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Stewart Mann
Created by Stephan Gregory (pseudonym
of Don Pendleton, 1927-1995)
STEWART MANN is a West Coast private eye created by Don Pendleton under the pen name of Stephan Gregory. Although the line on Pendleton's official web site is that Mann served as "a kind of testing ground for the character traits that would later show up" in his subsequent and wildly successful Mack Bolan character, and about how Mann was "a war vet, a man of action, a loner whose own very personal moral and ideological code always seems to see him through, no matter what the odds," what the Mann series of paperbacks by the notorious Bee-Line was really about was good ol' sex.
I mean, just look at the titles: The Insatiables? The Sex Goddess? The Sexy Saints?
And check out these blurbs!
Stewart Mann had the assignment every man dreams of - personal bodyguard to Hollywood's number one sex kitten, but could he live long enough to protect her from a beautiful lesbian killer.
(from Sex Goddess)The luscious lady ran a booming business, but there was trouble in the Trade.
(from Madam Murder)
It may not have been hard-core, and they may have been positively mild by today's standards, but they were porn, nonetheless. But hey, you sell a kajillion books, I guess you can re-write your own history.
Don Pendleton was one prolific and successful dude, if nothing else. A Navy vet who served in WWII and Korea, he went on to write mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, and suspense novels, as well as short stories and non-fiction. he also wrote comics, poetry, screenplays and poetry. But he'll always be remember for creating the Mack Bolan: The Executioner series, which became the definitive Men's Action/Adventure series. But somehow, he also found time in there to create private eyes Joe Copp and Ashton Ford.
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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.