Which crime writer created 'Mike Hammer'?
Mike Hammer the complete "Mike Hammer" comic strip, with a special introduction by Max Collins. Mike Hammer Michael Hammer is a fictional hard boiled detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book "I, the Jury". In 1946, Spillane, an established comic-book writer, worked with illustrator Mike Roy to create the private-eye character Mike Danger for proposed comic-book or comic-strip publication. Unable to sell the project as a comic, he reworked the story as the novel "I, the Jury", converting Mike Danger to Mike Hammer and supporting character Holly to Velda. While pulp detectives such as Sam Spade and
Mike Hammer "hard man": brutally violent, and fueled by a genuine rage against violent crime that never afflicts Raymond Chandler's or Dashiell Hammett's heroes. In "The Big Kill" Hammer describes himself to a bargirl as a misanthrope. Spillane admitted to pulp writer Carroll John Daly, generally regarded as the inventor of the hard-boiled private eye figure, that Hammer was also loosely modeled on Race Williams, Daly's most frequently used detective character. While other hardboiled heroes bend and manipulate the law, Hammer often views it as an impediment to justice, the one virtue he holds in absolute esteem. Hammer nevertheless has a strong