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Me laughing at another classic Shadow Nemesis jape and immediately having to lock in to RP being deeply concerned by his psychotic behaviour:
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So due to growing demand here is my trade list:
· Dual Colors
o Everlasting Torment x1
o Splitting image x 1
o Mirrorweave x 1
o Nightveil Specter x 1
o Doomgape x 1
o Djinn Illuminatus x 1
o Biomass Mutation x 2
o Cryptborn horror x 1
o Azor’s elocutors x 2
o Giant Solifuge x 1
o Gleancrawler x 1
· Foil Rares
o Torrent Elelmental x 1
o Distended Mindbender x 1
o Deepfathom Skulker x 1
o Architect of the untamed x 1
o Saheeli’s Artistry x 2
o Deathbringer Regent x 1
o Nibilis of Frost x 1
o Path of bravery x 1
o Helm of the gods x 1
o Chained to the rocks x 1
o Trading post x 1
o Hedron Alignment x 1
o Wharf infiltrator x 1
o Living lore x 1
o Council of the absolute x 1
o Sands of delirium x 1
o Boros Battleshaper x 1
o Foundry champion x 2
o Plea for guidance x 1
o Imprisoned in the moon x 1
o Exava Rakdos Blood Witch x 1
o Fated Infatuation x 1
o Trait Doctoring x 1
o Scourge of fleets x 1
o Flamewake Phoenix x 1
o Elder of laurels x 1
o Thousand winds x 1
o Celestial archon x 1
o Rubblebelt raiders x 1
o Phytotitan x 1
o Simic manipulator x 1
o Palisade Giant x 1
· Promos
o Squelching Leeches
o Ogre Battledriver
o Wharf infiltrator
o Skarrg Goliath
o Deadbridge Goliath
o Emrakul’s Evangul
o Xathrid Gorgon
o Dictate of the Twin Gods
o Necropolis Fiend
o In Garruk’s Wake
o Multiform Wonder
o Fated Showdown
· Lands
o Concealed Courtyard
o Drownyard Temple
o Hanweir Battlements
o Alchemist’s Refuge
o Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
o Temple of Abandon
o Ally encampment
o Ruins of Oran Rief
o Sea Gate Wreckage
o Inspiring Vantage
o Blooming Marsh
o Botanical Sanctum
o Mirrorpool
o Llanowar wastes
o Sanctum of Ugin
o Foreboding Ruins
o Geier Reach Sanctum
o Throne of the High City
o Haven of the Spirit Dragon
o Temple of Triumph
o Temple of Silence
o Grove of the Guardian
o Paliano, the High City
o Corrupted Crossroads
o Stensia Bloodhall
o Grim backwoods
o Contested War zone
o Exotic Orchard
o Sunpetal Grove
o Windbrisk Heights
· Multi-Colored/eldrazi
o Jor-Kadeen, The Prevailer
o Sphinx summoner
o Filigree Angel
o Aura mutation
o Crackling doom
o Utter end
o Dauntless escort
o Iroas, god of victory
o Artifact mutation
o Heron’s grace champion
o Conduit of ruin
o Prized amalgam
o The gitrog monster
o Rubblehulk
o Blood tyrant
o Progenitor mimic
o Etherium-horn sorcerer
o Decimate
o Merciless eviction
o Master biomancer
o Edric spymaster of trest
o Jori en Ruin diver
o Desolation twin
o Distended mindbender
o Kozilek, the great distortion
o Grim flayer
o Ulamog, the ceaseless hunger
o Vorel of the hull clade
o Adriana, captain of the guard
o Altered ego
o Breaking/entering
o Eldrazi obligator
o Endless one
o Kheru lich lord
o Biovisionary
o Kambal consul of allocation
o Villainous wealth
o Avalanche tusker
o Serpentine spike
o Munda ambush leader
o Brutal explosion
o Dust stalker
o Brago, King eternal
o Blight herder
o Veteran warleader
o From beyond
o Bring to light
o March from the tomb
o Brood butcher
o Gruesome slaughter
o Ojutai soul of winter
o Deepfathom skulker
o Sire of insanity
o Angelic captain
o Bloodhall priest
o Smothering abomination
o Temur ascendancy
o Arashin sovereign
o Silumgar’s command
o Sagu mauler
o Trap essence
o Butcher of the horde
o Anax and cymede
o Savage knuckle blade
o Fathom feeder
o Selvala Explorer returned
o Atarka World render
o Simic sky swallower
o Plasma capture
o Boltwing marauder
o Necromancer dragon
o Kolaghan the storm’s fury
o Reaper of the wilds
o Deceiver of form
