Nick Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective who first appeared in dime novels published by Street & Smith in the 1890s. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective. A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... In the United States is the 19th century, a dime novel was a low-priced novel that could be purchased for a dime. ... Street & Smith book department in 1906 Street & Smith composing room circa 1905-1910 Street & Smith bindery in 1910 Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // Events and No. ...

Following the success of the James Bond series of books, the character was updated for a long-running series of novels featuring the adventures of secret agent Nick Carter, a.k.a. the Killmaster. The first book, Run Spy Run, appeared in 1964 and more than 260 Nick Carter-Killmaster adventures were published up until 1990. Two additional books have been erroneously listed as Killmaster novels by some sources: Meteor Eject!, a memoir by an RAF pilot named Nick Carter published in 2000, and a 2005 release entitled Brotherhood which is an autobiography written by singer Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... This article is about the year. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... Carters mugshot was taken in March 2005 after he was arrested for drunk driving. ... The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, is a boy band and pop group that rose to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, and has since broken music and concert sales records, having reported sales of more than 87 million albums (38 million in U.S.) to make them the highest-selling...

The 100th Killmaster novel (appropriately entitled Nick Carter 100) contained an essay on the 1890s version and included a short story featuring the character. It marked one of the few times the Killmaster series acknowledged its historical roots.

None of the Nick Carter series of books carried author credits, although it is known that many of the volumes were written by Michael Avallone and Valerie Moolman, which would make this the first series of its genre to be written by a woman. The Nick Carter name was treated as a pseudonym, and many volumes were written in first person. The first novel, by Michael Avallone, one of dozens of TV tie-ins he would write. ... ...

A French-made spy film entitled Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge was released in 1965 starring American actor Eddie Constantine in the title role, but this film appears to be unconnected to the Killmaster book series. Anna Karina and Eddie Constantine in Jean-Luc Godards Alphaville Eddie Constantine (born Edward Constantinowsky in Los Angeles, California, October 29, 1917 - died Wiesbaden, Germany, February 25, 1993) was an expatriate American actor and singer who spent his career working in Europe. ...

Early Films Based on the Character

Actor Walter Pidgeon portrayed Nick Carter in a trilogy of films released by MGM. Walter Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

• Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
• Sky Murder (1940)
• Phantom Raiders (1940)

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External links

• Nick Carter at 'Thrilling Detectives'
• Fansite with Chronology of the Character

Other References

The Detective in Hollywood, Jon Tuska, 1978 (ISBN #:0385120931)