In March of 1969, Pinnacle published a paperback titled War Against the Mafia . It was written by Don Pendleton (1927-1995), a U.S. Navy ve...

Dennis Rodriguez wrote the six-book series The Terminator using the name John Quinn. The series was published by Pinnacle between 1983-1984...

Jon Messmann authored six volumes of a vigilante series titled The Revenger beginning in 1973. I really enjoy this character and Messmann...

I wasn't able to determine anything about author Andrew Lane. There is another writer named Andrew Lane with titles like Young Sherlock ...

William Dubay (1948-2010) was an editor, writer, and artist for Warren Publishing, excelling on books like Creepy , Vampirella , 1984 , and ...

Before the words “defund the police” became a hot media slogan, author John Shirley experimented with the idea for his hard-hitting crime-f...

Author Frank Roderus (1942-2016) was a newspaper writer and author that penned over 300 novels, most of which were westerns . He earned two ...

Lester Virgil Roper (1931-1998) graduated from the University of Oklahoma and became a teacher. He later served in the Kansas House of Repre...

Remember the one where Mack Bolan becomes the star of the Chuck Norris “bring'em back” alive flick Missing in Action ? Well, it never h...

Peter McMurtin authored the three-book series The Assassin for Dell in 1973. Double-dipping into the cookie jar, the author was also emplo...

In the 1970s, Hollywood became fascinated with the large transport truck, aka “big rig”, “18-wheeler”, “tractor-trailer” or simply “Mack”. F...

Arthur Gordon (1913-2002) was a Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar that fought in WW2 and later became an editor for slick magazines like Goo...

Author Herb Fisher (1932-2001), a North Philadelphia native, began writing as a sports editor for his high school. On a football scholarship...

With the success of The Executioner , Pinnacle began creating titles that captured the action-oriented, vigilante feel. In 1973, the publis...

Paperback Warrior continues to devour the literature of Jon Messmann . We've covered his series titles like The Trailsman , Handyman , C...