Mickey Spillane's I, The Jury

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As mentioned before, Mickey Spillane began writing segments for a comic strip in the 1940s for a variety of well known characters, including Batman, Captain Marvel, and Captain America. He wrote for fiction magazines in early times in a style that was influenced by Carroll John Daly. Mickey Spillane wrote his first novel, “I, the Jury”, in 1947,when he was looking for money to buy a piece of property. As a result, he rapidly gained recognition and riches! The hard-boiled detective story featured private eye Mike Hammer, a rough emotionless detective who would do whatever it took to achieve vengeance and seemed to have no mercy. As he noticed how it had been selling, Mickey Spillane wrote more of these novels. Critics tremendously execrated

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