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Post by larry on Jan 13, 2013 2:56:46 GMT
Thought it would be interesting topic.What westerns have spawned a spin-off. And what got me thinking about it was reading Herne the Hunter #3 The Black Widow. The character Whitey Coburn is great and im hoping that there was a spin-off series because i dont believe he was dead at the end. Wishful thinking ?
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Post by larry on Jan 13, 2013 2:58:52 GMT
Ok at the moment i can think of Doc and raider series that spawned the Raider series. What other ones are out there.I know the Johnstones have many of them.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:18:09 GMT
Ralph Cotton has done this with his Fast Larry Shaw books. He first appeared in one of the Sam Barrack books.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:20:01 GMT
Another that has come to mind is Peter Brandvold's new series about Rusty Spurr, he's been in a few books before, in at least two different series.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:23:41 GMT
And another is Robert J Randisi's Talbot Roper series that launched last year. Roper has appeared in many of The Gunsmith books.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:27:51 GMT
The Hawk series by William S. Brady had many flashbacks to how Hawk learnt a lot from a man called John T. McLain. McLain latter starred in his own series Peacemaker.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:31:55 GMT
The character Whitey Coburn is great and im hoping that there was a spin-off series because i dont believe he was dead at the end. Wishful thinking ? No spin-off series about Coburn, but your wish may come true  |
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:36:12 GMT
I know the Johnstones have many of them. The Johnstone books would take some thinking about as many of their series seem to be about characters mentioned in other books as you say Larry. The obvious one for me is J.A. Johnstone's The Loner series which comes from The Last Gunfighter series. Then there's the various Jensen family series and MacCallister books - problem is I haven't read them all so am not sure which is linked to which. |
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:37:52 GMT
Thinking about it a lot of J.T. Edson's books linked characters who are from different series, but as I've only ever read one of his books I couldn't begin to work that series tree out.
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Post by Steve M on Jan 13, 2013 11:41:30 GMT
Just thought of another: Jon Sharpe's Canyon O'Grady. O'Grady first appeared in a Trailsman book - but I wonder if this was done to put the character in reader's minds as the series launched shortly after the Trailsman book came out?
When the O'Grady series was a few books old Canyon appeared in another Trailsman book.
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Post by larry on Jan 13, 2013 15:25:13 GMT
Yes now i remember the Talbot Roper series ,liked the O`Grady series,Have to look into Hawk series.Not sure that i have read any of those.
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Post by larry on Jan 13, 2013 15:31:01 GMT
Just ordered a copy of William S. Brady`s Hawk #1 Sudden guns.
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Post by john on Jan 13, 2013 16:18:04 GMT
HAWK is a good series. I never really cared for PEACEMAKER, though.
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Post by rjrbob on Jan 13, 2013 20:26:15 GMT
Roper #2, THE RELUCTANT PINKERTON, is scheduled for July.
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