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Nickie. Nickie was created by “C.G. Tahney,” the pseudonym of Charles Greenberg, and appeared in five stories in Black Mask from 1941 to 1946, beginning with “Satan in Short Pants” (Black Mask, May 1941).

Nickie is a very clever boy, alternatively called “Satan in Short Pants” and “Sherlock in Short Pants,” who turns his intelligence and skills of observation toward solving crime. He is assisted in this by his Uncle Pat, a private detective and punch-drunk former middleweight champion.

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