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Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. The character was first conceived by Ormond G. Smith and created by John R. Coryell. Carter headlined his own magazine for years, and was then part of a long running series of novels from 1964 to 1990. Films were created based on Carter in France, Czechoslovakia and Hollywood. Nick Carter has also appeared in many comic books and in radio programs.

Nick Carter first appeared in the story paper New York Weekly (Vol. 41 No. 46, September 18, 1886) in a 13 week serial, "The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square"; the character was conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell. Coryell retired from writing Nick Carter novels and the series was taken over by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey, who wrote 1,076 novels and stories from 1890 until his suicide in 1922. The character proved popular enough to headline its own magazine, Nick Carter Weekly. The serialized stories in Nick Carter Weekly were also reprinted as stand alone titles under the New Magnet Library imprint. By 1915, Nick Carter Weekly had ceased publication and Street & Smith had replaced it with Detective Story Magazine, which focused on a more varied cast of characters. There was a brief attempt at reviving Carter in 1924–27 in Detective Story Magazine, but it was not successful. In the 1930s, due to the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage, Street & Smith revived Nick Carter in a pulp magazine (called Nick Carter Detective Magazine) that ran from 1933 to 1936. Since the Doc Savage character had basically been given Nick's background, Nick Carter was now recast as more of a hard boiled detective. Novels featuring Carter continued to appear through the 1950s, by which time there was also a popular radio show, Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System network from 1943 to 1955.

Following the success of the James Bond series in the 1960s, the character was updated for a long running series of novels featuring the adventures of secret agent Nick Carter, aka the Killmaster. The first book, Run Spy Run, appeared in 1964 and more than 260 Nick Carter Killmaster adventures were published up until 1990. Two additional books have been erroneously listed as Killmaster novels by some sources: Meteor Eject!, a memoir by an RAF pilot named Nick Carter, published in 2000, and a 2005 release entitled Brotherhood, which is actually an autobiography of singer Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. The 100th Killmaster novel—Nick Carter 100—was accompanied by an essay on the 1890s version, and a short story featuring the character; that marked one of the few times the Killmaster series acknowledged its historical roots. None of the Nick Carter series of books carried author credits, although it is known that several of the earliest volumes were written by Michael Avallone, and that Valerie Moolman and NYT bestselling author Gayle Lynds wrote others, making this the first series of its kind to be written in significant part by women. Bill Crider is another author identified with Nick Carter. The Nick Carter name was treated as if it were a pseudonym, and many of the volumes were written in the first person.

