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Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001
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Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001 Paperback - 2002

by Vincent Terrace


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Superheroes and characters who fight crime by extraordinary means have populated the television airwaves from the beginning. This broad-ranging reference contains a trove of information on shows featuring such characters as Superman and Black Scorpion to programs like The A-Team and Knight Rider. Regular police and detective shows have been excluded. Alphabetical entries on 125 network, cable and syndicated series broadcast from 1949 to 2001, plus 26 pilot films, deliver information about story premises, characters, and myriad elements that add flavor and interest to the shows, as well as cast listings and broadcast data. A handy index of performers is included as well as appendices listing the crime fighting superheroes and machines that appear in the programs.

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  • Title Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001
  • Author Vincent Terrace
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S.A. And London
  • Date 2002-10
  • ISBN 9780786413959 / 0786413956
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.76 x 6 x 0.51 in (24.79 x 15.24 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Action and adventure television programs
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002013181
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

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Citations

  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2003, Page 548
  • Booklist, 05/15/2003, Page 1696

About the author

Vincent Terrace has been a researcher for ABC television and is the television historian for BPOLIN Productions (an independent film and television producing company for which he has created two projected televisions series: April's Dream and April and May: Ghost Hunters (both starring actress-ventriloquist April Brucker). He has written more than 50 books about television and radio.
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