Bulldog Drummond
Created by Sapper
(1888-1937, pseud. of H(erman) C(yril) McNeile)
CAPTAIN
HUGH "BULLDOG" DRUMMOND, Britian's immensely
popular two-fisted adventurer was, in many ways, the response
to the American hard-boiled school, appearing in a slew of stories,
novels, movies and radio episodes.
So I guess it's only fitting that Bulldog would eventually
be reborn as an American style private eye in 2004, courtesy of
the twisted folks at Moonstone Comics.
Here's how they describe his transformation:
Bored with life? SO WAS BULLDOG!
Here's how he got over it: after a tour of the trenches
of WW1 he heads back to London, right? Set's himself up with
a nice private detective agency with some of the lad's from his
squadron, but the passive gumshoe-type he ain't! Oh no, our
Bulldog's a bit of head-first guy, just the guy you'd call when
a pair of brilliant criminals hit town with an insiduous plan
to capture a scientist who's whipping up a secret weapon. Not
that Bulldog's all-brawn-no-brain mind you, but these cad's may
not have anticipated how much guts our MAN is packing! The only
thing that may trip him up is a gorgeous set of eyes and the
greedy she-devil who's weilding them...
NOVELS
- Bulldog Drummond (1920; by H. C. McNeile)
- The Black Gang (1922; by H. C. McNeile)
- The Third Round (1924; by H. C. McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond (1925, by Gerald du Maurier with H. C. McNeile)
- The Final Count (1926; by H. C. McNeile)
- The Female of the Species (1928; by H. C. McNeile)
- Temple Tower (1929; by H. C. McNeile)
- The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1932; by H. C. McNeile)
- Knock-Out (1933; by H. C. McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1935; by H. C. McNeile)
- Challenge (1937; by H. C. McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond on Dartmoor (1938; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Bulldog Drummond Attacks (1939; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Captain Bulldog Drummond (1945; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast (1947; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Hands Off Bulldog Drummond (1949; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951; by Gerard Fairlie)
- The Return of the Black Gang (1954; by Gerard Fairlie)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1966; by Henry Reymond)
- Combined Forces: Being the Latter-Day Adventures of Maj.
Gen. Sir Richard Hannay, Captain Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond, and
Berry & Co (1983; by Jack Smithers; includes adventures of
Richard Hannay; Bertram "Berry" Pleydell, etc.)
SHORT STORIES
- "Lonely Inn" (by H. C. McNeile)
- "The Mystery Tour" (by H. C. McNeile)
- "The Oriental Mind" (by H. C. McNeile)
- "Thirteen Lead Soldiers" (by H. C. McNeile)
- "Wheels Within Wheels" (by H. C. McNeile)
FILMS
- CALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND
(1951, MGM)
Screenplay by Howard Emmett
Rogers, Gerard Fairlie, Arthur Wimperis
Directed by Victor Saville
COMICS
- BULLDOG DRUMMOND
(2004, Moonstone Noir)
48pgs, b/w
Writer: William Messner Loebs
Art by Brett Barkley
Cover by Tim Seelig
Respectfully submitted by Kevin
Burton Smith. Bulldog illustration
by Tim Seelig, from the Moonstone graphic novel.
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