MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY Volume 12

That’s how it starts -- a beautiful dame walks into a private eye’s life, and everything goes to hell with more gut-wrenching twists and turns than a roller coaster. Here are some of the best stories taken from the men’s adventure magazines of yesteryear by some of the masters of the hard boiled P.I. genre. In addition to all the stories of murder and mayhem, the 12th issue also features author James Reasoner revealing the best of the Cowboy P.I.’s; author Paul Bishop unmasking the best of the Sherlock Holmes clones; and pop culture journalist-author John Harrison exploring the best P.I.’s in fantastic films. Author David Avallone offers up testimony on the work of his mystery author father Michael, who is featured in this issue in our book bonus. Also included is a MAQ Gal-lery feature on the character of Honey West by G. G. Fickling who had a life in paperback novels, television, action figures, board games and toys. Author David Spencer provides background on the novel tie-in work of Michael Avallone who added his hardboiled, two-fisted prose to the world of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. by writing many of the paperback editions tied to the popular TV series.