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Post by andydecker on Nov 24, 2009 11:41:30 GMT
As I am currently looking into infos on spy smasher Nick Carter, this gem of a cover was delivered today. It is not without humor as far as the logo is concerned (I really like the little dagger ) But this pre-Fabio wannabe is hilarious.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 24, 2009 11:55:03 GMT
shifted from the 'badly posed' thread for continuity.... 1970, and after a century of adulthood spent in monastic celibacy, veteran crime buster and spy-catcher Nick Carter made a crucial discovery; women have other virtues beyond typing and being kidnapped on a regular basis. One instant makeover later, and sex-crazed babe-magnet Nick was going about his business with such enthusiasm that it infected even the most minor players in his adventures and spilled over onto the covers of his 37, 000 Tandem paperbacks. Inevitably, this meant lots of dressing up in fancy costumes and it took them a while to get it right. You can't help but feel sorry for the bloke doing a runner. He's got his pose spot on, the cameraman's given him the thumbs up, he's all set to seize the moment before cramp sets in ..... when a passing hitchhiker spots a van-load of passing peaceniks, sticks out a leg and completely ruins the shot. Fair enough, she's had the good grace to unbutton her shirt, but this young lady is otherwise far too unglamorously attired for a situation of this magnitude and if she's not going to make an effort, she deserves everything that's coming her way. Unfortunately, that won't be an awful lot by the looks of it as the evil boffins who scientifically programmed her captor clearly neglected to prepare him for this tricky situation. Miss Scruffbag could do worse than take tips from the impeccable AXE agent Tanya, heroine of The Mark Of The Costra Nostra. Tanya's not merely a snappy dresser, either. Once she's through showing this Mafia Suit where to get off, it's away to help Nick escape his "inescapable death"! Actually, this may not be Tanya at all and maybe that's Nick with his face squashed against the window? i can't really help you because i've only read the blurb, but whoever she's supposed to be, she's OK by me.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 24, 2009 22:59:39 GMT
Those Tandem photocovers are something else Not even Z-movie quality.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 25, 2009 8:26:03 GMT
How can you say such a thing? i mean, i know they're missing that snazzy little logo with the cute hand grenade... more imaginative fancy dress fun for Six Bloody Summer Days (1978) when Tandem were taken over by Wyndham. Evidently the wardrobe department were under strict orders from the new owners to trim their budget, but that's still a lovely scarf.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 25, 2009 9:53:17 GMT
No, I meant the earlier Tandems, not this later batch which was indeed fine. This "free" west is worth defending, und good to know that Carter was up to the task I am talking of the days of the bad wigs and lame phototapestry as a background. Like this: And I am not convinced that this guy is an actual person. Maybe an left over mannikin. Or a cybernaut.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 10, 2011 18:01:10 GMT
Nick Carter [John Messman] - The Living Death (Tandem 1969, 1971) Blurb One by one the world's most brilliant scientists were being destroyed, were becoming. living corpses, no more than vegetables, their brains annihilated by some unknown source.
Utterly powerless against the loss of their most important men, the victims call in AXE, and AXE's top agent Nick Carter is on the job. As usual, Nick Carter was prepared for action and primed to kill. But this time killing was the easy part.
The action was something else. In three different packages, any one of which could drive a man out of his mind — mod English blonde, well-stacked Italian, and sultry Swiss. Together, they were a combination which could give Nick Carter a definite head start towards certain death.
"Nick Carter loves women. He doesn't just love sex, he enjoy it enormously; but he really loves women. He prefers to like the ones he goes to bed with... and he does not keep eager women waiting" - New York TimesNick Carter [Manning Lee Stokes] - The Black Death (Tandem, 1972) Blurb HAITI - a savage, primitive island, seething with passion, superstition and hate ...
HAITI - where the shadowy terrors of voodoo conceal the nightmare of an onrushing nuclear holocaust ...
HAITI - breeding-ground for the black death conspirators: a half-mad dictator ... a political assassin ... a sexual psychopath ... a defecting nuclear genius ... and the beautiful girl they called The Black Swan.still no nearer to completing a Nick Carter novel than i was when the series began 380 years ago, but snagged another couple of beauties this morning, and, stroke of luck, looks like both have at least a touch of the horrors about 'em. As ever, the killer blurbs and covers are a joy. The young lady administering the lethal zombie drug to the not-yet-mad scientist clearly has no time for any health and safety malarkey while jungle settings always seemed to bring out the best in the Mayflower and Tandem photographers - see the various editions of The Terrible Ones and the Tandem Chinese Paymaster for further examples of steamy safari suit action. it was a sad day indeed for paperback publishing when these elaborate fancy dress parties fell out of fashion. *sigh*
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Post by dem bones on Jan 8, 2012 21:21:02 GMT
Nick Carter (William M. Rhode) - The Human Time Bomb (Award-Tandem, 1969) Blurb: Something strange was going on at the Reed-Farben chemical plant; something ... evil. No one outside knew what it was, and if they did, they wouldn't talk ... and if they talked, they didn't live long ... and if AXE didn't have answers soon, it would be too late to care.
That's when Nick Carter, Killmaster N3, moved in — on a voluptuous mountain girl with the right connections ... on a beautiful German scientist with highly classified secrets . . on an impossible mission where the horrifying resemblance between persons living and dead was everything but coincidental!Another year, another "I still haven't read one damn Nick Carter novel" admission, though The Golden Serpent nears the top of the pile. In the meantime, found this among friend the back-of-the-van-man's increasingly paranormal romance-heavy stock. Consulting Andy Decker's 'Get Carter!' checklist in Paperback Fanatic# 17 we learn that William M. Rhode is the guilty party on this occasion though i don't suppose it matters overmuch. As ever, the uncredited cover artist & photographer outdo themselves and make this a steal at 25p.
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Post by andydecker on Jan 9, 2012 10:06:26 GMT
Oops, they did it again. I have the second reprint from 1972 and they ditched the numbers. And here is another just so Ph**fu**t has something to do. Love the jewelry. Not to mention the milimeter works of the artist to get that angle right. Just like an x-ray. "Breathe. Don´t breathe." Snap. Nick Carter The Fanatics of Al Asad. (1976) written by Saul Wernick.
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