Title Series # Project Gutenberg # Nick Carter's Ghost Story 154 In the Lap of Danger; or, The Bait That Failed to Lure 458 The Great Spy System; or, Nick Carter's Promise to the President 563 Wanted: A Clew 850 A Tangled Skein 851 The Bullion Mystery 852 The Man of Riddles 853 A Miscarriage of Justice 854 The Gloved Hand 855 Spoilers and the Spoils 856 The Deeper Game 857 Bolts from Blue Skies 858 Unseen Foes 859 Knaves in High Places 860 The Microbe of Crime 861 In the Toils of Fear 862 A Heritage of Trouble 863 Called to Account 864 The Just and the Unjust 865 Instinct at Fault 866 A Rogue Worth Trapping 867 A Rope of Slender Threads 868 The Last Call 869 The Spoils of Chance 870 A Struggle With Destiny 871 The Slave of Crime 872 The Crook's Blind 873 A Rascal of Quality 874 With Shackles of Fire 875 The Man Who Changed Faces 876 The Fixed Alibi 877 Out With the Tide 878 The Soul Destroyers 879 The Wages of Rascality 880 Birds of Prey 881 When Destruction Threatens 882 The Keeper of Black Hounds 883 The Door of Doubt 884 The Wolf Within 885 A Perilous Parole 886 The Trail of the Fingerprints 887 Dodging the Law 888 A Crime in Paradise 889 On the Ragged Edge 890 The Red God of Tragedy 891 The Man Who Paid 892 The Blind Man's Daughter 893 One Object in Life 894 As a Crook Sows 895 In Record Time 896 Held in Suspense 897 The $100 898 Just One Slip 890 On a Million dollar Trail 900 A Weird Treasure 901 The Middle Link 902 To the Ends of the Earth 903 When Honors Pall 904 The Yellow Brand 905 A New Serpent in Eden 906 When Brave Men Tremble 907 A Test of Courage 908 Where Peril Beckons 909 The Gargoni Girdle 910 Rascals & Co. 911 Too Late to Talk 912 Satan's Apt Pupil 913 The Girl Prisoner 914 The Danger of Folly 915 One Shipwreck Too Many 916 Scourged by Fear 917 The Red Plague 918 Scoundrels Rampant 919 From Clew to Clew 920 When Rogues Conspire 921 Twelve in a Grave 922 The Great Opium Case 923 A Conspiracy of Rumors 924 A Klondike Claim 925 The Evil Formula 926 The Man of Many Faces 927 The Great Enigma 928 The Burden of Proof 929 The Stolen Brain 930 66740 A Titled Counterfeiter 931 The Magic Necklace 932 'Round the World for a Quarter 933 Over the Edge of the World 934 In the Grip of Fate 935 The Case of Many Clews 936 The Sealed Door 937 Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men 938 The Man Without a Will 939 Tracked Across the Atlantic 940 A Clew From the Unknown 941 The Crime of a Countess 942 A Mixed Up Mess 943 The Great Money Order Swindle 944 The Adder's Brood 945 A Wall Street Haul 946 For a Pawned Crown 947 Sealed Orders 948 The Hate That Kills 949 The American Marquis 950 The Needy Nine 951 Fighting Against Millions 952 Outlaws of the Blue 953 The Old Detective's Pupil 954 Found in the Jungle 955 The Mysterious Mail Robbery 956 Broken Bars 957 A Fair Criminal 958 Won by Magic 959 The Piano Box Mystery 960 The Man They Held Back 961 A Millionaire Partner 962 A Pressing Peril 963 An Australian Klondyke 964 The Sultan's Pearls 965 The Double Shuffle Club 966 Paying the Price 967 A Woman's Hand 968 A Network of Crime 969 At Thompson's Ranch 970 The Crossed Needles 971 The Diamond Mine Case 972 Blood Will Tell 973 An Accidental Password 974 The Crook's Bauble 975 Two Plus Two 976 The Yellow Label 977 The Clever Celestial 978 The Amphitheater Plot 979 Gideon Drexel's Millions 980 Death in Life 981 A Stolen Identity 982 Evidence by Telephone 983 The Twelve Tin Boxes 984 Clew Against Clew 985 Lady Velvet 986 Playing a Bold Game 987 A Dead Man's Grip 988 Snarled Identities; Or, A Desperate Tangle 989 63977 A Deposit Vault Puzzle 990 The Crescent Brotherhood 991 The Stolen Pay Train 992 The Sea Fox 993 Wanted by Two Clients 994 The Van Alstine Case 995 Check No. 777 996 Partners in Peril 997 Nick Carter's Clever Protege 998 The Sign of the Crossed Knives 999 The Man Who Vanished 1000 A Battle for the Right; Or, A Clash of Wits 1001 62428 A Game of Craft 1002 Nick Carter's Retainer 1003 Caught in the Toils 1004 A Broken Bond; Or, The Man Without Morals 1005 63143 The Crime of the French Cafe 1006 11989 The Man Who Stole Millions 1007 The Twelve Wise Men 1008 Hidden Foes; Or, A Fatal Miscalculation 1009 62860 A Gamblers' Syndicate 1010 A Chance Discovery 1011 Among the Counterfeiters 1012 A Threefold Disappearance 1013 At Odds With Scotland Yard 1014 A Princess of Crime 1015 Found on the Beach 1016 A Spinner of Death 1017 The Detective's Pretty Neighbor 1018 A Bogus Clew 1019 The Puzzle of Five Pistols 1020 The Secret of the Marble Mantel 1021 A Bite of an Apple 1022 A Triple Crime 1023 The Stolen Race Horse 1024 Wildfire 1025 A Herald Personal 1026 The Finger of Suspicion 1027 The Crimson Clew 1028 Nick Carter Down East 1029 The Chain of Clews 1030 A Victim of Circumstances 1031 Brought to Bay 1032 The Dynamite Trap 1033 A Scrap of Black Lace 1034 The Woman of Evil 1035 A Legacy of Hate 1036 A Trusted Rogue 1037 Man Against Man 1038 The Demons of the Night 1039 The Brotherhood of Death 1040 At the Knife's Point 1041 A Cry for Help 1042 A Stroke of Policy 1043 Hounded to Death 1044 A Bargain in Crime 1045 The Fatal Prescription 1046 The Man of Iron 1047 An Amazing Scoundrel 