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The Hunter
Published: 1962.
AKA: Point Blank, The Exploiters, Payback.
Cover blurb: "The tables were turned now -- suddenly the hunted had become The Hunter".
Review: Coming soon!
The Man with the Getaway Face
Published: 1963.
AKA: The Steel Hit.
Cover blurb: "It had cost him $18,000. If it kept him alive long enough to do what he had to do, it would be worth it."
Review: Coming soon!
The Outfit
Published: 1963.
Cover blurb: "Parker didn't like people to push him around -- not even The Outfit".
Review: Coming soon!
The Mourner
Published: 1963.
AKA: The Blonde on Manhunt Street.
Cover blurb: "It takes a thief to catch a thief and Parker was one of the best".
Review: Coming soon!
The Score
Published: 1964.
AKA: Killtown, Death Comes in Shes.
Cover blurb: "Twelve racketeers take over a whole town".
Review: Coming soon!
The Jugger
Published: 1965.
AKA: The Chicken and the Yegg, The Depraved Ones.
Cover blurb: "If Joe Sheer talked he could crucify Parker, so..."
Review: Coming soon!
The Seventh
Published: 1966.
AKA: The Split, The Deadly Seven.
Cover blurb: "Who except Parker would be brash enough to hold up a whole football stadium?"
Review: Coming soon!
The Handle
Published: 1966.
AKA: Run Lethal, Table-Stakes Redhead.
Cover blurb: "The terrifying story of the unlikely trio and the lush million dollar casino they dared to knock off".
Review: Coming soon!
The Damsel
Published: 1967.
Cover blurb: "Grofield, free-lance extraordinary, rescues a damsel in distress in a life-or-death race across Mexico".
Review: Coming soon!
The Rare Coin Score
Published: 1967.
AKA: The Naked Plunderers.
Cover blurb: "Here's Parker! When he's not working, he's as human as any of us. But Parker's a professional thief -- and on the job it's different..."
Review: Coming soon!
The Dame
Published: 1969.
AKA: A Nymph for the Mafia.
Cover blurb: "Murder and mobsters put the finger on Alan Grofield, Mr. Cool himself, when he meets up with... The Dame".
Review: Coming soon!
The Green Eagle Score
Published: 1967.
AKA: The Young Bedroom Raiders.
Cover blurb: "Here's Parker! Swinging at the wildest curve ever thrown a professional thief..."
Review: Coming soon!
The Black Ice Score
Published: 1968.
AKA: The Women Sharers.
Cover blurb: "Here's Parker! Teaching a class in advanced jewel theft, with post-graduate work in kidnapping, mayhem, and applied terror..."
Review: Coming soon!
The Sour Lemon Score
Published: 1969.
AKA: The Blood-Money Heist.
Cover blurb: "Here's Parker! Whipped into action by a renegade killer who'd pulled his last double-cross.."
Review: Coming soon!
Deadly Edge
Published: 1971.
Cover blurb: "Parker didn't like being a target. If there was killing to be done, he'd do it..."
Review: Coming soon!
The Blackbird
Published: 1969.
Cover blurb: "Grofield takes a fall but rallies for a super encore with a hassle of international no-goods and a bounteous African lady spy".
Review: Coming soon!
Slayground
Published: 1971.
Cover blurb: "Parker had the money. Now he was trapped and the mob was closing in..."
Review: Coming soon!
Lemons Never Lie
Published: 1971.
AKA: The Man Who Fought Las Vegas’ Mad-Dog Heisters.
Cover blurb: "A professional actor, and equally professional thief, finds himself forcibly involved with a maniac and a heist that's pure murder."
Review: Coming soon!
Plunder Squad
Published: 1972.
Cover blurb: "[...] Parker has to turn manhunter before he can get the job done."
Review: Coming soon!
Butcher's Moon
Published: 1974.
Cover blurb: "Now, short on cash, Parker comes back to town to collect his goods."
Review: Coming soon!
miscellaneous
Parker 1969 - La Proie: An Efficient Take on Richard Stark’s Most Complex Novel
Published: 2025.
"The long-awaited French-language adaptation of The Sour Lemon Score has finally hit the stands and after our chat with the creative team earlier this month, we couldn’t be more excited to dive into the pages of the first Dupuis graphic novel released under the Aire Noire imprint. La Proie is as blunt, purposeful, direct and efficient as its protagonist – sometimes losing the finer touches of Stark’s original novel but never its edge.
Visually inspired by Darwyn Cooke’s hit graphic novel adaptations published by IDW, the book stands well on its own with writer/translator Doug Headline and artist Kieran at the helm. Once Cooke had established the visual language of what many would still consider the quintessential portrayal of Parker’s violent world, the real task of any follow-up is that of constructing its own identity. To that end, La Proie succeeds where others might have failed. Kieran’s use of texture – the fingerprints smudged all over in Parker’s wake – is innovative and downright thrilling, his stylized line art an homage to Cooke but never an imitation."
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