The Mike Shayne Private Eye Comic Collection: The classic comics based on the novels by Brett Halliday (The Pulp 2.0 Library)

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Pulp 2.0's MIKE SHAYNE PRIVATE EYE comic collection is an exceptionally fine package, with carefully-reproduced reprints of the three-issue Dell Comics originals, accompanied by a nice selection of bonus materials, including a new introduction from crime author Paul Bishop and a selection of vintage paperback covers and film one-sheets. Fans of Brett Halliday's detective will want to put this terrific archival paperback collection on their shelves next to their Mike Shayne novels. Highly recommended.

In the early 1960's Dell Comics was a major player, with dozens of titles. Heavy with television and movie tie-ins they experimented constantly. One such experiment was MIKE SHAYNE, PRIVATE EYE. It lasted for three issues, and after you read a couple of pages, you'll see why.At the same time, Marvel Comics was a minor player, with a few space monster and western titles. The first issues of MIKE SHAYNE and FANTASTIC FOUR went on sale the same month in 1961.

This is a high quality reprint of the old Mike Shayne comic books from the 1960's. The comics were pretty sophisticated for their time and contain surprisingly adult themes that somehow escaped notice of the comic book censors off the day. This volume is worth it's weigh in gold mainly because the legendary fiction writer, Paul Bishop, wrote the introduction detailing the Mike Shayne character and how it tied into his own writing. It's well worth a shot.