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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1998
  • Latest Book:
    March 2019
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Book List in Order: 64 titles



  • A thrill-a minute ride set in the days of Spanish colonialism in California, where thugs and greedy tyrants try to wrest every penny from peasants . . . and the one hero who defends the common man is the mysterious masked stranger who calls himself Z...



  • The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, rarely spoke to keep his voice from being recognized, and the only mark left at the scenes of the crimes which h...



  • Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief...he is the king of his chosen profession, a master "dip" who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all such v...



  • This volume presents 5 novellas by Johnston McCulley, creator of Zorro. Originally published under the pseudonym "Harrington Strong" in Detective Story Magazine, these mysteries showcase McCulley's lifelong devotion to the mystery field with meticulo...



  • The masked woman called herself Madame Madcap, and she gathered a gang of cutthroats determined to loot high society of all its riches... starting with the notorious womanizer Hamilton Brone. She worked her criminal magic... and grew rich as milliona...



    • Captain Bill Adams was a relic of the old, tough days of sea-dogs and privateers. He ran a tough ship, demanding discipline, loyalty, and respect above all else... even the law. When he tries to run guns to Mexican revolutionaries, he finds ...



  • Before Zorro made him famous, Johnston McCulley experimented with other heroes in early pulp magazines, including The Scarlet Scourge, who in this volume investigates the case of a stock market swindler. From the mystery pulp Detective Story Magazine...



  • From the creator of Zorro, Johnston McCulley, come A White Man's Chance, a western novel starring the dashing hero "Don Jose," set south of the border, in Mexico. A White Man's Chance originally appeared in Munsey's Magazine. It was filmed in 1919. T...



  • The second issue of CLUES magazine (February, 1929) featured "The Man Who Changed Rooms," by Johnston McCulley, as its lead novel...in this case, actually a novella. The creator of Zorro once again shows his interest in the mystery genre in this exci...









  • This volume collects three mysteries by Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro) from the pages of "Detective Story Magazine." Included are "A Crook Without Honor," "Poddin's Mistake," and "Diamonds, Dirt, and Duty."...




  • Famed as the creator and author of Zorro, McCulley wrote a novel in a similar vein which was published in 1916 and subsequently made into a silent film. Captain Fly-By-Night was stirring up trouble in California between the red men and the white. Roj...



  • Originally published under the pseudonym "Harrington Strong" in DETECTIVE STORY WEEKLY (June 18, 1921 issue), this short mystery novel by the creator of Zorro has never been reprinted. Part of the Wildside Pulp Classics line of rare stories....



  • Pulp writer Johnston McCulley (1993-1938) was the author of hundreds (if not thousands) of short stories and novels, published in pulp magazines under his own name and a plethora of pseudonyms. His most famous creation remains the masked swordsman Zo...



  • A 1928 sequel of episodic mysteries by Johnston McCulley, the creator of Zorro and Thubway Tham....



  • This is the paperback edition of Johnston McCulley's 1927 episodic tale of a crime fighter who wears a red clown outfit and wields a syringe with a half-hour knockout drug in it. McCulley is the author of the Zorro stories....








  • Exciting Sports, Winter 1944CRUTCH BRIGADEby Johnston McCulleyas RALEY BRIENSnowed Under by the Skill of Rivals, Coach Hal Menner of Southland U Sends a Squad of Makeshifts Out for Some of the Most Amazing Razzle-Dazzle Ever Pulled in a Crucial Game!...




  • Demons Of Disaster This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective bo...



  • Fumblefist Plays The Game This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detec...



  • The Ghost Of Danny Frayne This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detec...




  • Exciting Detective , Fall 1940Murder LimitedA Complete Novelete of a Baffling Railroad Mysteryby Johnston McCulleyAuthor of “Deadly Peril,” “The Mark of Zorro,” etc.Jim Thatcher Holds the Key Down on Danger When Big-City ...



  • Thrilling Detective, January 1935MURDER NOTEA Green Ghost Noveletteby Johnston McCulleyThe Trap Was All Set for Blaney—and He Walked Right Into It, But—Chapter 1: Pallor of DeathChapter 2: Between Two FiresChapter 3: Boldness Does the T...



  • New Year’s Duty This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective book...



  • New Year’s Eve Test This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective ...






  • New Year’s Pardon This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective bo...






  • The Railroad Man's Magazine , September 1908RICHARD HUGHES, RAILROAD DETECTIVECase No. V.—The Man on the Pilot Engine and the Battle at the Switchby Johnston McCulleyRailroad Detective from the creator of Zorro!...



  • A Terry Trimble Murder Mystery Johnston McCulley (February 2, 1883 Ottawa, Illinois - November 23, 1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Many o...



  • Undercover Santa Claus This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective...



  • Argosy , February 9, 1918WITHOUT THE BLUEby Johnston McCulley6 ChaptersSecret Service Operative Jimmie Brooks investigates a string of troop transports being blown up on the rails during WWI, which leads him to the Red and White Club. From the creato...



  • Exciting Western, September 1949GUARDIAN OF THE TRAILby Johnston McCulleyas Raley BrienFor the sake of Beth Patchey and the Rafter P Ranch, fighting Bob Polk pits himself against dangerous odds!4500 Words...



