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.