By the early 1970s, the team-based commando theme had become a popular market for men's action-adventure paperbacks to explore. The i...

The character of Travis McGee was the most successful creation of Florida crime fiction icon John D. MacDonald . The McGee series lasted f...

The publishing industry for men's action-adventure paperbacks in the 1970s was a fertile ground to create house names, marketable char...

By 1974, Australia’s sexy and violent Larry Kent series was reaching the end of its 800 installment run. In fairness, the first 500 or so ...

This week we are doing a deep-dive into the life and work of Richard Deming, including a review of his novel, “She’ll Hate Me Tomorrow.”  Th...

Special Operations Command  was a six-volume series of men's action-adventure novels authored by James N. Pruitt and published by Berk...

Between 1950 and 1958, prominent interior designer Richard Himmel (1920-2000) wrote five novels starring a hard-nosed Chicago lawyer name...

Along with the nine-book run of Counter Force (1983-1985), author Daniel Streib 's most successful contribution to men's action-a...

By the time 1967 rolled around, Donald Westlake had really found his groove with the novels he wrote under the name  Richard Stark starr...

Saddle up for a wild ride as Paperback Warrior presents an All-Review Western Roundup. We discuss and review our favorite westerns including...

Along with authoring entries in the Nick Carter: Killmaster series, Jon Messmann kept a productive schedule in the 1970s with a successf...

Between 1954 and 1974, there were hundreds of novellas and paperback original novels produced in Australia starring hardboiled New York Pr...

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry was a 1974 film that capitalized on America's car chase fascination spawned by cinema hits like Bullitt and ...

David Hagberg died on September 8, 2019 at age 76 in Sarasota, Florida. In addition to a successful spy-fiction career under his own name,...

On our 30th episode, it's a Fawcett Gold Medal All-Review Extravaganza! We discuss vintage paperbacks by John D. MacDonald, Lionel White...

The king of the paperbacks, Harry Whittington , is often described by fans as a master of crime-noir. The talented author penned a number ...

Pennsylvanian Charles Weiser Frey (1910-1963) authored six crime fiction books during the 1950s under the pseudonym of Ferguson Findlay. T...

During the 1970s and 1980s, men's action adventure fiction offered a robust selection of serial titles like The Destroyer , The Execut...

With novels, novelettes, and short stories spanning from 1928 to 1997 (not to mention movies, TV, comics, and radio), The Saint is one of...

Paperback Warrior Podcast Episode 29’s feature is about Australia’s popular Larry Kent series. Eric reviews S-Com #1, and Tom presents an ea...