  • His Kind Of Hellion This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective bo...



  • Top-Notch, July 30, 1914SANDED IN SAN DIEGOA Complete Novelby Johnston McCulleyChapter 1: Joke, Or No Joke?Chapter 2: Fought For A PigeonChapter 3: UnmaskedChapter 4: Mephisto Repeats HimselfChapter 5: By Right of MightChapter 6: He Might Have Stoppe...






  • This book is perfectly formatting for playback on Kindle,The Stolen Story (English Edition)Preview : TEMPTATION often had come to John Branton, in one form or another, as it comes to the best of us, and generally he had turned his back upon it and g...




  • Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief…he is the king of his chosen profession, a master “dip” who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all su...



  • Buckskin Santa Claus This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detective b...



  • Fresh off the creation of Zorro, writer Johnston McCulley created a fantastic follow-up masked hero: The Man in Purple! Nearly forgotten today and never before reprinted in its entirety, The Man in Purple series has been restored to its original glor...



  • Merry Christmas, Copper! This book is very best in Action Adventure, Thrillers and Mystery Short stories. You are sure to enjoy these fabulous Detective stories all award winners and best of selections! Highest Recommendation! Read one today! Detecti...



  • The inspiration for Batman! For the first time in one collection, all four appearances of the pulp hero The Bat, as written by pulp legend Johnston McCulley (Zorro). These stories from 1934-35 detail the adventures of Dawson Clade, a man who was insp...



  • Winds whistled up the river, and winds whistled down from the hills, and they met to swirl and gather fury and rattle the city's millions of windowpanes. They carried a mixture of sleet and fine snow, the first herald of the winter to come. In the bu...



  • Johnston McCulley (1883-1958), the creator of Zorro, authored hundreds of stories, fifty novels, and numerous screenplays for film and television. McCulley's stories featuring the arch criminal known as "The Spider" collected from the pages of Detect...



  • This premium quality edition contains the complete and unabridged text of The Curse of Capistrano, Johnston McCulley's original tale of the adventures of Zorro, printed on heavy, bright white paper in a large 6"x9" format, with page headers and a ful...






  • The creator of Zorro, writer Johnston McCulley is back with another nearly-forgotten classic pulp hero--the Green Ghost. Nearly forgotten today and never before reprinted in its entirety, the Green Ghost series has been restored to its original glory...



  • PERIL PRESS presents:Black Book Detective, February 1948DEATH ENDS THE YEARby Johnston McCulleyFor Detective Lieutenant Larry Ogden it was D-Day and H-Hour - with D for Danger and H for Homicide!5400 WordsDetective Story Magazine, June 1 1920THUBWAY ...




  • Bold Venture Press proudly presents PULP ADVENTURES #17, featuring an all-star line-up -- from the backwaters of post-Civil War Texas, the Prohibition-era of New York City, to an interior world several centuries in the future In "The Kidnapped Midas...



  • Detective Classics presents you The Brand of Silence: A Detective Story in a fantastic ebook edition. An interesting and exciting mystery. Sydney Prale returns to New York from Honduras after a ten-year absence. He's done quite well overseas, now bei...



  • They trailed him at sunset.... They trailed him at sunset through the streets of Dodge City, through the gambling dens and flashy dance halls.... They trailed him through the cattle country to Shantyville and Sirloin City -- waiting in ambush with gu...



  • Bold Venture Press presents A Task for Zorro, a rare full-length adventure from 1947.Don Marcos Vargas -- His inherited fortunes had been squandered. He was tolerated in polite society because of his lineage and social standing, but one by one his ...



  • In the early 1800s, California — with its warmth, its romance, its peaceful beauties — was still under Spanish rule. While the legend of Zorro grew, stirring the hearts of Californians, this sprawling state was a land of opportunity and a...



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    Two exciting stories of Spanish California by the creator of ZORRO!Produced under license with Zorro Productions.In the early 1800s, California — with its warmth, its romance, its peaceful beauties — was still under Spanish rule. While th...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    The story follows the story of Californio Don Diego Vega -- Zorro in the company of his deaf and mute servant Bernardo and his lover Lolita Pulido, as they rival the antagonists Captain Ramon and Sgt. Gonzales in Alta California, the Mexican era (182...



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    A YOUNG San Francisco physician, Robert Berkley by name, is decoyed to the schooner Manatee and carried out to sea. He is treated with the greatest respect, but is told that he can never return to his native land. A beautiful young girl named Callisa...



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    Johnston McCulley (1883-1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrison Strong,...



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    Johnston McCulley (1883-1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrison Strong,...



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    Alta California, 1820

    The Pueblo de Los Angeles is under the heel of a dictatorial Alcalde. Luis Miguel Montero is squeezing the life of out the people. No class is exempt. Peons are being beaten and thrown into prison. Indians are being for...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Johnston McCulley has published 64 books.

Johnston McCulley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Devil's Doubloons, was published in March 2019.

The first book by Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro, was published in May 1998.

No. Johnston McCulley does not write books in series.