The New Adventures of The Green Ghost (Mystery)
By Bobby Nash, Don Thomas, Terry Alexander
ISBN #978-1492949336
Pro Se Press
Paperback 5 X 8
112 Pages
Price $9.00
Rating 5-Stars
In
this small anthology, Danny Blaney, an ex cop framed by criminals and kicked
off the police force, though he was acquitted, has taken on the guise of a
masked vigilante called The Green Ghost to go after gangsters. Originally
created by Johnston McCulley, the costume is a simple affair consisting of a
green hood pulled over his head.
Though
not one of my favorite of McCulley’s creations, I am glad to see the series
continue with new authors. This volume contains three novelettes: “Manifest
Destiny” by Bobby Nash; “My Brother’s Keeper” by Don Thomas; and “Beware …
Fixer” by Terry Alexander. In “Manifest Destiny”, someone is torching old
buildings in the K-Block near Danny’s Cigar Shop, and The Green Ghost looks
into the case. In “”My Brother’s Keeper”, it appears that The Green Ghost, welding
a machine-gun, is killing mobsters and the innocent. This brings the real Green
Ghost out, and he discovers a maniacal mobster dressed in a green hood like his
own, slaughtering indiscriminately. The third story, “Beware … Fixer”, a known
killer is releasing a deadly new weapon on the tenements in Danny’s area, and
when he goes after the killer, he discovers a deeper plot that involves the
whole US.
The
stories weren’t bad reading, and the whole package was a nice production. I really think The Green Ghost deserves a
chance to return to print in these new adventures. Johnston McCulley created so
many costumed heroes, many were merely carbon copies of each other, and The
Green Ghost may have suffered from his own brother competitors.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
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