Series
Phantom Detective
unknown, Norman A. Daniels, C. S. Montanye, D. L. Champion, Laurence Donovan, George A. McDonald, Charles Greenberg, Anatole Feldman, Paul Chadwick, Stewart Sterling, Tom Johnson, Henry Kuttner, Robert Reginald, Whitney Ellsworth, C. A. M. Donne, E. Hoffmann Price, K. G. McAbee, Paul Ernst, Ralph Oppenheim, Ray Cummings, Ryerson Johnson & Todhunter Ballard · 18 novels · 158 novellas · 1 short story · 1933–2010
The Phantom Detective was the second pulp hero magazine published, after The Shadow. The first issue was released in February 1933, a month before Doc Savage, which was released in March 1933. The title continued to be released until 1953, with a total 170 issues. This is the third highest number of issues for a character pulp, after The Shadow, which had 325 issues, and Doc Savage, which had 181. In western titles, Texas Rangers would have around 212 issues of their main character, known as the Lone Wolf.
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The order the books came out.
Map
Phantom Detective at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1930s82
- 1940s73
- 1950s15
- 1960s0
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
- 1990s1
- 2000s4
- 2010s1
Shape
18 novels · 158 novellas · 1 short story
21 authors
reads like:mystery & detectivemurder investigationnorth americaearly 20th centurytenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 99% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · brighter = more books175 of 177 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Death Glowdarkest
- The Trail to Deathbrightest
- Murder Museumcalmest
- The Corpse Parademost intense