Silver crime thriller

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Silver crime was a crime novel series of booklets , between 1952 to 1977 in the Federal Republic of Germany in the magic circle publisher appeared.

history

Vol. 1-599

The series appeared from 1952 initially as a silver novel , under the subtitle Kriminalroman . While the series started monthly, Volume 6 was changed to bi-weekly and Volume 27 to weekly. Up to volume 93, the silver novel (crime series) now alternated with the silver novel (wild west series), with the title of the crime novels from volume 72 changing to silver crime novels. With Volume 94, the crime novels were separated into a separate series, Der Kriminal-Roman, which was given the title Silver-Kriminal-Roman with Volume 101. At the same time, from 1954 Der Tatsachenroman ran , which ended in volume 38 and was integrated into the silver crime novel (from volume 134) under the sub-series name 'nach Tatsachen'. Eight more books were published, probably as the scraps of previously written or commissioned novels. This also made it easier to switch to weekly publication. The changeover did not go completely smoothly. In volume 133, "Ray Warren's dangerous game" by H. Wente, which first appeared as volume 147, is announced in advance for the next volume. From issue 453 to 470 the title of the series changed to silver crime and then to silver crime. During this time, the series Butler Parker was taken over from the Bastei crime novel, which was essentially reprinted and made its breakthrough in its own series at Zauberkreis.

Over the decades there have been a number of sub-series of very different lengths, some of which were identified on the cover. A standalone series of it, however, was only Jeff Conter next to silver horror thriller / Larry Brent and Butler Parker . The first two were a huge success and ran independently for several years. Jeff Conter initially ran for 12 issues as a sub-series, to be released under the title FBI Agent Jeff Conter (from issue 111 Jeff Conter Special Agent of the FBI). After about five years, however, Volume 238 ended. The circulation had fallen so far that an independent series was no longer economical. After reintegration, 15 more novels appeared between volumes 594 and 685 before it was finally over. Jeff Conter was the first attempt with his own sub-series. Previously it was only loan book reprints or remnants used.

Volume 600-1000

The reintegration of Jeff Conters was the beginning of the second era of the silver crime thriller, which was characterized by sub-series of various heroes. Major sub-series were John Bennet , Garry McGun , The Phantom of London , Larry Brent , Sweety Bun , John Cain, and The Claws . Only a fifth of the novels between volume 600 and 1000 were individual novels. With Volume 738, the series was renamed back to Silver Krimi, which was the last renaming. Nevertheless, the circulation continued to decline. So it happened at the Book Fair 1967 a. a. to a conversation between Jürgen Grasmück and the managing director of the Zauberkreis publishing house. The latter wanted something new, something with a scary and creepy touch , which aroused great interest. The result was the silver horror crime thriller about the main hero Larry Brent, starting with volume 747 , which would be one of the publisher's greatest successes and lay the foundation for an entire genre in the magazine novel . The silver horror thriller was outsourced to Volume 974 and Butler Parker to Volume 972. Few sub-series such as The Phantom of London ran, as an aftermath of this epoch, a few volumes beyond volume 1000. At the same time, espionage novels started that shaped the last epoch.

Volume 1001-1094

The third section begins with volume 1001. The name of the series was pushed into the background in favor of the espionage lettering. Only a few novels like the first Nebelgeister broke the scheme. Interestingly, John Cain, which has appeared sporadically since volume 854, was clearly marked as a sub-series (John Cain instead of espionage in the title), but ended after the second marked novel after a total of 25 editions. Important sub-series of this time were Alex Barlund , Joe Bronx , The Tiger - Bruce McLean and Nick Parker . Even Sandra King launched here before the novels in the magic circle Crime Paperback were continued and later changed into a fairly short-lived own Heftroman series.

The silver thriller ran up to volume 1094 until the series ended in 1977 after 25 years. The silver novel continued for several decades and became the longest running magazine novel series.

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