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Osborne, Kenneth. Kenneth Osborne was created by William Rollins Jr. (Jack Darrow, Percy Warren) and appeared in four stories in Black Mask in 1933, beginning with “K.O. Comes Clean” (Black Mask, Feb. 1933).

Kenneth Osborne is a retired boxer turned private detective. He is from North Carolina and speaks with a thick accent. Although he is possibly brain damaged from his boxing career, he is clever enough to solve cases.

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