Cavern of the Damned

Operator #5 #5

by Frederick C. Davis (Pseudonym), Frederick C. Davis

Facsimile reprint of Operator #5 August 1934 issue.

108 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1934

About the author

Frederick Clyde Davis (1902-1977) was an American pulp writer. He was educated at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and became a professional writer at the age of 22. Davis wrote several novels featuring his series detective, Professor Cy Hatch. He also wrote as Murdo Coombs, Stephen Ransome and Curtis Steele. Books under his own name were published in the UK as by Stephen Ransome. Other series characters were Schyler Cole and Luke Speare.

Reviews

[Mark Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jimmy Christopher encounters a handful of several death traps, including Tiger Ants and garroting, and it’s all because of hashish (ganja)! You’d think this was Richard Wentworth we were reading about. Probably should be a four stars, but I’ve been hard to please lately. Frederick Davis wrote this one.

[Ronald · Rating 3 out of 5]

A drug is used on a mass basis to enslave people to do a master's bidding. A litle more gruesome than some other Operator No.5's adventures. Even Z-7 is affected & asks Jimmy to back down or be branded a traitor.

[Jeff J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pulp novel featuring Operator #5. Zaava terrorizes the US. Much chaos ensues.