Operator #5: Siege of the Thousand Patriots

Operator #5 #31

by Curtis Steele (Pseudonym), Emile C. Tepperman

Ripped from the pages of the February, 1937 issue of "Operator #5" magazine, here is the lead novel -- "Siege of the Thousand Patriots"! Over the Rockies and down the Pacific slope rolled the Purple Emperor's great war machine, crushing the last vestige of American resistance. Operator 5, seeing his cause already lost, decided upon the incredibly daring, typically American action -- counter-attack! Read here of his mad, secret sortie through enemy territory . . . across two thousand miles of hell to the guns and ammunition which alone could stave off utter defeat for America!

Genres: Pulp

116 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Henry Steeger, the owner of pulp publisher Popular Publications, launched the monthly pulp magazine "Operator #5," about a hero who would "single-handedly, or almost, save the nation from complete destruction regularly every month," in 1934. The novels were published under the pseudonym Curtis Steele, and were written by Frederick C. Davis until November 1935, then by Emile C. Tepperman until March 1938, and then Wayne Rogers for the remainder of the run.

Reviews

[Jeff J.]

#31 of the Operator #5 pulp series, sixth book in the Purple War sequence. Emperor Rudolph plans his coronation. Nan is in jeopardy! Much chaos ensues.

[Ronald]

written by Emile Tepperman, this is the 6th in the Purple Invasion story arc; read SOMETIME in 2002