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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Dec 18, Rick rated it it was ok Shelves: When these new double novel editions started coming out I decided I wanted to read the stories in the original published order and while this volume features the first Whisperer adventure the second offer is actually seventh. So I'm basically going to be reading these volumes as anthologies. The first adventure included here, The Dead Who Talked is not very good. It's better than The Phantom Detective but not even as engaging as The Spider and certainly not in the same class as The Shadow or The When these new double novel editions started coming out I decided I wanted to read the stories in the original published order and while this volume features the first Whisperer adventure the second offer is actually seventh.
But it was enjoyable. The biggest problem is the gimmick of having the Police Commissioner, James Gordon, masquerading as a criminal mastermind The Whisperer in order to fight crime. The idea sort of works for the Green Hornet but he's not the city's police commissioner. The problem is that the plot becomes secondary to the necessity of having Gordon constantly switching identities for really no purpose other than allowing The Whisperer to make an appearance.
Gordon could be far more effective if he just concentrated on being Commissioner. But then there would be no hook for the series.
Which is too bad as the whole idea of an honest commissioner forced to operate in a city with a corrupt Mayor and a corrupt deputy who are both constantly trying to get him fired would be enough. But the pulps needed their character hook and The Whisperer 's is a pretty thin one. With the seventh adventurer of The Whisperer the author Laurence Donovan , writing under the "House Name" of Clifford Goodrich , seems to have finally gotten into a groove. While The Red Hatchets is not as good most of the pulp adventures stories I've read, it's much better than the other tale in this volume.
Also the 'hook' of having Commissioner Gordon masquerading as the criminal The Whisperer is less of an obvious crutch that does nothing but lower his effectiveness and now is nothing but what it was intended a plot device to complicate the narrative and add some color to the otherwise fairly straight forward crime story. Also included in this volume is the short story Evil Eye by Alan Hathway , writing under the "House Name" of Clifford Goodrich , which is a fast-paced blur.
It reads almost like an outline with its terse short sentences and break-neck speed. While it certainly makes for a lively addition, it isn't a very strong story on it's own merits. Closing out this volume is a the first short story featuring Norgil - Magician the master of Prestidigitection by Walter B. This is probably the best piece in this volume, but unfortunately shorter than the two main Whisperer novels.
Jul 11, Tim Byrd rated it it was ok Shelves: Until recently, Sanctum was reprinting the two series on a monthly basis, which was great. Then they announced that they were throttling the stream a bit, and would be publishing if I remember right only eight Doc Savage and eight Shadow volumes a year, with the off-months now to be filled with alternating volumes of two other pulp hero series, The Avenger and The Whisperer. The Avenger I knew. So if Sanctum was reprinting the full run of Avenger tales, I was definitely going to add them to my collection.
I like it better than The Avenger. The parallels to Batman and The Green Hornet are amazing. Then Sanctum announced that the subscriptions for the two new series would be combined, that there would be a single subscription for both The Avenger and The Whisperer. I was hesitant to commit funds to the latter sight unseen, but my love of pulp got the better of me and I wound up subscribing.
I re-read Justice, Inc. I dove into the first, The Dead Who Talked, ready for some hardboiled pulp adventure.
It was a green car. It drove down a city street full of people.
If seen at all, he is seen as a face floating in the gloom. The story was good, but it lacked the charm of Ghost Whisperer. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Her parents also reveal to her that they are mages of the League, and her ability is called Whispering, a very rare and prized gift. The green car drove to the end of the street.
The green car drove to the end of the street. But this was a murder rap.
It was extra special. So Duke was putting on an extra special show. It was at best an average pulp era cops and robbers story, and as a pulp hero adventure it was remarkably uninspired. The only thing truly notable about the novel is the origin of its hero, an origin that is bland and ridiculous in equal measure. The Whisperer is supposed to be a mystery man along the lines of The Shadow. Crime is happening, the lights go out, and a frightening wraith stalks the darkness.
If seen at all, he is seen as a face floating in the gloom.
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And he speaks in a weird whisper, which of course is why he got his name. Origins are important for an interesting hero. Doc Savage was trained from birth in an intensive scientific process to be the ultimate human being. The Shadow trained in the Far East, learning arcane skills of combat and mysticism. The Avenger, traumatized by the loss of his family, lost feeling and expression in his face, making him a tragic figure showing no emotion, but allowing him to rearrange the shape of his face to disguise himself as others.
Or rather he placed the odd dental plates there.
He had made it for [him: Because of some twist in the dental plates, [he'd: But it was a high, penetrating whisper that demanded instant attention. It had inspired fear… So The Whisperer came to be because of some fucked up dental plates in a clumsily-made disguise.
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Dec 03, Tricia rated it it was amazing. I loved this show and while reading these books I can picture everything!! Oct 06, D. A good tale I read this book in a day.
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