rdcl
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The "Jack Reacher" thread got me thinking.
Has anyone else here read or remember the "Mack Bolan" series of paperbacks from the 1970's & early '80's?
I remember as a kid my dad read these books and later in life I began reading them. Terrific writing by author Don Pendalton. If you don't know Bolan was a former special forces soldier that took on a one-man crusade against mafia guys upon returning home from Viet Nam.
Bolans main weapon of choice was a .44 automag with a Beretta 92 9mm as back up, of course he employed many others weapons as well.
To this day I cannot understand why this series was never adapted into a movie after all these years. If handled correctly here is a tremendous resource of adventure entertainment......I don't get it
I've often felt that the "Rambo" and all the Norris films were heavily inspired by "Mack Bolan". Had to be since Bolan pre-dated "Rambo" & the rest by at least 10 years. Many simularities but Bolan was the original animal, and a much more interesting charactor.
I remember around 1970 my dad reading the very first book in the Bolan series titled: "The Executioner: War Against The Mafia".
Are you listening hollywood?
Russ
Has anyone else here read or remember the "Mack Bolan" series of paperbacks from the 1970's & early '80's?
I remember as a kid my dad read these books and later in life I began reading them. Terrific writing by author Don Pendalton. If you don't know Bolan was a former special forces soldier that took on a one-man crusade against mafia guys upon returning home from Viet Nam.
Bolans main weapon of choice was a .44 automag with a Beretta 92 9mm as back up, of course he employed many others weapons as well.
To this day I cannot understand why this series was never adapted into a movie after all these years. If handled correctly here is a tremendous resource of adventure entertainment......I don't get it
I've often felt that the "Rambo" and all the Norris films were heavily inspired by "Mack Bolan". Had to be since Bolan pre-dated "Rambo" & the rest by at least 10 years. Many simularities but Bolan was the original animal, and a much more interesting charactor.
I remember around 1970 my dad reading the very first book in the Bolan series titled: "The Executioner: War Against The Mafia".
Are you listening hollywood?
Russ
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