was assigned to help clean up vice in the city. He was at the burlesque theater to find a girl. When he was invited to her room, he found her dead--and he was charged with murder!
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The Window with the Sleeping Nude
Without such a monumental hangover that rainy morning, Store Detective Barney Cunard might have chuckled at the naked clothes dummy so bawdily displayed on his desk. But the subsequent discovery of the very nude, very real and very dead body of Nora Gleason in the green-hued window of Westervelt's Department Store was no joke. Illustrated.
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Limited Liability
Written under one of Bellem's pen names--John A. Saxon--it is a prequel to "Half-Past Mortem". "Just a routine assignment," the Los Angeles office told Sam Welpton, insurance investigator and claims adjuster. But what they didn't tell him was that this job, which began as an accident claim investigation, would turn into a murder case--with Sam the most likely suspect.
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Half-Past Mortem
Written under one of Bellem's pen names--John A. Saxon--it is a sequel to "Liability Limited". Said Dick Lane, "You don't need a lawyer, Sam. You need a magician to get you out of this jam." Sam Welpton had been called to investigate a road accident; there was a dent on the car, blood on the road, but no victim. Before he had solved this mystery, Sam found himself married to a woman he scarcely knew and spending his honeymoon in jail. To complicate things still further, a man was found dead in his hotel room and an attempt was made on his own life. But it was Sam himself who sorted out the mess, and he was no magician, just an insurance claims expert with a flair for finding trouble.
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Blue Murder
Duke Pizzatello, private investigator, was employed by the Kohlar brothers, Steve and Joe. Dixie Parker was the private secretary of Steve Kohlar. Gertie Kohlar was the wife of Joe and was an eye-full. Nelia Mason, wife of Dr. Carney Mason, was seeking evidence on the infidelity of her husband with his nurse, Myra Holly. Dr. Mason's partner, Dr. Sebring, also had a crush on the nurse. Then all hell broke loose. Dr. Mason was found dead with a bullet through his brain and a naked, skinned, female was found dead on his examination table and Duke Pizzatello was up to his throat in crime and underdressed women.
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #6
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, returns in another collection of stories from Hollywood Detective pulp magazine. The eleven stories are: Bullet From Nowhere, Syndicate Snatch, Murder--NSF, Green Heat, Kill Me Again, Red Night, Freak Show, Murder From Music, Fangs For The Memory, Arrangement For Murder, and The Riddle Thumbs A Ride. Completely illustrated with the original interior pulp artwork. Fully illustrated with the original pulp magazine's illustrations from Dan Turner Hollywood Detective #1 and the February, April, and November 1946 issues of Hollywood Detective.
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #5
Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in eight great stories: Murder on the Sound Stage, Pin-Up Corpse, Frame Around a Fall Guy, Crazy for the Kill, The Lady Regrets, The Book of the Phantom Bullet, Dog's Life, and Coffin for a Coward. Fully illustrated with the original pulp magazine's illustrations from Dan Turner Hollywood Detective #1 and the August, October, and December, 1945 issues of Hollywood Detective.
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #4
Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in eight great stories from 1944 and 1946: Killer's Contract, Sleep for a Dreamer, The Tree of the Pointing Finger, Kidnap Ticket, Dan Turner Deals an Ace, Dirge for a Phony, The Queen Was In Her Coffin, and Serial Kill. Also included is a Writer's Digest article, "Break It Up!".
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #3
Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in nine great stories from 1944, brought to you in the same order as they were originally published: Widow by Proxy, Dead Heat, Focus on Death, The Vanishing Vampire, Killer's Legacy, Over the Hill to the Death House, Odds on the Eight Ball, Killer's Curse, and Pistol-Packing Premiere. Thrill to Dan Turner's exploits with the original text from the pulp magazine Hollywood Detective, and the original illustrations which graced the stories in that old-time magazine.
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective #2
Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in nine stories in this compilation. Read Death Begins At Forty, Corpse On Ice, Homicide Highball, King-Size Kill, Murder Off the Record, Dead Man's Code, Cat Act, Death's Dress Rehearsal, and The Lake of the Left-Hand Moon. All stories are from Hollywood Detective and are fully illustrated with the original artwork which accompanied their publication in the pulps.
Order Dust Jacketed Hardcover Here Note: When I was assembling the above compilation, I had not planned on including Cat Act because I thought it was the same story which appeared in the first compilation. However, upon looking through it, I realized that Bellem rewrote the Spicy version into a tamer one, including a new cast of characters and new text (as well as new illustrations). However, the storyline is identical. |
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in eight stories and one comic presentation in this compilation. Read Temporary Corpse, Death's Bright Halo, Beyond Justice, Dark Star of Death, Blackmail from Beyond, Crimson Quest, Cat Act, and Latin Blood, as well as the comic, The Murdered Mummy. All stories are from Spicy Detective and Private Detective and are fully illustrated with the original artwork which accompanied their publication in the pulps.
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Killer's Ruse and Other Stories
Six stories by Robert Leslie Bellem from Super-Detective, Private Detective, and Fifth Column Stories. This collection includes "Killer's Ruse", "Murder On Furlough", "Wire Trap", "Dead Mike", "A Corpse Can't Croon", and "Enough Glory". Fully illustrated with the original artwork from their magazine appearances. |
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Knife in the Dark and Other Stories
Thirteen stories by Robert Leslie Bellem from a variety of magazines such as Gay Parisienne, Snappy, Spicy Detective, and more. This collection includes "Blood for the Vampire Dead", "Shanghai Jester", "The Cock Crows Murder", the title story "Knife in the Dark", "Fatal Allure", "Paulette Poses", "Grappling Trilby", "Badgering Bickford", "Never Say Dice!", "The Fall of Frisco Eddie", "Night Scene", "Too Many Diamonds", and "Live Bait". Fully illustrated with the original artwork from their magazine appearances. |
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