1048 The Chain of Evidence 1049 Paid with Death 1050 A Fight for a Throne 1051 The Woman of Steel 1052 The Seal of Death 1053 The Human Fiend 1054 A Desperate Chance 1055 A Chase in the Dark 1056 The Snare and the Game 1057 The Murray Hill Mystery 1058 Nick Carter's Close Call 1059 The Missing Cotton King 1060 A Game of Plots 1061 The Prince of Liars 1062 The Man at the Window 1063 The Red League 1064 The Price of a Secret 1065 The Worst Case on Record 1066 From Peril to Peril 1067 The Seal of Silence 1068 Nick Carter's Chinese Puzzle 1069 A Blackmailer's Bluff 1070 Heard in the Dark 1071 A Checkmated Scoundrel 1072 The Cashier's Secret 1073 Behind a Mask 1074 The Cloak of Guilt 1075 Two Villains in One 1076 The Hot Air Clew 1077 Run to Earth 1078 The Certified Check 1079 Weaving the Web 1080 Beyond Pursuit 1081 The Claws of the Tiger 1082 Driven From Cover 1083 A Deal in Diamonds 1084 The Wizard of the Cue 1085 A Race for Ten Thousand 1086 The Criminal Link 1087 The Red Signal 1088 The Secret Panel 1089 A Bonded Villain 1090 A Move in the Dark 1091 Against Desperate Odds 1092 The Telltale Photographs 1093 The Ruby Pin 1094 The Queen of Diamonds 1095 A Broken Trail 1096 An Ingenious Stratagem 1097 A Sharper's Downfall 1098 66718 A Race Track Gamble 1099 Without a Clew 1100 The Council of Death 1101 The Hole in the Vault 1102 In Death's Grip 1103 A Great Conspiracy 1104 The Guilty Governor 1105 A Ring of Rascals 1106 A Masterpiece of Crime 1107 A Blow For Vengeance 1108 Tangled Threads 1109 The Crime of the Camera 1110 The Sign of the Dagger 1111 Nick Carter's Promise 1112 Marked for Death 1113 The Limited Holdup 1114 When the Trap Was Sprung 1115 Through the Cellar Wall 1116 Under the Tiger's Claws 1117 65790 The Girl in the Case 1118 Behind a Throne 1119 The Lure of Gold 1120 Hand to Hand 1121 From a Prison Cell 1122 Dr. Quartz 1123 Into Nick Carter's Web 1124 The Mystic Diagram 1125 The Hand That Won 1126 Playing a Lone Hand 1127 The Master Villain 1128 The False Claimant 1129 The Living Mask 1130 The Crime and the Motive 1131 A Mysterious Foe 1132 A Missing Man 1133 A Game Well Played 1134 A Cigarette Clew 1135 66700 The Diamond Trail 1136 The Silent Guardian 1137 The Dead Stranger 1138 The Doctor's Stratagem 1140 Following a Chance Clew 1141 66708 The Bank Draft Puzzle 1142 The Price of Treachery 1143 The Silent Partner 1144 Ahead of the Game 1145 A Trap of Tangled Wire 1146 In the Gloom of Night 1147 The Unaccountable Crook 1148 A Bundle of Clews 1149 The Great Diamond Syndicate; Or, The Hardest Crew on Record 1150 63340 The Death Circle 1151 The Toss of a Penny 1152 One Step Too Far 1153 The Terrible Thirteen 1154 A Detective's Theory 1155 Nick Carter's Auto Trail 1156 A Triple Identity 1157 A Mysterious Graft 1158 A Carnival of Crime 1159 The Bloodstone Terror 1160 Trapped in His Own Net 1161 The Last Move in the Game 1162 A Victim of Deceit 1163 With Links of Steel; Or, The Peril of the Unknown 1164 14096 A Plaything of Fate 1165 The Key Ring Clew 1166 Playing for a Fortune 1167 At Mystery's Threshold 1168 Trapped by a Woman 1169 The Four Fingered Glove 1170 66724 Nabob and Knave 1171 The Broadway Cross 1172 The Man Without a Conscience; Or, From Rogue to Convict 1173 63864 A Master of Deviltry 1174 Nick Carter's Double Catch 1175 Doctor Quartz's Quick Move 1176 The Vial of Death 1177 Nick Carter's Star Pupils 1178 Nick Carter's Girl Detective 1179 A Baffled Oath 1180 A Royal Thief 1181 Down and Out 1182 A Syndicate of Rascals 1183 Played to a Finish 1184 A Tangled Case 1185 In Letters of Fire 1186 Crossed Wires 1187 A Plot Uncovered 1188 The Cab Driver's Secret 1189 Nick Carter's Death Warrant 1190 The Plot that Failed 1191 66863 Nick Carter's Masterpiece 1192 A Prince of Rogues 1193 In the Lap of Danger 1194 The Man from London 1195 Circumstantial Evidence 1196 The Pretty Stenographer Mystery 1197 A Villainous Scheme 1198 A Plot Within a Plot 1199 The Elevated Railroad Mystery 1200 The Blow of a Hammer 1201 The Twin Mystery 1202 65783 The Bottle with the Black Label 1203 Under False Colors 1204 A Ring of Dust 1205 The Crown Diamond 1206 The Blood red Badge 1207 The Barrel Mystery 1208 The Photographer's Evidence 1209 62010 Millions at Stake 1210 The Man and His Price 1211 A Double Handed Game 1212 A Strike for Freedom 1213 A Disciple of Satan 1214 The Marked Hand 1215 A Fight With a Fiend 1216 When the Wicked Prosper 1217 A Plunge into Crime 1218 An Artful Schemer 1219 Reaping the Whirlwind 1220 Out of Crime's Depths 1221 A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts 1222 26704 The Temple of Vice 1223 Death at the Feast 1224 A Double Plot 1225 In Search of Himself 1226 A Hunter of Men 1227 The Boulevard Mutes 1228 Captain Sparkle, Pirate; Or, A Hard Man to Catch 1229 61514 Nick Carter's Fall 1230 Out of Death's Shadow; Or, A Case Without a Precedent 1231 61135 A Voice from the Past 1232 Accident or Murder? 1233 The Man Who Was Cursed 1234 Baffled 1235 A Case Without a Clew 1236 The Demon's Eye 1237 A Blindfold Mystery 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 A Stolen Name; Or, The Man Who Defied Nick Carter 1287 64147 A Play for Millions 1288 1289 1290

