This issue, we have a pair of stories by Frank Kane (1912-1868), who was was an American mystery writer most famous for series character Johnny Liddell, a hardboiled detective. (Liddell appears in the second story, “Suicide”—the first is a World War II crime tale.) Kane also worked in radio and television, but his contributions were less notable there, since he dealt with series characters that were not his own creations. His television work included writing for Special Agent 7, The Investigators, and Mike Hammer.
Special Agent 7The InvestigatorsMike HammerKane was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended law school, but quit before graduation because he was starting a family and needed to support them. Like most writers, he held a number of different jobs before settling in for his true c