o Revel of the fallen god
o Eternal scourge
o Duneblast
o Dack’s duplicate
o Council of the absolute
o Polis crusher
o Sage of the Inward eye
o Invocation of saint traft
o Magister of worth
o Ayli eternal pilgrim
o Ivorytusk fortress
o Rakshaa vizier
o Ankle shanker
o Flying crane technique
o Lavinia of the tenth
o Render silent
o Beck/call
o Spark trooper
o Fathom mage
o Clan defiance
o Abzan ascendency
o Steam augury
o Signal the clans
o Mercurial chemister
o Mardu ascendency
o Boros battleshaper
o Unexpected results
o Dragonshift
o Daxos of meletis
o Tajic blade of the legion
o Firemane angel
o Vedalken heretic
o Titanic ultimatum
o Counterflux
o Alms beast
o Vile redeemer
o Searing meditation
o Psychic intrusion
o Blazing specter
o Aurelia’s fury
o Corpsejack menace
o Windreaver
o Surrak, dragonclaw
o Underworld cerebus
o Melek, izzet paragon
o Whispering madness
o Firemane avenger
o Loxodon hierarch
o Mystic genesis
o Firemind’s foresight
o Hypersonic dragon
o Carnival hellsteed
o Archon of the triumvirate
o Wayfaring temple
o Ready/willing
o Rakshasa deathdealer
o Prophetic bolt
o Glory of warfare
o Obzedat’s aid
o Soul ransom
o Jarad’s orders
o Foundry champion
o Vulturous zombie
o Invoke the firemind
o Righteous authority
· Black
o Tree of perdition
o Dark salvation
o Voldaren pariah
o Noxious gearhulk
o Inquisition of kozilek
o Demonic pact
o Palace siege
o Stromkirk condemned
o To the slaughter
o Magus of the will
o Bane of the living
o Languish
o Guiltfeeder
o Cruel entertainment
o Curtain’s call
o In garruk’s wake
o Brutal horderchief
o Collective brutality
o Mardu strike leader
o Guul draz specter
o Asylum visitor
o From under the floorboards
o Custody lich
o Harvester of souls
o Nightmare
o Oath of liliana
o Sangromancer
o Cranial extraction
o Gonti lord of luxury
o Moriok rigger
o Marionette master
o Eliminate the competition
o Midnight oil
o Demon of dark schemes
o Syndicate trafficker
o King macar, the gold cursed
o Behold the beyond
o Drakestown forgotten
o Treacherous pit-dweller
o Defiant bloodlord
o Abhorrent overlord
o Gild
o Nighthowler
o Indulgent tormentor
o Markov dreadknight
o Ever after
o Tainted remedy
o Infinite obliteration
o Hedonist’s trove
o Blood-chin fanatic
o Corpseweft
o Ghastly conscription
o Grim haruspex
o Call to the grave
o Butcher of malakir
o Pitiless horde
o Puppeteer clique
o Carnifex demon
o Abyssal nocturnes
o Archfiend of depravity
o Priest of the blood rite
o Kuro pitlord
o Deathbringer regent
o Despoiler of souls
o Skirsdag high priest
o Killing wave
o Sewer nemesis
o Dark hatchling
o Fated return
o Grim return
o Fiend of the shadows
o Repay in kind
o Pestilence demon
o Shimian specter
o Drana’s chosen
o Graveblade marauder
o Ill-gotten gains
o Underworld connections
o Undercity plague
o Necromancer’s stockpile
o Mortivore
o Fallen angel
o Extractor demon
o Skeletal vampire
o Royal assassin
o Champion of stray souls
o Twilight’s call
o Kyoki, sanity’s eclipse
o Gloom surgeon
o Elusive tormentor
o Demonic rising
o Dread slaver
o Foul renewal
o Unbreathing horde
o Noosegraf mob
o Blood scrivener
o Wit’s end
o Greater harvester
o Painful truths
o Nightmare
o Curse of misfortune
o Ogre slumlord
o Ravenous demon
o Mind shatter
o Memoricide
o Neverending torment
· Red
o Godo Bandit Warlord
o Territorial Gorger
o Hellkite tyrant
o Hellkite igniter
o Trash for treasure
o Reforge the soul
o Runehorn hellkite
o Goblin spymaster
o Impetuous devils
o Bedlam reveler
o Sin prodder
o Devil’s playground
o Lathnu hellion
o Undying flames
o Avacyn’s judgment
o Tide of war
o Soulblast
o Dragon mage
o Charging cinderhorn
o Divergent transformations
o Taurean mauler
o Stalking vengeance
o Alesha who smiles at death
o Falkenrath gorger
