{"id":4359,"date":"2018-02-23T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2018-02-23T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:52:43","slug":"titan-celebrates-mickey-spillanes-100th-anniversary-with-an-all-new-mike-hammer-comic-book-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/23\/titan-celebrates-mickey-spillanes-100th-anniversary-with-an-all-new-mike-hammer-comic-book-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan Celebrates Mickey Spillane’s 100th Anniversary With An All-New Mike Hammer Comic Book Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate the centenary year of\u00a0Mickey Spillane<\/strong>, Titan Comics is excited to announce\u00a0Mickey Spillane\u2019s Mike Hammer<\/em>, a brand-new Hard Case Crime comic book series, based on a story originally written by Mickey Spillane and adapted by\u00a0Max Allan Collins<\/strong>\u00a0(Road To Perdition, Quarry\u2019s War<\/em>) \u2013 coming in June 2018.<\/p>\n

Following his debut novel, I, The Jury<\/em>\u00a0in 1947, Mickey Spillane became one of the best-selling novelists of all-time, with more than 225 million copies of his books sold internationally. Famed, yet controversial for the depictions of sex and violence in his novels, Spillane created Mike Hammer, one of the most famous of all fictional detectives, and even starred as Hammer in one of the many movies made from his books.<\/p>\n

Mickey Spillane’s tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer returns to comics in Titan\u2019s new\u00a0Mickey Spillane\u2019s Mike Hammer<\/em>\u00a0series. When a chance encounter with a captivating femme fatale leads to a violent mob retaliation, hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer finds himself dodging both bullets and broads as he undertakes the most dangerous case of his career.<\/p>\n

Entitled \u201cThe Night I Died<\/em>,\u201d Titan\u2019s new comic series is based on an unproduced 1950s\u00a0Spillane screenplay.\u00a0Now, with this new comic book series, readers can experience an authentic yet\u00a0brand-new take on the bestselling writer’s much-loved detective \u2013 written by Collins with art by rising star Marcelo Salaza and colorist Marcio Freire.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpillane\u2019s contributions to the genre are without parallel,\u201d said Titan Comics editor\u00a0Tom Williams<\/strong>. \u201cWhat better addition to the Hard Case Crime comics family than his signature character, Mike Hammer?\u00a0Mickey Spillane\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Mike Hammer<\/em>\u00a0is sure to become a hard-boiled classic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mickey Spillane\u2019s Mike Hammer<\/em>\u00a0is part of Titan Publishing\u2019s wider year-long celebration of Spillane\u2019s work and legacy which includes the Titan Books publication of\u00a0Killing Town,<\/em>\u00a0the very first Mike Hammer novel, begun by Spillane around 1945 and recently completed by Collins.\u00a0Killing Town<\/em>\u00a0had been set aside by Spillane to write his and Hammer\u2019s famous 1947 debut,\u00a0I, The Jury<\/em>; and Hard Case Crime publication\u00a0The Last Stand<\/em>\u00a0— Spillane\u2019s never-before-published final novel — was completed by Spillane just before his death in 2006.<\/p>\n

“I am thrilled to join\u00a0Marcelo and Marcio in\u00a0bringing Mickey Spillane\u00a0to the comic book form — particularly since\u00a0Mickey was a top Golden Age comic book writer himself,\u201d said series writer\u00a0Max Allan Collins<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cHis\u00a0Mike Hammer\u00a0—\u00a0probably\u00a0the most influential private eye of all — was initially created with comics in mind. “<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to work with Max Allan Collins, Mickey\u2019s hand-picked successor and fellow Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, to celebrate the Spillane Centenary,\u201d said Hard Case Crime editor\u00a0Charles Ardai<\/strong>, \u201cNo one could be a better choice to shepherd Mickey\u2019s legendary detective, Mike Hammer, onto the comic book page than the author behind\u00a0Road to Perdition<\/em>,\u00a0Dick Tracy<\/em>,\u00a0Wild Dog<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Ms. Tree.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Mickey Spillane\u2019s Mike Hammer<\/em>\u00a0is part of Titan\u2019s new Hard Case Crime comics imprint, which has seen recent publications including\u00a0Quarry\u2019s War<\/em>\u00a0written by novel series creator Max Allan Collins,\u00a0Triggerman\u00a0<\/em>by visionary director Walter Hill (The Warriors<\/em>),\u00a0Peepland<\/em>, by crime author Christa Faust and Gary Phillips, a new adaptation of Stieg Larsson\u2019s\u00a0The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Millennium<\/em>,\u00a0Normandy Gold<\/em>\u00a0by crime authors Megan Abbott and Alison Gaylin, and\u00a0Babylon Berlin\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 a graphic novel adaptation of the book that inspired the new TV show currently showing on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Mickey Spillane\u2019s Mike Hammer Issue #1<\/em>\u00a0is available to order from the April edition of Diamond Previews.<\/p>\n

Look out for more exciting announcements from Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime soon.<\/p>\n