Do you love classic pulp writing, comic-book pacing and movie serial cliffhangers? If so, you'll love Charles Lee Jackson, II's The Bat Strikes.
"High adventure mixing every cool paperback, comic, late night TV treasure, 1960s and 70s spy adventure, and the breakneck pace and scale of the great Republic serials." –Steve Latshaw, director Return of the Killer Shrews
Every generation has its heroes, and in the 1970s there were a courageous few who battled crime and oppression. Among these were the detectives Kirk, Webbe, and Craig, who fought to ensure justice in the remote central California city of Kirkston....
Until the day a new menace known only as The Leader appeared to begin a campaign of terror and destruction, of fire and explosions, leveling offices, municipal utilities, leaving citizens in fear that their workplaces, even their homes, might be the next target!
When the authorities found themselves powerless to counter this assault on society, a new figure rose from the shadows – The Bat, cloaked avenger of justice, garbed in black mask and cape, wielding twin automatics, swooping down out of the night to oppose the minions of The Leader, risking his life to stem the rising tide of chaos and fear, to strike back at the Enemy and vanish into the night.
Branded a threat by the Press and the Law, The Bat was forced to battle the forces of evil while outwitting the police, to carry on his fight to save the city.
In the tradition of the great pulp heroes, the unknown masked figure takes the fight to the enemy in this, the first of "The Amazing Adventures of The Bat"!
Author Charles Lee Jackson, II, pioneer of independent publishing (producing indie comics and pulp narratives in the 1960s, long before anyone else), brings the skills honed by a lifetime of adventure writing, and his intimate knowledge of classic B-pictures and serials, to the forefront in this cliffhanging thriller – complete in 13 action-packed chapters with exciting climaxes and daring escapes – to reveal what happens when... The Bat Strikes!
Based on an unpublished treatment for a proposed television serial, "The Amazing Adventures of The Bat" is a mesmerizing pentalogy that will hold genre fans in a grip of excitement as it weaves the story into a seamless narrative, in a unique terse, visual, whirlwind style, with Our Heroes facing death at the end of each chapter - only to reveal how they escape at the beginning of the next.
Don't miss the excitement as Charles Lee Jackson, II, modern master of cliffhanging action, conjures up thrills and adventure in... THE BAT STRIKES !
"Well-written and fun ... If you want stories in the tradition of 40s pulp, then you will enjoy this book." -Goodreads