Forged in war, The Phantom Detective wages a one-man battle on crime! Solving impossible mysteries and delivering his own justice, he is the underworld’s masked nightmare!
The Phantom Detective pits his might against the sinister cunning of Mr. Blackout, fiendish leader of a treacherous crew of murderers and saboteurs who defy American justice! Hiding behind puzzling devices, a grim crime combine threatens to wreak havoc!
Although the list of authors contributing to The Phantom Detective’s nearly twenty years’ worth of stories may never be truly known, it is a fact that one author contributed thirty six plus stories to the character’s canon. Considered a stalwart author and one of the lynchpins of Thrilling Publications’ writing stable, Norman A. Daniels left an indelible mark on The Phantom Detective. Born Norman Arthur Danberg in 1905, he sold his first story, from the beginning using Daniels instead of Danberg, in 1931.
Norman A. Daniels cut his teeth on mysteries and crime stories from his first sale, which made him ready made to take on the adventures of The Phantom Detective. Selling his first story to Thrilling in 1933, Daniels made an immediate impression and was asked to pen a story featuring Thrilling’s Hero Pulp mainstay, The Phantom Detective. After writing at least thirty six Phantom Detective adventures, considered by many fans to be the best of the series, Daniels created his own character for Thrilling, another fan favorite still today-The Black Bat. Daniels would go on to write almost all of the sixty two Black Bat stories as well as over twenty four Dan Fowler G-Man tales, a handful of Masked Detective, all of the Crimson Mask stories, and many more. As pulp magazines faded, Daniels moved into other writing fields, including television and paperbacks.
The Rubber Knife Murders was originally published in the April 1944 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: Murder Onstage
Chapter 2: Murder Twice
Chapter 3: Made in Japan
Chapter 4: Crimson Dawn
Chapter 5: Mr. Blackout
Chapter 6: Barricade
Chapter 7: A Killer Among Them
Chapter 8: Shanghaied
Chapter 9: The Phantom’s Way
Chapter 10: The Vanished Crew
Chapter 11: Flaming Salvation
Chapter 12: Pictures of Despair
Chapter 13: Dead Men’s Boots
Chapter 14: When Death Failed
Chapter 15: The Second Film
Chapter 16: Rubber Knives Again
Chapter 17: Last Command
Chapter 18: Danger’s Bright Face
Chapter 19: The Phantom Loads A Truck
Chapter 20: Light Comes To Blackout
