Carter Brown Comic (#1)

Our continuing tribute to author Alan G Yates (1923-1985) during the month of May.

The First Issue

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publications, Inc

Three total issues

No Halo For Hedy by Carter Brown

A month long tribute to author Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

No Halo For Hedy

by Carter Brown

A corpse on the golf course left her score at murder

Character: Russ Burton

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publications 

Numbered Series 

#18

1956

Reprint By Demand Series

#6

1959

Chill On Chili by Carter Brown

She was spicy even in that vice ridden underworld, but among her own mob of hot tamales were a dozen waiting to put the....

Main Character: Johnny Eaton

Our month long tribute to author Alan G Yates. 

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Transport Publishing Company

Novelette "Lovely" Series

December 1953

The Friends Of Lucifer by Dennis Sinclair

The Friends Of Lucifer

by Dennis Sinclair

SURVIVAL takes on the forces of Satan to overthrow.............

A member of SURVIVAL as well as a wealthy British aristocrat disappears shortly after his wife and child were murdered. When Ballard investigates, he finds a strange cult of devil worshipers behind a strange plot.

Printing History

Written by  Alan G Yates 1923-1985)

Corgi Books

1977

Lady Is Murder by Carter Brown

Lady Is Murder 

by Carter Brown

Month long tribute to Alan G Yates

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Transport Publishing Company 1951, August 1954

w/Madame, You're Morgue Bound and Cyanide Sweetie

First Collectors Series No 5 1955

Title changes to The Lady Is A Killer in 1958

w/Murder By Miss Take 

Second Collectors Series Vol 1 No 18

Leisure Detective Magazine #9

Leisure Detective Magazine #9

Join us on our journey of a tribute to author Alan G Yates during the month of May

Contents

Hush-a-Buy Homicide by Alan Yates (1923-1985)

Pay-Off: by  Rex Gold

Printing History

Action Comics

195?

Prompt For Murder by Sinclair MacKellar

Prompt For Murder 

by Sinclair MacKellar

Our month long tribute to author Alan G Yates's work

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Raven House Mysteries

Published by Worldwide Library

June 1981 

373-60063

Flight Into Horror by Paul Valdez

Flight Into Horror

Our month long tribute to Australian author Alan G Yates and his pseudonyms.

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Transport Publishing Co

March 1951

The Blonde by Carter Brown

We kick off the Alan G Yates Month with his best seller,

The Blonde

Lee Manning, film land Romeo, committed suicide after a Hollywood bash. Or did he? Georgia Brown, babbling blonde, could tell what really happened. But would she? Paula Reid, demon TV interviewer,m was going to spill the facts on her TV show. But could she? Before the story got a chance to sizzle the airwaves, a killer stepped in and stopped George Brown dead. So Police Lieutenant Al Wheeler plays a near fatal role in an underground production of murder. 

Printing History

Written by Alan G Yates (1923-1985)

Horwitz Publication, Inc

1958, 1961,1969, 1979

New American Library

1958, 1961, 1967, 1979, 1982

Alan G Yates Month

The month of May will be devoted to the British born Australian author Alan G Yates. Yates died in May 1985. He is best known for the man behind the Carter Brown literary persona. He wrote more than 300 titles for the series from 1951 to 1984. He also wrote science fiction, westerns, and others. Mr Yates moved to Australia in 1948 after WW he started writing part time while working in public relations for Qantas Airlines. Through the month you will see some different covers from his pseudonyms and maybe more. 

Alan G Yates (August 1, 1923- May 5, 1985)