The Case-Hardened Samaritan

<p>In 1933 author Roger D. Torrey broke into the fabled group of authors known as The Black Mask Boys with his first of several series characters for <em>Black Mask</em> magazine. In this series Dal Prentice patrolled the streets of Magna City with his equally hard-boiled partner battling crooks racketeering and other underworld crime. These are some of the most vivid gritty detective stories to ever appear in <em>Black Mask</em> magazine written by one of the most popular writers to see print in that fabled detective title. Volume 1 contains the first half of the Dal Prentice series including a rare Prentice short written for a contest.</p>