Maltese Falcon Society "Success to crime." William Nadel of the New York chapter conducted a Dashiell Hammett/"Thin Man" walking tour of Manhattan. Founded by mystery writer Jiro Kimura, the Japanese chapter produced a newsletter called "The Maltese Falcon Flyer" ten times a year, and in 1983 began to present the annual Falcon Award. Co-founder Herron began to conduct the Dashiell Hammett Tour in San Francisco, the longest running literary tour in the United States. The San Francisco chapter meetings heard presentations by mystery novelists Julie Smith, Charles Willeford, Stephen Greenleaf, and Joe Gores. Other speakers included Hammett biographers Diane Johnson and William F.
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