o Hanweir garrison
o Breath of fury
o Kumano master yamabushi
o Oracle of bones
o Felhide spellbinder
o Akoum hellkite
o Skyship stalker
o Clash of realities
o Liberating combustion
o Fateful showdown
o Flameshadow conjuring
o Madcap experiments
o Harmless offerings
o Mindblaze
o Goblin festival
o Collective defiance
o In the web of war
o Satyr firedancer
o Firedrinker satyr
o Rageblood shaman
o Goldnight castigator
o Assembled alphas
o Stromkirk occultists
o Wolf of devil’s breach
o Burn from within
o Shivan dragon
o Stranglehold
o Harness the storm
o Flameblade angel
o Scourge wolf
o Butcher orgg
o Flayer of the hatebound
o Flamewake phoenix
o Dual casting
o Skyline despot
o Charmbreaker devils
o Volcanic visions
o Volatile chimera
o Banefire
o Fall of the titans
o Kurkesh onakke ancient
o Ashcloud phoenix
o Hell’s thunder
o Siege dragon
o Howl of the horde
o Jeering instigator
o Ire shaman
o Scab-clan berserker
o Hellion eruption
o Barrage tyrant
o Mob rule
o Magmaw
o Berserker’s onslaught
o Serpentine spike
o Flame-wreathed phoenix
o Awaken the ancient
o Five-alarm fire
o Ogre battledriver
o Pyrewild shaman
o Labyrinth champion
o Whims of the fates
o Molten primordial
o Akoum firebird
o Titan of eternal fire
o Harness by force
o Dictate of the twin gods
o Instigator gang
o Bearer of the heavens
o Forgestoker dragon
o Burning anger
o Ignition team
o Grenzo’s rebuttal
o Wild evocation
o Ember swallower
o Oath of Chandra
o Hoarding dragon
o Mordant dragon
o Hoard smelter dragon
o Falkenrath marauders
o Mondronen shaman
o Wrecking ogre
o Trained orgg
o Zada hedron grinder
o Ghitu fire
o Galvanoth
o Volley of boulders
o Torchling
o Flamerush rider
o Heretic’s punishment
o Vulshok battlemaster
o Embermaw hellion
o Devil’s play
o Firewing phoenix
o Curse of the stalked prey
o Mindsparker
o Alpha brawl
o Burn at the stake
o Rite of ruin
o Chaos imps
o Increasing vengeance
o Slag fiend
o Curse of the bloodletting
o Hamletback goliath
o Hound of griselbrand
o Markov blademaster
o Guild feud
o Bloodfire colossus
· Green
o Bane of progress
o Verdurous gearhulk
o Verdant crescendo
o Creeping renaissance
o Nissa vital force
o Selvala’s stampede
o Realm seekers
o Lurking predators
o Traverse the ulvenwald
o Terastodon
o Architect of the untamed
o Nissa’s renewal
o Bristling hydra
o Primeval protector
o Emrakul’s evangel
o Eldritch evolution
o Beastcaller savant
o Cryptolith rite
o Oviya pashiri, sage lifecrafter
o Scourge of skola vale
o Seeds of renewal
o Den protector
o Managorger hydra
o Thelonite hermit
o Thunderfoot baloth
o Beastmaster ascension
o Mycoloth
o Shamanic revelation
o Stonehoof chieftan
o Deathmist raptor
o Meandering towershell
o Honored hierarch
o Ulvenwald observer
o Splitting slime
o Permeating mass
o Inexorable blob
o Oran-rief hydra
o Caller of the untamed
o Wildest dreams
o Dubious challenge
o Forgotten ancient
o Regal behemoth
o Deathcap cultivator
o Cultivator of blades
o Wild pair
o Heroes’ bane
o Mistcutter hydra
o Life’s legacy
o Sunbringer’s touch
o Evolutionary leap
o Mul daya channelers
o Druids’ repository
o Fated intervention
o Dwynen, Gilt-leaf dean
o Sandsteppe mastodon
o Jedit ojanen of efrava
o Frontier siege
o Obscuring aether
o Avatar of the resolute
o Spirit of the hunt
o Zendikar resurgent
o Polukranos, world eater
o Second harvest
o Silverfur partisan
o Kodama of the center tree
o Reverent hunter
o Skarrg goliath
o Kessig cagebreakers
o Nessian wilds ravager
o Wolfbriar elemental
o Splendid reclamation
o Into the wilds
o Anthousa setessan hero
o Turntimber ranger
o Trail of mastery
o Heartwood storyteller
o Renegade krasis
o Deadbridge goliath
o Hunter’s prowess
o All sun’s dawn
o Plated slagwurm
o Daybreak ranger
o Wolfbitten captive
