Kolchak The Night Stalker Volume 1

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Stefan Petrucha, Joe Gentile

This volume contains 4 stories of TV's first paranormal investigator Carl Kolchak! Thrill again to the story of a vampire in Las Vegas, based on the TV movie that still has one of the highest ratings of all time! (This story was adapted from the screen by Kolchak's creator, writer Jeff Rice.) Then, experience the terror of a small mining town that has unexplained murders. (Adapted from an unfilmed episode of the TV show.) Third, get the chills from horror/mystery novelist extraordinaire Stuart Kaminsky's original Kolchak tale of experiencing your worst fears! Last, but not least, there is an all-new Kolchak tale from X-Files scribe Stefan Petrucha!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Horror

168 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2004

About the author

Stuart M. Kaminsky wrote 50 published novels, 5 biographies, 4 textbooks and 35 short stories. He also has screenwriting credits on four produced films including ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, ENEMY TERRITORY, A WOMAN IN THE WIND and HIDDEN FEARS. He was a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and was nominated for six prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Awards including one for his short story “Snow” in 1999. He won an Edgar for his novel A COLD RED SUNRISE, which was also awarded the Prix De Roman D’Aventure of France. He was nominated for both a Shamus Award and a McCavity Readers Choice Award.

Kaminsky wrote several popular series including those featuring Lew Fonesca, Abraham Lieberman, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, and Toby Peters. He also wrote two original "Rockford Files " novels. He was the 50th annual recipient of the Grandmaster 2006 for Lifetime Achievement from the Mystery Writers of America.

Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2007.

His nonfiction books including BASIC FILMMAKING, WRITING FOR TELEVISION, AMERICAN FILM GENRES, and biographies of GARY COOPER, CLINT EASTWOOD, JOHN HUSTON and DON SIEGEL. BEHIND THE MYSTERY was published by Hot House Press in 2005 and nominated by Mystery Writers of America for Best Critical/Biographical book in 2006.

Kaminsky held a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in English from The University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Speech from Northwestern University where he taught for 16 years before becoming a Professor at Florida State. where he headed the Graduate Conservatory in Film and Television Production. He left Florida State in 1994 to pursue full-time writing.

Kaminsky and his wife, Enid Perll, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in March 2009 to await a liver transplant to treat the hepatitis he contracted as an army medic in the late 1950s in France. He suffered a stroke two days after their arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009.

Reviews

[Terrence]

I was a kid in 1974, when the TV show was originally broadcast and love the series. This collection of Kolchak certainly captures the feeling of the characters, and offers decent stories. My only dissatisfaction with this is the artwork. It is very inconsistent, and somewhat novice looking. This book could really take off with professional artists accompanying the scripts.

[Chad]

I do like that this volume is new stories instead of adaptations of TV episodes. Still, these original stories from the show that inspired the X-Files doesn't feel very inspired itself. The stories are kind of bland.

[Ally]

I really enjoyed this book. Loved the illustrations and the story.

[David Caldwell]

Includes an original tale by Stuart Kaminsky.

[Peacegal]

The X-Files before "The X-Files."

[Chip]

Was in a mood for some light re-reading. Still standing by original rating.

[Bandit]

Not much of a Kolchak fan, didn't know much about him. I do now due to this book with a very informative foreword and afterword. Decent stories, decent art. An ok read.