Franklin H. Martin’s Aces
By Franklin H. Martin
THOUGH he’s better known for his detective characters like Malachi Gunn in Detective Tales or Felix Luke in the short run of Black Bat Detective, roughly a quarter of the stories Franklin H. Martin had published were aviation tales in the pages of Wings, War Birds, Sky Birds and Aces. This collection features the five stories Martin had in Aces in the fall of 1932, including the epic two part Black Hawk of Prussia story.
Who is von Woolrich, the so-called Black Hawk of Prussia? Every description of him is different. Some say he is big and dark. Others who claim to have seen him say he’s short and slight, with reddish hair. Some rumors describe him as a man who can break a laminated mahogany prop over his knee like a stick of kindling wood. Others say that he is esthetic, an artist and a musician—he is said to have composed several splendid arias before the war. Or maybe he is just a name made up to scare little boys, like the boogy-man. Whatever the case may be, one thing is for certain—von Woolrich, is a master-mind spy!
Stories include:
- “Pilots of the Night,” – Aces, October 1932
- “Zero Patrol,” – Aces, November 1932
- “The Death Parade,” – Aces, August 1932
- “The Lone Eagle,” – Aces, September 1932
- “Blaze of Glory,” – Aces, December 1932
Plus:
- Writer’s Digest Story Contest
- Bibliography of Franklin H. Martin’s Pulp Stories