词条 | Joseph Commings |
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Commings began writing in 1947, and was first published in 10-Story Detective magazine in March, 1947. After three stories, Commings also began writing for Ten Detective Aces. For some reason, the editors of both magazines thought it would be a good idea to have a different detective. Commings merely changed the name of Banner to Mayor Thomas Landin, but kept everything else the same. All stories that were first printed in Ten Detective Aces and that have since been reprinted have changed the name of Landin back to Banner."[1] By the 1950s, Commings submitted stories to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, but Frederic Dannay (half of the writing/editorial team known as Ellery Queen) didn't like the character of Banner, so Commings was never printed in EQMM. It wouldn't be until 1957 that Commings would be able to print another Banner story."[1] In 1957, Commings published stories in an offbeat mystery magazine, Mystery Digest. It was during this time that Commings would write his best-known story, The X Street Murders. Commings would continue to be published in Mystery Digest until it went bankrupt, his last story being The Giant's Sword in 1963."[1] Commings would publish a few stories in The Saint Mystery Magazine until 1968. Commings would also publish a series of part crime/part sex novels. Commings attempted to write normal mystery novels, and locked room mystery novels, none of which was published. It wouldn't be until 1979, in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that Commings would publish another Banner story, cowritten by Edward D. Hoch. (Commings was a friend of both John Dickson Carr and Edward D. Hoch.) Commings would continue to publish in MSMM until 1984; he died in 1992. The last Banner story, The Whispering Gallery, was not published until 2004, in the collection Banner Deadlines, published by Crippen & Landru."[1] Banner Short Stories1. Murder Under Glass 2. Fingerprint Ghost 3. The Spectre on The Lake 4. The Black Friar Murders 5. The Scarecrow Murders 6. Death By Black Magic 7. Ghost in the Gallery 8. The Invisible Clue 9. Serenade to a Killer 10. The Female Animal 11. The Bewitched Terrace 12. Through the Looking Glass 13. Three Chamberpots 14. Murderer's Progress 15. A Lady of Quality 16. Castanets, Canaries, and Murder 17. The X Street Murders 18. Open to Danger 19. Hangman's House 20. Betrayal in the Night 21. The Giant's Sword 22. The Last Samurai 23. The Cuban Blonde 24. The Glass Gravestone 25. The Moving Finger 26. Stairway to Nowhere (with Edward D. Hoch) 27. Nobody Loves a Fatman 28. Assassination-Middle East 29. Dressed to Kill 30. Murder of a Mermaid 31. The Fire Dragon Caper 32. The Grand Guignol Caper (also known as The Vampire in the Iron Mask) 33. The Whispering Gallery (first published in Banner Deadlines) Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite book | last=Commings | first=Joseph | title=Banner Deadlines: The Impossible Files of Senator Brooks U. Banner | location=Norfolk, Virginia | publisher=Crippen & Landru | year=2004 | isbn=1-885941-96-X}} External links
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