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Captain Nice

Captain Nice

by William Joseph Johnston

Humorous storiesScience fiction
0.0
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A blackmailer who threatens to make the city officials disappear in his time machine if not given a billion dollars makes a "finky little jerk" assume his real identity as Captain Nice, fighter for good.

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Humorous storiesScience fiction

About the author

William Joseph Johnston
William Joseph Johnston

1924 January 11 – 2010 October 15

William Joseph Johnston January 11, 1924 - October 15, 2010), was a professional writer, mostly known for his Television and Movie tie-in novels. He wrote under several pseudonym names. Some sites list his final novel as a adaption of the erotica film Caligula, which was published in 1979, under the name William Howard. However later books were released such as "Cradle to Grave" from 1983, which he wrote under the name Susan Claudia. He later retired from writing and became a bartender at his own bar for several years. He was married to Anne Korba, and they had 5 children. {Image of author from; GoodReads}

Author

William Joseph Johnston

Pages

155

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

1

Language

English

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

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