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Don Pendleton (December 12, 1927 -
October 23, 1995) was a pulp fiction-style writer best
known for the creation of American vigilante anti-hero,
Mack Bolan. The series made the Action-Adventure genre
popular in the 1960s and 1970s and earned Pendleton the
nickname of "the father of action adventure". The Mack
Bolan novels penned by Pendleton revolved around Bolan's
one-man war against the mafia, beginning with War
Against the Mafia in 1969, and ending with Satan's
Sabbath in 1980. Once Pendleton sold the rights to
the series, the first book out was The New War by
Saul Wernick, which started Bolan's fight against
terrorism. Other works by Pendleton include the Joe
Copp and Ashton Ford Series.
Pendleton served in the U.S. Navy during World War II,
serving in all theaters of the war. His enlistment ended
in November of 1947. He returned to active duty in 1952
during the Korean War and served until 1954. He worked as
a telegrapher for the Southern Pacific Railroad until
1957, and then as an air traffic control specialist for
the Federal Aviation Administration. In the 1960s, he
worked for Martin-Marietta on the Titan missile program.
He later served as an engineering administrator at NASA
during the Apollo missions. Pendleton also worked on the
C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft program.
Pendleton wrote several of his earlier,
non-Executioner books under the pseudonyms Dan Britain
and Stephan Gregory.
Pendelton wrote in the pulp fiction tradition, and his
Execution character,Mack Bolan was larger than life,
responsible for killing literally hundreds of mobsters
over the course of his original thiry-eight novels. Also
in the pulp tradition, he left a trademark "calling
card", a marksman's medal, wherever he struck. Many see
similarities between the Executioner and Marvel Comics'
The Punisher and Marvel freely acknowledge they took some
inspiration from the novels in creating their antiheroic
character. Bolan also inspired DC Comics' The
Vigilante.
Don Pendleton and
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Mack Bolan Novels by
Don Pendleton
Mack Bolan
Novels
War Against The Mafia (1969)
Death Squad (1969)
Battle Mask (1970)
Miami Massacre (1970)
Continetal Contract (1971)
Assault on Soho (1971)
Nightmare in New York (1971)
Chicago Wipe-Out (1971)
Vegas Vendetta (1971)
Caribbean Kill (1972)
California Hit (1972)
Boston Blitz (1972)
Washington I.O.U. (1972)
San Diego Siege (1972)
Panic In Philly (1973)
Jersey Guns (1974)
Texas Storm (1974)
Detroit Deathwatch (1974)
New Orleans Knockout (1974)
Firebase Seattle (1975)
Hawaiian Hellground (1975)
Canadian Crisis (1975)
St. Louis Showdown (1975)
Colorado Kill-Zone (1976)
Acapulco Rampage (1976)
Dixie Convoy (1976)
Savage Fire (1977)
Command Strike (1977)
Clevland Pipeline (1977)
Arizone Ambush (1977)
The Executioner's War Book (1977)
Tennessee Smash (1978)
Monday's Mob (1978)
Terrible Tuesday (1979)
Wednesday's Wrath (1979)
Thermal Thursday (1979)
Friday's Feast (1979)
Satan's Sabbath (1980)
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Born: Don Pendleton
Date of Birth: December 12, 1927
Date of Death: October 23, 1995
Nationality: American
Best Known As: Talented singer who
shocked Simon Cowell and shut him up
Spouse:
Linda Pendleton
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