The Executioner ( Mack Bolan) is a monthly men's action-adventure paperback series of books. It has spanned several spin-offs and imitators over its four decades in print and currently has 423 installments (as of February 2014) that have sold more than 200 million copies.according to Amazon.com Created and initially written by American author Don Pendleton in 1969, who wrote 37 of the original 38 Bolan books (#16 was written by one "Jim Petersen" during a legal dispute between Pendleton and Pinnacle)Kraft, David Anthony, "The Executioner Speaks Out!" (interview with Don Pendleton), Marvel Preview #2 (1975), Marvel Comics. before he licensed the rights to Gold Eagle in 1980. Since 1981, the series has been written collectively by a series of ghostwriters.
Authors Authors categorized into the decade in which they published their debut work.
1969-1980
+ # Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest1Don Pendleton 381969–1980#1: War Against The Mafia#38: Satan's Sabbath2 Jim Peterson 11973#16: Sicilian Slaughter#16: Sicilian SlaughterPseudonym of William Crawford
1981-1989
+ # Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest3 Saul Wernick 11981#39: The New War #39: The New War4Steven Krauzer 41982–1983#40: Double Crossfire #50: Brothers in Blood5 Mike Newton 78as of April 20141982–present#41: The Violent StreetsN/A6Stephen Mertz 111982–1986#42: The Iranian Hit#94: Save the Children7 Ray Obstfeld 41982–1986#46: Bloodsport#93: The Fire Eaters8 Patrick Neary 11983#51: Vulture's Vengeance#51: Vulture's Vengeance9 Alan Bomack 41983–1986#53: Invisible Assassins #87: Hellfire CrusadePseudonym of David Wade10 E. Richard Churchill 21983#54: Mountain Rampage#56: Island Deathtrap 11 Chet Cunningham 61983–1986#59: Crude Kill#88: Baltimore Trackdown 12 Tom Jagninski 21984#61: Tiger War#65: Cambodia Clash 13 Peter Leslie 81984–1990#70: Ice Cold Kill#143: Helldust Cruise 14 Tom Arnett 21985–1986#78: Death Games#86: Hell's Gate 15 James Lord 11985#84: Fastburn#86: Fastburn16 Dan Schmidt 231986–2006#95: Blood and Thunder#331: Assault Force17Mike McQuay 231986–1988#96: Death Has A Name#116: The Killing Urge18 Charlie McDade 81987–1993#97: Meltdown#171: Deadly Force19 Kent Delaney 11987#105: Countdown to Chaos #105: Countdown to Chaos20 Kevin Randle 11988#118: Warrior's Revenge#118: Warrior's Revenge21 Kirk Sanson 41989–1990#121: Twisted Path#138: Kill Trap22 Jack Garside 11989#122: Desert Strike#122: Desert Strike23Mel Odom 181989–2003#123: War Born#298: Final Play24 Carl Furst 81989–1992#127: Kill Zone#168: Blood Price
1990-1999
+ # Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest25 Jerry Van Cook 32as of January 20141990–present#139: Cutting EdgeN/A26 Roland J. Green 41991–1994#145: Chicago Payoff #183: Clean Sweep27 Rich Rainey 91991–2001#146: Deadly Tactics#275: Crossed Borders28 William Fieldhouse 61992–1999#166: Assassin's Creed#245: Virtual Destruction29 Ron Renauld 61992–2010#167: Double Action#381: Killing Ground30David L. Robbins 91993–2005#169: White Heat#322: Time Bomb31 Mike Linaker 161993–present#179: War HammerN/A32 Michael Kasner 21995–1997#198: Shoot Down#217: Fight or Die33 Rick Price 11995#201: Prime Target#201: Prime Target34 David North 41996–1998#207: Freedom Strike#232: Jackal Hunt35 Chuck Rogers 25 1996–present#208: Death WhisperN/A36 Tim Somheil 4 1996–2004#215: Fire Hammer#306: Mercy Mission37Will Murray 1 1997#226: Red Horse#226: Red Horse38 Alan Philipson 41998–2000#231: Slaughter Squad#261: Dawnkill39Mark Ellis 21998#237: Hellfire Trigger#240: Devil's Guard
2000-2009
+ # Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest41Jon Guenther 122000–present#255: War Bird#466: Chicago Vendetta42 Gerald Montgomery 42000–2001#262: Trigger Point#276: Leviathan 43Douglas P. Wojtowicz 112003–present#291: Blood Trade#N/A44 Tim Tresslar 42003–present#293: Death Merchants#N/A45 Andy Boot 62003–present#299: Dangerous Encounter#N/A46 Nathan Meyer 42007–present#341: Rebel Force#N/A47 Peter Spring 32007–2008#345: Orange Alert#356: Defense Breach48 Phil Elmore 9 2007–present#345: Orange AlertN/A49 Russell Davis 6 2009–present#371: Fire ZoneN/A50Keith DeCandido 22009–2010#373: Code of Honor#379: Deep Recon
2010-present
+ # Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest51 Darwin Holmstrom 22010–2011#373: Code of Honor#379: Deep Recon52 Travis Morgan 22011–2012#393: Stand Down#401: Jungle Hunt53 Joshua Reynolds 12012#408: Border Offensive#408: Border Offensive54 Michael A. Black 1 2013–present#419: Sleeping DragonsN/A55Nick Pollotta 1 2014#423: Breakout#423: Breakout Published posthumously.
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