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Killmaster #85
Ice-Trap Terror
Tandem 1977 paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
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First published January 1, 1974
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Nick Carter
1,060 books46 followersNick Carter is a house pseudonym used by Award, Ace, and later Jove, publishing for the series Nick Carter who later graduated to a special agent for the Killmaster novels, a series of 261+ spy adventures published from 1964 until late 1990s.
A great number of writers have written under the pen-name over the years, beginning in September 1886 when Nick Carter first appeared in the 'New York Weekly' in a 13-week serial, entitled 'The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square'.
The Nick Carter character was originally conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell.
A great number of writers have written under the pen-name over the years, beginning in September 1886 when Nick Carter first appeared in the 'New York Weekly' in a 13-week serial, entitled 'The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square'.
The Nick Carter character was originally conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell.
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September 13, 2025
It is 1974 and we start this episode of the Killmaster series with Nick Carter infiltrating a jungle mountain base in Nicaragua to destroy an evil man's main computer installation. This bad guy Colonel Zembla is building a weather machine on the top of this mountain base so he can bring freezing rains, snow, winds, and subzero temperatures down on the entire globe and rebuild a new Mayan empire in a Cold War world.
Nick finds a beautiful Soviet agent also on Zembla's trail and has to work with her to stop Zembla by destroying a number of weather devices across Central America, which is being turned from a tropical paradise to a frozen wasteland.
This is the 85th installment of the Nick Carter Killmaster series and it was ghost-written by Jeffrey Wallman. Nick Carter - the author - is a pseudonym used by several authors writing for the series for Award Books, with Nick Carter also being the name of the protagonist character, a superhero American James Bond-style agent. These stories have some adult content.
Verdict: An okay episode of the Nick Carter series, "Ice Trap Terror" (1974) has a fun plot idea but the narrative isn't told well and I found myself losing interest across most of it.
Jeff's Rating: 2 / 5 (Okay)
movie rating if made into a movie: R
Nick finds a beautiful Soviet agent also on Zembla's trail and has to work with her to stop Zembla by destroying a number of weather devices across Central America, which is being turned from a tropical paradise to a frozen wasteland.
This is the 85th installment of the Nick Carter Killmaster series and it was ghost-written by Jeffrey Wallman. Nick Carter - the author - is a pseudonym used by several authors writing for the series for Award Books, with Nick Carter also being the name of the protagonist character, a superhero American James Bond-style agent. These stories have some adult content.
Verdict: An okay episode of the Nick Carter series, "Ice Trap Terror" (1974) has a fun plot idea but the narrative isn't told well and I found myself losing interest across most of it.
Jeff's Rating: 2 / 5 (Okay)
movie rating if made into a movie: R
March 3, 2016
A nice rewrite of an old Pulp character. Recast more in the James Bond spy mode. Good quick men's adventure read. If you are looking for some fast paced action and adventure then this is a recommended read.
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