o Chancellor of the tangle
o Wildcall
o Predatory rampage
o Feed the pack
o Ooze flux
o Splinterfright
o Outland colossus
o Lhurgoyf
o Mana bloom
o Wild beastmaster
o Gaea’s revenge
o Troll ascetic
o Arbor colossus
o Garruk’s horde
o Phytotitan
o Soul of the harvest
o Animist’s awakening
o Chameleon colossus
o Gigantomancer
o Reach of branches
o Quirion dryad
o Shaman of the forgotten ways
o Lost in the woods
o Sage of ancient lore
o Doubling chant
o Elder of laurels
o Deranged outcast
o Moldgraf monstrosity
o Death’s presence
· Blue
o Coastal breach
o Cloudhoof kirin
o Geralf’s masterpiece
o Mausoleum wanderer
o Uyo silent prophet
o Eternal dominion
o Guardian tazeem
o Confiscation coup
o Manifold insights
o Chasm skulker
o Padeem, consul of innovation
o Blessed reincarnation
o Aeon chronicler
o Swan song
o Reins of power
o Read the runes
o Ethersworn adjudicator
o Minds aglow
o Desertion
o Azami lady of scrolls
o Stunt double
o Spelltwine
o Swirl of mists
o Keeper of keys
o Sphinx of chimes
o Deadeye navigator
o Sphinx of lost truths
o Nibilis of frost
o Aethersquall ancient
o Saheeli’s artistry
o Dictate of kruphix
o Chisei heart of oceans
o Kami of the crescent moon
o Arcane servant
o Followed footsteps
o Convenant of minds
o Insidious will
o Coax from the blind eternities
o Summary dismissal
o Sphinx of maosi
o Nephalia moondrakes
o Forgotten creation
o Displacement wave
o Engulf the shore
o epiphany at the drownyard
o identity thief
o docent of perfection
o wharf infiltrator
o imprisoned in the moon
o heidar rimewind master
o sharding sphinx
o deep-sea kraken
o mind’s dilation
o exert influence
o academy elite
o willbreaker
o curse of the swine
o polymorphist’s jest
o scourge of fleets
o icefall regent
o dragonlord’s prerogative
o mirror mockery
o confirm suspicions
o welcome to the fold
o overwhelming denial
o scatter to the winds
o ugin’s insight
o prism array
o shu yun, the silent tempest
o mizzium meddler
o thopter spy network
o plea for power
o hypnotic siren
o chief engineer
o kheru spellsnatcher
o thousand winds
o fate infatuation
o perplexing chimera
o whelming wave
o mindreaver
o living lore
o shorecrasher elemental
o stratus dancer
o jeskai infiltrator
o supplant form
o sage-eye avengers
o icy blast
o aetherspouts
o pearl lake ancient
o mercurial pretender
o bident of thassa
o tromokratsis
o stolen identity
o simic manipulator
o soulblade djinn
o back from the brink
o denizen of the deep
o anthroplasm
o devastation tide
o aetherling
o artisan of forms
o cackling counterpart
o elite aracanist
o meletis charlatan
o battlefield thaumaturge
o riddlekeeper
o memory erosion
o captain of the mists
o torrent elemental
o void stalker
o stolen goods
o xenograft
o stormtide leviathan
o phyrexian ingester
o lunar mystic
o clone
o dreamborn muse
o infinite reflection
o mind-spring
o ephemeron
o mind unbound
o gravitational shift
o selective memory
o distant memories
o rooftop storm
o reweave
o realwright
o sphinx of uthuun
o psychic surgery
o djinn of wishes
o geralf’s mindcrusher
o spirit away
o arcane melee
o sturmgeist
o hedron alignment
o redirect
o curse of echoes
o exert influence
o dimensional infiltrator
o havengul runebinder
· White
o Wave of reckoning
o Reverse the sands
o Oblation
o Thalia’s lieutenant
o Blazing archon
o Hoofprints of the stag
o Toolcraft exemplar
o Angel of invention
o Selfless spirit
o Duelist’s heritage
o Sublime exhaustion
o Selfless squire
o Entrapment maneuver
o Hanweir militia captain
o Reborn hero
o Hero of goma fada
o Hallowed burial
o Paliano vanguard
o Spirit of the hearth
o Captured by the consulate
o Aetherstorm roc
o Authority of the consul
o Fumigate
o Emeria shepherd
o Master trinketeer
o Dragonscale general
o Geist-honored monk
