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The Masked Woman
The masked woman called herself Madame Madcap, and she gathered a gang of cutthroats determined to loot high society of all its riches... starting with the notorious womanizer Hamilton Brone. She worked her criminal magic... and grew rich as millionaires swooned at her feet. Members of her gang worshipped her. She could do no wrong. And yet a curious pattern began to emerge, and a strange vengeance took shape -- not just against the men of high society, but against the men of her own brave band of criminals!
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1921
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About the author
Johnston McCulley
239 books81 followersJohnston McCulley (February 2, 1883 – November 23, 1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro.
Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrington Strong, Raley Brien, George Drayne, Monica Morton, Rowena Raley, Frederic Phelps, Walter Pierson, and John Mack Stone, among others.
McCulley started as a police reporter for The Police Gazette and served as an Army public affairs officer during World War I. An amateur history buff, he went on to a career in pulp magazines and screenplays, often using a Southern California backdrop for his stories.
Aside from Zorro, McCulley created many other pulp characters, including Black Star, The Spider, The Mongoose, and Thubway Tham. Many of McCulley's characters — The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt, and The Crimson Clown — were inspirations for the masked heroes that have appeared in popular culture from McCulley's time to the present day.
Born in Ottawa, Illinois, and raised in Chillicothe, Illinois, he died in 1958 in Los Angeles, California, aged 75. -wikipedia
Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrington Strong, Raley Brien, George Drayne, Monica Morton, Rowena Raley, Frederic Phelps, Walter Pierson, and John Mack Stone, among others.
McCulley started as a police reporter for The Police Gazette and served as an Army public affairs officer during World War I. An amateur history buff, he went on to a career in pulp magazines and screenplays, often using a Southern California backdrop for his stories.
Aside from Zorro, McCulley created many other pulp characters, including Black Star, The Spider, The Mongoose, and Thubway Tham. Many of McCulley's characters — The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt, and The Crimson Clown — were inspirations for the masked heroes that have appeared in popular culture from McCulley's time to the present day.
Born in Ottawa, Illinois, and raised in Chillicothe, Illinois, he died in 1958 in Los Angeles, California, aged 75. -wikipedia
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April 7, 2024
Not bad. Interesting to have a female antagonist. Felt a little like a female Shadow with her gathering a group of criminals as her Cadre of crime.
August 15, 2023
*The Masked Woman* is an evil genius? This is by the same author as *Zorro,* who plainly loves the secret identity types.
Very original (as far as I've read); the main character is a respected professor who has found he has a quirk to become a criminal.
Extra points for humor.
I'd recommend this for young readers. The more sophisticated might find it too unrealistic. I could put that aside and accept that there's nothing peculiar about people preferentially wearing masks, while others hardly take notice.
Very original (as far as I've read); the main character is a respected professor who has found he has a quirk to become a criminal.
Extra points for humor.
I'd recommend this for young readers. The more sophisticated might find it too unrealistic. I could put that aside and accept that there's nothing peculiar about people preferentially wearing masks, while others hardly take notice.
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