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{{quote|''Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar... If the public likes you, you're good.''|'''Mickey Spillane'''}}
In 1947 comic book writer [[Mickey Spillane]] and his wife needed money to buy a new house. Hoping to add to his funds, Spillane wrote a novel in just nineteen days called "I, the Jury". It introduced the world to [[Hardboiled Detective]] '''Mike Hammer''', and sold six and a half million copies in the United States alone.
Hardboiled private detectives are expected to be [[Knight in Sour Armor|world-weary and cynical]]; [[Awesome McCoolname|Mike Hammer]] however is [[Knight Templar|patriotic and fueled by rage at the evils of society]]. Hammer doesn't just bend the law; he holds it in complete contempt, often dishing out brutal beatings or appointing himself [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner]]. Spillane would go on to create other characters, like [[James Bond]] expy Tiger Mann, but Mike Hammer is his most well known creation. The novels revel in brutal violence and (though tame by today's standards) contained more sex than the competition. Critics (both then and now) have savaged them unrelentingly, yet they continue to be popular. In 1980 Spillane was responsible for seven of the top 15 all-time bestselling fiction titles in America, and his books have been adapted into film, TV and radio productions.
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* [[Big Applesauce]]
* [[Casanova]]: All women find Hammer irresistable. Unless they're gay.
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: {{spoiler|The killer's true gender is revealed in the very last word of ''Vengeance Is Mine!''}}
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: In "One Lonely Night" Mike Hammer finally accepts that this is his role in life, just before he blows away a bunch of [[Dirty Communists]] who are [[Morality Chain|torturing Velda]].
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* [[Famous Last Words]]. The last thing {{spoiler|Charlotte Bennett}} says after being shot by Mike Hammer is "How could you?" Mike replies coldly: "It was easy." This is one scene that's shown in every film adaptation {{spoiler|of ''I, the Jury''.}}
* [[Fan Service]]: Every episode of the 1980's series contained the "Hammer-ettes", busty women in low tops and push-up bras emphasizing their ample cleavage, who'd exchange a [[Double Entendre]] or two with Stacy Keach.
* [[Fatal Attraction]]: {{spoiler|In "I, the Jury" Charlotte Bennett, the woman Hammer had fallen in love with and planned to marry, turned out to be the killer.}} This is probably the case that turned him from an ordinary [[Private Detective]] into the dispenser of brutal justice we all know and love.
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* [[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]: Hammer's [[Girl of the Week]] is inevitably blonde; interestingly however his [[UST]] [[Love Interest]] Velda has dark hair.
* [[Girl Friday]]: Velda is Hammer's [[Sexy Secretary]], but she has her own investigator's license and uses a gun on a couple of occasions too.
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* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: Mike Hammer can screw around as much as he likes; Velda will still be there for him.
* [[Mysterious Woman]]: In the Stacy Keach series, Mike Hammer would repeatedly catch sight of the same beautiful woman (played by Donna Denton) who would then [[Stealth Hi Bye|vanish before he had a chance to talk to her]].
* [[Needle in
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The D.A. (named Lawrence D. Barrington in the Stacy Keach series) can't stand Hammer, and is always eager for a chance to lock him up.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: Averted. Mike Hammer is generally supportive of the police, regarding them as simply hamstrung by the law. Dilwick in "The Twisted Thing" is a notable exception, though he's no [[Inspector Lestrade]], merely a [[Dirty Cop]].
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* [[Vigilante Man]]: Lampshaded in the title of the first Hammer novel, "I, the Jury". Even in the Stacy Keach series, the criminal was usually shot (albeit in self defence) rather than being arrested.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: In all but a few novels, Hammer's victims are often left vomiting after a blow to the stomach or groin.
* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: Hammer refers to his car as his "heap", but in one book it's mentioned there's a Cadillac engine hidden under the hood.
* [[I Have Your Wife|We Have Your Sassy Secretary]]: Happens to Velda on a couple of occasions.
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[[Category:Detective Literature]]
[[Category:Mystery Literature]]
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