The Maltese Falcon (novel) before being published in book form in 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel has been filmed four times, twice under its original title: There have been two audiobooks of the novel: There has been one stage adaptation: The Maltese Falcon (novel) The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine "Black Mask" beginning with the September 1929 issue. The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatever of any character's internal thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they look. The
Corto Maltese (DC Comics) the book "Under a Yellow Sun", which featured the fictional character David Guthrie who took a job on Corto Maltese working for a corrupt businessman. Batman and Superman battled zombies, vampires and werewolves on the island of Corto Maltese. The villainous Professor Combs escaped Arkham Asylum and travelled to Corto Maltese, where he bribed the island's leader so he could use a voodoo curse to raise the undead. Corto Maltese appears in Frank Miller's graphic novel "" as an island off the coast of South America. It is in a state of rebellion, and an armed uprising against the government