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Superkill
A novel based on the TV series.
125 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1967
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June 3, 2024
This original story novel (third in a series) based upon the 1960’s “I Spy” TV series starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby, is actually pretty good. It’s short, tightly written, and captures the style and feel of the TV series, while also expanding upon it a bit.
The novel opens strong, with a tantalizing plot by a Nazi organization called Force One to plant mini nuclear bombs inside select personnel in key military installations throughout the world, to be remotely detonated later on. The men of I Spy - Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott - are called into action to uncover and thwart the deadly plot. While the story unfolds in often unbelievable ways, it still feels like it is an episode of the TV series, with details of world political references of the time woven into the plot and swinging ‘60’s aesthetics fully intact. The most pleasant surprise is how well the author (Walter Wager writing as John Tiger, known for penning other TV series novelizations as well) captures the snappy, humorous, quick-witted dialogue and interplay between Robinson and Scott. It captures the Culp/Cosby banter from their on-screen chemistry quite well, making for a quick fun read.
For me this is a one-and-done read but…I enjoyed it for what it is. I’ve read the first two books in this series - have liked this third one the best - and intend to read the remainder of the books in the series. They certainly don’t make dime store novels like this anymore and that’s a shame. So many authors today seem to write as though every book they pen is a major tome - too long, too serious and with too many plot twists that feel pedantic by book’s end. I miss the simplicity of these brief dime store reads that gave you a quick shot of entertainment without the weight of attempting to be the next greatest book ever written.
The novel opens strong, with a tantalizing plot by a Nazi organization called Force One to plant mini nuclear bombs inside select personnel in key military installations throughout the world, to be remotely detonated later on. The men of I Spy - Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott - are called into action to uncover and thwart the deadly plot. While the story unfolds in often unbelievable ways, it still feels like it is an episode of the TV series, with details of world political references of the time woven into the plot and swinging ‘60’s aesthetics fully intact. The most pleasant surprise is how well the author (Walter Wager writing as John Tiger, known for penning other TV series novelizations as well) captures the snappy, humorous, quick-witted dialogue and interplay between Robinson and Scott. It captures the Culp/Cosby banter from their on-screen chemistry quite well, making for a quick fun read.
For me this is a one-and-done read but…I enjoyed it for what it is. I’ve read the first two books in this series - have liked this third one the best - and intend to read the remainder of the books in the series. They certainly don’t make dime store novels like this anymore and that’s a shame. So many authors today seem to write as though every book they pen is a major tome - too long, too serious and with too many plot twists that feel pedantic by book’s end. I miss the simplicity of these brief dime store reads that gave you a quick shot of entertainment without the weight of attempting to be the next greatest book ever written.
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