o Opal archangel
o Hushwing gryff
o Indestructibility
o High sentinels of arashin
o Hundred-handed one
o Providence
o Thalia’s lancers
o Ordic Lunarch Marshal
o Sigarda’s aid
o Deploy the gatewatch
o Drogskol cavalry
o Return to the ranks
o Eerie interlude
o Planar guide
o Promise of bunrei
o Protector of the crown
o Parish
o Intrepid hero
o Faith’s reward
o Path of bravery
o Bruna the fading light
o Sanctifier of souls
o Kytheon’s irregulars
o Dictate of heliod
o Gustcloak savior
o Relic seeker
o Profound journey
o Precinct captain
o Arashin foremost
o Hidden dragonslayer
o Radiant purge
o Citadel siege
o Felidar sovereign
o General tazri
o Hold the line
o Divine deflection
o Munda’s vanguard
o Storm herd
o Angel of deliverance
o Fated retribution
o Aegis of the gods
o Celestial archon
o Custody soulbinders
o Renounce the guilds
o Frontline medic
o Bygone bishop
o Decide
o Scion of vitu-ghazi
o Resolute archangel
o Imposing sovereign
o Preeminent captain
o Gideon’s phalanx
o Master of pearls
o Hero of iroas
o Chained to the rocks
o Rally the ancients
o Mastery of the unseen
o Skybind
o Herald of war
o Lantern scout
o Galepowder mage
o World queller
o Silent sentinel
o Mass calcify
o Seraph of the sword
o Increasing devotion
o Silverblade paladin
o Odric master tactician
o Martial law
o Auriok salvagers
o Touch of the eternal
o Archon of justice
o Spirit of the labyrinth
o Sudden disappearance
o Cathar’s crusade
o Captain of the watch
o Call the gatewatch
o Angel of flight alabaster
o Aegis angel
o Planar outburst
o Marshal’s anthem
o Mesa enchantress
o Angelic skirmisher
o Dearly departed
o Planar cleansing
o Dawnbringer charioteers
· Artifact
o Armory automaton
o Trading post
o Soul of new phyrexia
o Blinkmoth urn
o Bonehoard
o Fleetwheel cruiser
o Brain in a jar
o Sunforger
o Baku altar
o Panharmonicon
o Bomat courier
o Moonring mirror
o Myr battlesphere
o Ghirapur orrery
o Metalwork colossus
o Crystalline crawler
o Prismatic geoscope
o Empyreal plate
o Keening stone
o Temple bell
o Conqueror’s flail
o Animation module
o Boompile
o Canal dredger
o Dragon throne of tarkir
o Lupine prototype
o Tamiyo’s journal
o Corrupted gravestone
o Slayer’s plate
o Stoneforge masterwork
o Sticher’s graft
o Soul separator
o Long forgotten gohei
o Imi statue
o Uba mask
o Deadlock trap
o Slumbering tora
o Psychosis crawler
o Junkyo bell
o Cultivator’s caravan
o Multiform wonder
o Jar of eyeballs
o Pyxis of pandemonium
o Colossus of arkos
o Triskelavus
o Myr welder
o Altar of the brood
o Tower of calamities
o Pentavus
o Throne of empires
o Manor gargoyle
o Akroan horse
o Guardian of the ages
o Cogwork grinder
o Scroll of origins
o Helm of the gods
o Deal broker
o Shield of the avatar
o Heroes’ podium
o Mage-ring responder
o Otherworld atlas
o Hedron matrix
o Deathrender
o Sphinx bone wand
o Liar’s pendulum
o Aether searcher
o Druidic satchel
o Hair-strung koto
o Volatile rig
o Gallows at willow hill
o Steel hellkite
o Glaring spotlight
o Seer’s sundial
o Haunted plate mail
o Spellbinder worldslayer
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The idea of the gentleman detective conjures up images of smoking jackets and walking sticks: characters like Philo Vance who were as handsome as they were insightful. Captain Hugh Drummond broke that mold. Created by H.C. McNeile, the detective and adventurer is a powerfully built hulk of a man with a face that led to his nickname - “Bulldog.” A veteran of World War I, Drummond was a crack shot, good with his fists, talented at poker, and hungry for thrills and excitement. He became one of the most popular sleuths of early Hollywood and the success he enjoyed led to a stint fighting evildoers on the radio - a stint that began on April 13, 1941.
