The Phantom Detective, world’s greatest sleuth, tackles a million-dollar mystery that calls for all his brains and brawn! From Broadway to Brazil, the masked nemesis of crime follows a crimson trail of disaster!
House names, that is multiple authors writing under a single pseudonym for a series, were fairly commonplace in Pulp magazines. Notable characters often had only one author attached to them on the covers of magazines, but in reality multiple scribes may have added to their legacies. This was no different for The Phantom Detective and actually this particular series may have held the record for the number of authors writing under a single house name, due in part to its 170 issue and twenty year run. It is fairly well accepted that the first eleven issues, all of them under the name G. Wayman Jones, were mostly written by noted Pulp author D. L. Champion. The house name changed, however, with issue twelve to Robert Wallace. Some believe that this was done to perhaps gain some recognition due to the similarly named mystery writer of the period, Edgar Wallace. Although a list of authors contributing to The Phantom Detective has been compiled at various times, no one single author seemed to consistently write the character for any consecutive length of time. Norman A. Daniels wrote the most stories under the Wallace name, penning more than 36 tales. It is also well known that multiple stories within the Phantom Detective series were originally intended for other characters but, for whatever reasons, were rewritten into Phantom Detective entries, adding to the changing tone of the series.
‘The Case of the Bible Murders’ was originally published in the January 1949 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Fast Exit
Chapter 2: Rafter and Rope
Chapter 3: Enter The Phantom
Chapter 4: Tail
Chapter 5: Miguel’s
Chapter 6: One Out of Three
Chapter 7: Ruse
Chapter 8: San Rao
Chapter 9: Prisoner
Chapter 10: A Lady Waits
Chapter 11: Isaiah
Chapter 12: Two Shots
Chapter 13: Return
Chapter 14: The Twelfth Street House
Chapter 15: Partner
