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John K. Butler. Writer: Headline Hunters. One of the most prolific writers of B-pictures, California native John K. Butler also pulled double duty as a pulp fiction writer.
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- March 24, 1908
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- September 18, 1964
Oct 18, 2022 · Author JOHN K. BUTLER is best-known, at least in our little neck of the woods, for the numerous stories he pounded out for such pulps as Black Mask, Detective Fiction Weekly, Double Detective and especially Dime Detective. A native Californian, Butler was born in Auburn, up near San Francisco.
What traditions does John K. Butler's "The Saint in Silver" (1941) come out of? And why is this story so satisfying? To work on the second question first, Butler has a great skill for description.
Dec 1, 2020 · Created by John K. Butler (1908-64) Although he wasn’t really a private eye, STEVE MIDNIGHT sure acted like one in the pages of Dime Detective in the 1940s. Steven Middleton Knight earned his nickname from the moneyed days of his youth when he had a rep as a “midnight playboy on a nation-wide scale.”
Oct 1, 1998 · John K. Butler. 3.60. 5 ratings2 reviews. In the 1930s and '40s, he wrote about the otherworldly landscape of Southern California with a tough elegance themes bordered on poetry, driving his tarnished but noble knight through a neon-lit neverland.
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Oct 1, 1998 · John K. Butler. At the Stroke of Midnight Paperback – October 1, 1998. by John K. Butler (Author), John Wooley (Editor), & 1 more. 4.6 2 ratings. See all formats and editions. Paperback. $12.50 6 Used from $8.50 1 New from $47.58 1 Collectible from $23.95.
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John K. Butler's films include Rim of the Canyon, Post Office Investigator, Drums Across the River, Silver Spurs