McNeile introduced Drummond first in a story in The Strand. He later reworked the character for a 1920 novel. Like George Valentine, Drummond found post-war life to be dull and took out an advertisement in search of adventure wherever it could be found. His ad memorably read: “Demobilised [sic] officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential.” The ad is answered by a young woman concerned for her father’s safety, and she leads Drummond to a Communist plot to take over England. His client, Phyllis Benton, became Mrs. Drummond, and the mastermind of the plot, Carl Peterson, became Bulldog’s arch nemesis. McNeile went on to write ten Drummond novels, five short stories, and three plays before his death in 1937. McNeile’s friend Gerald Fairlie picked up the mantle and wrote an additional seven Drummond novels between 1937 and 1957. The character proved very popular in England and influential to boot: Ian Fleming stated that James Bond was Bulldog Drummond from the waist up and Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer below.
After two silent films in the early 1920s, Bulldog Drummond was released as a talkie in 1929. Ronald Colman earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Drummond (years before he’d take home an Oscar for A Double Life), and the film was hailed by critics. Colman’s portrayal of Drummond as debonair and dashing eventually supplanted the rougher around the edges character of McNeile’s books; the subsequent films (including a second turn by Colman in 1934) continued the characterization of Drummond as a more sophisticated gentleman adventurer. Ray Milland, another future Oscar-winner, starred in 1937’s Bulldog Drummond Escapes before John Howard made the role his own in seven B-movies for Paramount.
It was the success of the film series that spurred interest in a radio series. Producer Hiram Brown (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, as well as another series about a dapper British sleuth - The Private Files of Rex Saunders) packaged the series. Captain Drummond came to radio in 1941 and was originally played by George Coulouris. Coulouris was a veteran of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre and he’d appeared with Welles in Citizen Kane. He starred as Drummond until March 1942 when he was succeeded by Santos Ortega. Ortega was a busy radio character actor; he played Inspector Queen on Ellery Queen, Commissioner Weston on The Shadow, and was also heard as Charlie Chan and in supporting roles on The Adventures of Superman, usually in villainous roles. Ortega stayed with the series for a year, and his replacement was another actor with a track record at radio crime-solving.
Ned Wever stepped into Bulldog Drummond’s shoes with the March 15, 1943 broadcast and he stayed with the show until 1949. Wever was a regular player on The Adventures of Superman; he played Jor-El in the series’ premiere episode and he appeared as “The Wolf,” the first villain the Man of Steel encountered on radio. Coincidentally, in another early serial, he and fellow radio Bulldog Santos Ortega played crooked mine owners who swindled their investors. Later, he played a Nazi agent (more than slightly inspired by Sydney Greenstreet’s Kasper Gutman) during the program’s memorable “Atom Man” story arc. On the right side of the law, he played Dick Tracy on radio, and his clipped, authoritative delivery was perfect for the dapper British gentleman detective as he’d been reinvented on screen and on the radio.
The McNeile novels had introduced the character of James Denny, Drummond’s wartime batman and landlord of Drummond’s apartment building. Denny made the jump to radio, where he was reworked as Drummond’s valet and sidekick. Everett Sloane (another Mercury Theatre veteran) played Denny for much of the series, alongside Coulouris, Ortega, and Wever. The supporting casts included several great radio actors, including Jackson Beck (Philo Vance) and Mercedes McCambridge (Defense Attorney). In his radio adventures, Bulldog Drummond tackled all manner of crimes - hijackers, atomic spies, gangsters, and killers all went up against the poised captain…and lost.
Despite the character’s popularity at the time (the radio series ran until 1954, with Cedric Hardwicke in the role for the final year), Bulldog Drummond has been left behind by popular culture. Aside from a brief James Bond-inspired revival in the late 1960s, the character remains a war-years relic. It’s too bad; the B-movies (many of them available on public domain collections of mystery films) are enjoyable romps, and the radio series is a good listen. Hopefully you’ll enjoy rediscovering Bulldog Drummond or meeting him for the first time as he steps out of the fog.
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