Secret Agent X-9
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Secret Agent X-9 is a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett and artist Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it ran from January 22, 1934, until February 10, 1996.
Secret Agent X-9 art by Alex Raymond (1934).
Daily strips by Al Williamson.
Cover of Australian Secret Agent X-9 comic book.
Cover of Swedish Agent X9 magazine. Art by Rolf Gohs.
Dashiell Hammett
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Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick
Hammett in 1951
Building at 891 Post Street, San Francisco, where Hammett lived while writing The Maltese Falcon: The character Sam Spade may have also lived in the building.
Lillian Hellman in 1935
Photo portrait of Hammett from the cover of his final novel, The Thin Man (1934)