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Probably his second most popular character from the pulps was "The Black Star", a criminal mastermind who is pursued by Roger Verbeck-Flagellum and Muggs, a millionaire bachelor and his ex-thug partner. Black Star first appeared in the Street & Smith pulp Detective Story Magazine on 5 March 1916.
Mar 9, 2020 · The Black Star is one of the few villains that McCulley wrote, being a “gentleman thief.” He (and his gang) does not kill, using vapor bombs and vapor guns to knock out their victims — and likes to stick black stars everywhere, too.
Mar 26, 2013 · Black Star is supposed to have been his second most popular character (though I wonder if that is really Thubway Tham?). He is one of the few villains that McCulley wrote, being a “gentleman burglar.” He (and his gang) does not kill, using vapor bombs and vapor guns to knock out their victims.
The Black Star by Johnston McCulley is a story of good versus evil. Like many thirty-cent novels written and published in the first half of the Twentieth Century, it is a conglomerate of Sherlock Holms, Batman and The Keystone Cops.
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The True Tale of Zorro – Santa Barbara Historical Museum. In 1919, Johnston McCulley began to write a series of popular novels about a swashbuckling champion of justice. Dressed in black, disguised by a mask over his eyes, this adventurer was a master horseman and an expert swordsman, who moved silently and swiftly by night.
May 17, 2011 · Johnston McCulley was a prolific writer in the pulp fiction vein, and his Zorro series would become immensely popular. However, prior to Zorro, the Black Star was among his first repeating characters which kept readers of the day in continual suspense until his next appearance.
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Author Index: Mc. Johnston McCulley. (1883–1958) →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. Prolific American writer of pulp stories, best known as the creator of the character Zorro.
