{"product_id":"the-devils-smelled-nice-the-complete-adventures-of-the-gadget-man-volume-2-paperback","title":"The Devils Smelled Nice: The Complete Adventures of the Gadget Man, Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLester Dent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWill Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAlbert Micale\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his thirty year career, Lester Dent created several outstanding characters, starting with the immortal Doc Savage, but also including \u003cem\u003eBlack Mask's\u003c\/em\u003e Oscar Sail, Genius Jones, and others. One of the most successful was the Gadget Man, who appeared exclusively in the pages of Street \u0026amp; Smith's \u003cem\u003eCrime Busters\u003c\/em\u003e magazine between 1937 and 1939. After Doc Savage, the Gadget Man was the longest running Lester Dent series. And, like Doc Savage, it was a mixture of gadgets, mystery and screwball shenanigans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClick Rush is an inventor. But the ingenious crime-fighting gadgets he's invented are not wanted by police agencies, who consider them too outlandish and impractical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Bufa. Who is Bufa? No one knows. Not even Rush. But when a papier-mâché radio transceiver appears in his hotel room sitting on one half of a $10,000 bill and the voice emanating from the toad promises the other half if Rush uses his gadgets to solve a crime, the nearly broke inventor could hardly say no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem was that every time Rush solves a mystery, Bufa wants him to do it again. And again, and again. And he won't take no for an answer!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of eighteen screwy stories, the war of wits between the anonymous toad-shaped tormentor and the beleaguered inventor-turned-detective rages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere will it all end? Not even Bufa knows....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Gadget Man stories-most never before reprinted-includes the next six stories. Many restored from the original manuscripts. Including a revealing Introduction by Will Murray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52553973301555,"sku":"9781618277398","price":50.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gETKwd8N2U9781618277398.webp?v=1761119667","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-devils-smelled-nice-the-complete-adventures-of-the-gadget-man-volume-2-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}