The character has had a long and varied film history, with three countries producing films based on it.

In 1908, the French film company Éclair engaged Victorin Hippolyte Jasset to make a serial film based on the Nick Carter novels which were then being published in France by the German publisher Eichler. Nick Carter, le roi des détectives, with Pierre Bressol in the title role, was released in six episodes in late 1908, and enjoyed considerable success. Further adaptations followed with Nouvelles aventures de Nick Carter in 1909, and the character was revived for a confrontation with a master criminal in Zigomar contre Nick Carter in 1912.

American actor Eddie Constantine played the title roles in the French made spy films Nick Carter va tout casser (1964) and Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965). In one curiously circular and self referential scene, Constantine (as Carter) enters a house where he finds a large collection of Nick Carter pulp magazines and other Nick Carter memorabilia. Both films are unconnected to the Killmaster book series.

The Hotel in Chicago (1920), The Passenger in the Straitjacket (1922), Women Who Commit Adultery (1922), and Only One Night (1922) are among the silent films made in Germany featuring Nick Carter.

Walter Pidgeon portrays Nick Carter in a trilogy of films released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer: Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939); Phantom Raiders (1940) and Sky Murder (1940). Though MGM owned the rights to a large number of Nick Carter stories, the films used original screenplays. In the 1944 MGM movie The Thin Man Goes Home, detective Nick Charles (William Powell) is seen reading a Nick Carter Detective magazine while relaxing in a hammock.

Columbia could not afford the rights to produce a Nick Carter serial, so they made one about his son instead; Chick Carter, Detective appeared in 1946.

In 1972, Robert Conrad made a television pilot, The Adventures of Nick Carter, which was set in the Victorian era, It was shown as a rare made for TV installment of the ABC Sunday Night Movie, which normally featured theatrical releases edited for broadcast.

The Czechoslovakian movie Dinner for Adele (1977) is a parody inspired by Nick Carter's pulp magazine adventures. It features "America's most famous detective" visiting Prague at the beginning of the 20th century and solving a case involving a dangerous carnivorous plant (the Adele of the title). The Slovak actor Michal Dočolomanský played Nick Carter.

Nick Carter first came to radio as The Return of Nick Carter. Then Nick Carter, Master Detective, with Lon Clark in the title role, began April 11, 1943, on Mutual, continuing in many different timeslots for well over a decade. Jock MacGregor was the producer director of scripts by Alfred Bester, Milton J. Kramer, David Kogan and others. Background music was supplied by organists Hank Sylvern, Lew White and George Wright. Patsy Bowen, Nick's assistant, was portrayed by Helen Choate until mid 1946 and then Charlotte Manson stepped into the role. Nick and Patsy's friend was reporter Scubby Wilson (John Kane). Nick's contact at the police department was Sgt. Mathison (Ed Latimer). The supporting cast included Raymond Edward Johnson, Bill Johnstone and Bryna Raeburn. Michael Fitzmaurice was the program's announcer. The series ended on September 25, 1955. Chick Carter, Boy Detective was a serial adventure that aired weekday afternoons on Mutual. Chick Carter, the adopted son of Nick Carter, was played by Bill Lipton (1943–44) and Leon Janney (1944–45). The series aired from July 5, 1943 to July 6, 1945.

In 1937, the Brazilian comic artist Renato Silva published a comic strip strip starring Nick Carter published in the comic book Suplemento Juvenil. Nick Carter and Chick Carter appeared in comics published by Street & Smith from 1940 to 1949. Nick appeared in The Shadow Comics, then moved to Army & Navy Comics and Doc Savage Comics briefly, before moving back to The Shadow Comics. Some of these appearances were in text stories. Chick appeared in The Shadow Comics, some of which were in text stories. There was also Nick Carter, a 1972 Italian comic strip featuring detective Nick Carter.