Monthly Archives: July 2015

Dickson, Harry. Harry Dickson was created by “Jean Ray,” the pseudonym of Raymond de Kremer (Edmond Bell, Jack Linton) and appeared in the French pulp Harry Dickson, le Sherlock Holmes Americain #1-178 (1929-1938). Harry Dickson is a Great Detective. Harry Dickson, … Continue reading →

Dexter, Professor. Professor Dexter was created by Robert Charles (Richard Marlowe) and appeared in Return of the Ape Man (1944). Professor Dexter is a Mad Scientist. Professor Dexter and his colleague Professor Gilmore are on an Arctic expedition when they … Continue reading →

Devi, Savita. Savita Devi was created by J.B.H. Wadia (Hansa, Hind Kesari, Lion Man (II), Thunderbolt (II), Vantolio) and appeared in the film Miss Frontier Mail (1936). Savita Devi is an Indian big game hunter. In Lalwadi, on the western … Continue reading →

In case you aren’t following me on Twitter and Facebook…I’m resuming my columns on io9.com, describing which novels and short stories would have won the Hugo Award during the Victorian era. This week: 1892!

Detective Nobody. Detective Nobody was created by Robert Kraft (Atalanta, Frank Carter, Gentleman of the Air, Count Leo V. Hagen, Loke Klingsor, Mister Nobody (I), Richard) and appeared in Detektiv Nobody’s Erlebnisse und Reiseabenteuer #1-12 (1904-1906). Detective Nobody is a … Continue reading →

Demonico, Professor. Professor Demonico was created by Justin Shaw and appeared in a number of stories in The Ranger in 1933 and 1934, beginning with “The Kunakos are Coming” (The Ranger, Sept. 23, 1933). Professor Demonico is a small man … Continue reading →

Deerslayer. Deerslayer appeared in the German pulp Wildtöter #1-300 (1915-1917, 1920-1924). Deerslayer is a German immigrant modeled on James Fenimore Cooper’s Hawkeye. Aided by his native companion, Eagle Eye, Deerslayer has a variety of adventures on the American frontier during … Continue reading →

Deccan Queen. The Deccan Queen was created by Mehboob Khan and appeared in the film Deccan Queen (1936). The Deccan Queen is a Costumed Avenger. After Lala Niranjamal dies his trustees swindle his heirs out of his fortune and estate. … Continue reading →

Death, Mortimer. Mortimer Death was created by “Bennett Barlay,” the pseudonym of Ken Crossen (Green Lama, Chin Kwang Kham, Necessary Smith), and appeared in at least four stories in Detective Fiction Weekly in 1940 and 1941, beginning with “The Case … Continue reading →

Deadly Peasant. The Deadly Peasant was created by Yao Minai and appeared in the book Shandong Xiangma Zhuan (1925-6?); the book was filmed under that title in 1927. The Deadly Peasant is a peasant woman in a part of Sh?nd?ng which … Continue reading →