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Carter, Nick

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Nick Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective, who first appeared in a dime novel entitled The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square, on September 18, 1886. This novel was written by John R. Coryell from a story by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith.

In 1915, Nick Carter Weekly became Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on Mutual from 1943 to 1955

Following the success of the James Bond series of books, the character was updated for a long-running series of novels featuring the adventures of secret agent Nick Carter, aka the Killmaster. The first book, Run Spy Run, appeared in 1964 and more than 260 Nick Carter-Killmaster adventures were published up until 1990.

The 100th Killmaster novel (appropriately entitled Nick Carter 100) contained an essay on the 1890s version and included a short story featuring the character. It marked one of the few times the Killmaster series acknowledged its historical roots.

None of the Nick Carter series of books carried author credits, although it is known that several of the earliest volumes were written by Michael Avallone, while Valerie Moolman wrote many others, which would make this the first series of its genre to be written by a woman. The Nick Carter name was treated as a pseudonym, and many volumes were written in first person.

Source: Wikipedia

The original 'Nick Carter' was John Coryell; other writers known to use this name were:

A.L. Armagnac

Avallone, Michael

Ballard, WT

William Perry Brown

George Waldo Browne

Frederick Russel Burton

O.P. Caylor

Stephen Chalmers

Chastain, Thomas

Weldon J. Cobb