Author Richard Dermody’s stories of traveling conman Doc Pierce appeared frequently during the 1940s in the pages of Dime Detective magazine. Pierce, a scheming grifter, appeared in over twenty stories, and they are a hidden gem in this period of Dime Detective. The Complete Cases of Doc Pierce, Volume 1 contains the first half of the series: “Hello, Sucker!,” “The Doctor’s Bag,” “The Doctor Operates,” “The Doctor’s Ditch,” “The Doctor’s Fee,” “Painless Operation,” “The Doctor’s Treatment,” “The Doctor Deals,” “The Doctor’s Test,” “The Doctor’s Switch,” and “The Doctor’s Plant.”
Written by Richard Dermody; cover by Rafael DeSoto; illustrated by John Fleming Gould and Peter Kuhlhoff
The Complete Cases of Doc Pierce, Volume 1 (The Dime Detective Library) by Richard Dermody contains the following stories:
- “Hello, Sucker!”
- “The Doctor’s Bag”
- “The Doctor Operates”
- “The Doctor’s Ditch”
- “The Doctor’s Fee”
- “Painless Operation”
- “The Doctor’s Treatment”
- “The Doctor Deals”
- “The Doctor’s Test”
- “The Doctor’s Switch”
- “The Doctor’s Plant”
