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The Executioner (aka Mack Bolan) is a monthly men's action-adventure paperback series of books. It has spanned several spin-offs and imitators over its four decades in print and currently has 423 installments (as of February 2014) that have sold more than 200 million copies. Created and initially written by American author Don Pendleton in 1969, who wrote 37 of the original 38 Bolan books (#16 was written by one "Jim Petersen" during a legal dispute between Pendleton and Pinnacle) before he licensed the rights to Gold Eagle in 1980. Since 1981, the series has been written collectively by a series of ghostwriters.

Authors

Authors categorized into the decade in which they published their debut work.

1969-1980

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
1 Don Pendleton 38 1969–1980 #1: War Against The Mafia #38: Satan's Sabbath
2 Jim Peterson 1 1973 #16: Sicilian Slaughter #16: Sicilian Slaughter Pseudonym of William Crawford

1981-1989

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
3 Saul Wernick 1 1981 #39: The New War #39: The New War
4 Steven Krauzer 4 1982–1983 #40: Double Crossfire #50: Brothers in Blood
5 Mike Newton 78 1982–present #41: The Violent Streets N/A
6 Stephen Mertz 11 1982–1986 #42: The Iranian Hit #94: Save the Children
7 Ray Obstfeld 4 1982–1986 #46: Bloodsport #93: The Fire Eaters
8 Patrick Neary 1 1983 #51: Vulture's Vengeance #51: Vulture's Vengeance
9 Alan Bomack 4 1983–1986 #53: Invisible Assassins #87: Hellfire Crusade Pseudonym of David Wade
10 E. Richard Churchill 2 1983 #54: Mountain Rampage #56: Island Deathtrap
11 Chet Cunningham 6 1983–1986 #59: Crude Kill #88: Baltimore Trackdown
12 Tom Jagninski 2 1984 #61: Tiger War #65: Cambodia Clash
13 Peter Leslie 8 1984–1990 #70: Ice Cold Kill #143: Helldust Cruise
14 Tom Arnett 2 1985–1986 #78: Death Games #86: Hell's Gate
15 James Lord 1 1985 #84: Fastburn #86: Fastburn
16 Dan Schmidt 23 1986–2006 #95: Blood and Thunder #331: Assault Force
17 Mike McQuay 23 1986–1988 #96: Death Has A Name #116: The Killing Urge
18 Charlie McDade 8 1987–1993 #97: Meltdown #171: Deadly Force
19 Kent Delaney 1 1987 #105: Countdown to Chaos #105: Countdown to Chaos
20 Kevin Randle 1 1988 #118: Warrior's Revenge #118: Warrior's Revenge
21 Kirk Sanson 4 1989–1990 #121: Twisted Path #138: Kill Trap
22 Jack Garside 1 1989 #122: Desert Strike #122: Desert Strike
23 Mel Odom 18 1989–2003 #123: War Born #298: Final Play
24 Carl Furst 8 1989–1992 #127: Kill Zone #168: Blood Price

1990-1990

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
25 Jerry Van Cook 32 1990–present #139: Cutting Edge N/A
26 Roland J. Green 4 1991–1994 #145: Chicago Payoff #183: Clean Sweep
27 Rich Rainey 9 1991–2001 #146: Deadly Tactics #275: Crossed Borders
28 William Fieldhouse 6 1992–1999 #166: Assassin's Creed #245: Virtual Destruction
29 Ron Renauld 6 1992–2010 #167: Double Action #381: Killing Ground
30 David L. Robbins 9 1993–2005 #169: White Heat #322: Time Bomb
31 Mike Linaker 16 1993–present #179: War Hammer N/A
32 Michael Kasner 2 1995–1997 #198: Shoot Down #217: Fight or Die
33 Rick Price 1 1995 #201: Prime Target #201: Prime Target
34 David North 4 1996–1998 #207: Freedom Strike #232: Jackal Hunt
35 Chuck Rogers 25 1996–present #208: Death Whisper N/A
36 Tim Somheil 4 1996–2004 #215: Fire Hammer #306: Mercy Mission
37 Will Murray 1 1997 #226: Red Horse #226: Red Horse
38 Alan Philipson 4 1998–2000 #231: Slaughter Squad #261: Dawnkill
39 Mark Ellis 2 1998 #237: Hellfire Trigger #240: Devil's Guard

2000-2009

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
41 Jon Guenther 12 2000–present #255: War Bird #466: Chicago Vendetta
42 Gerald Montgomery 4 2000–2001 #262: Trigger Point #276: Leviathan
43 Douglas P. Wojtowicz 11 2003–present #291: Blood Trade #N/A
44 Tim Tresslar 4 2003–present #293: Death Merchants #N/A
45 Andy Boot 6 2003–present #299: Dangerous Encounter #N/A
46 Nathan Meyer 4 2007–present #341: Rebel Force #N/A
47 Peter Spring 3 2007–2008 #345: Orange Alert #356: Defense Breach
48 Phil Elmore 9 2007–present #345: Orange Alert N/A
49 Russell Davis 6 2009–present #371: Fire Zone N/A
50 Keith DeCandido 2 2009–2010 #373: Code of Honor #379: Deep Recon

2010-present

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
51 Darwin Holmstrom 2 2010–2011 #373: Code of Honor #379: Deep Recon
52 Travis Morgan 2 2011–2012 #393: Stand Down #401: Jungle Hunt
53 Joshua Reynolds 1 2012 #408: Border Offensive #408: Border Offensive
54 Michael A. Black 1 2013–present #419: Sleeping Dragons N/A
55 Nick Pollotta 1 2014 #423: Breakout #423: Breakout Published posthumously.

References

  1. according to Amazon.com
  2. Kraft, David Anthony, "The Executioner Speaks Out!" (interview with Don Pendleton), Marvel Preview #2 (1975), Marvel Comics.
  3. "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series". google.com. 1975.
  4. as of April 2014
  5. "How To Write Books With Your Atari". atarimagazines.com.
  6. ^ as of January 2014
  7. Locus Publications. "Locus Online News » Nick Pollotta (1954-2013)". locusmag.com.
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