CREATOR - STORY
Name: Samuel Dashiell Hammett.
Personal dates: Born 1894 in Maryland, USA. Died 1961 in New York, USA.
Other creations: See under Comments.
Successors*: Charles Flanders, Archie Goodwin, George Evans, Robert Storm.
Comments: Hammett was an author of hardboiled detective stories and novels such as The Maltese Falcon. He only stayed on Secret Agent X-9 for 4 stories.
 

CREATOR - GRAPHICS
Name: Alexander 'Alex' Gillespie Raymond.
Personal dates: Born 1909 in New York, USA. Died 1956 in Connecticut, USA..
Other creations: Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Rip Kirby.
Successors*: Mel Graff, George Evans, John Lehti, Bob 'Lewis' Lubbers, Al Williamson.
Comments:
* The series had many other artists. The mentioned ones are just some of the best known.

 

MAIN STORY
The series premiered in 1934. Stopped in 1996.

This is the continuying story of a secret agent and private investigator known under his code name X-9. It would take about 10 years before he was identified by his name, Phil Corrigan. Both stories and graphics always followed the current time era, which also mean that there are very distinct differences from the first to the last stories.

The title of the series was originally Secret Agent X-9, but it was later renamed Secret Agent Corrigan.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

X-9 AKA Phil Corrigan

 

 

GALLERY

 

 

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