Meet the original necrologist sleuth: tall, gaunt Horatio Humberton was a funeral director by day and detective at night… often those with more than a touch of the supernatural. Featuring the first half of this trend-setting detective series, this was one of the most popular series characters from the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre. Also featuring the very first Horatio Humberton story, undiscovered for nearly 100 years.
The Complete Cases of Horatio Humberton, Volume 1 (The Dime Detective Library) by J. Paul Suter contains the following stories:
- “He Talked to the Devil”
- “The Angel of the Damned”
- “Eyes of the Dead”
- “The Werewolf Horrors”
- “The Mill of Horror”
- “Seconds of Doom”
