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Created by Drexel Drake
Pseudonym of Charles H. Huff
(1887-1959)

Or possibly:

Michael Arlen
Pseudonym of Dikran Kouyoumdjian
(1895-1956)

 THE FALCON was the nom de guerre of a true noun of mystery.

He was either MICHAEL WINGATE, a shadowy figure who took on the underworld with the aid of his friend Sarge, avoiding the police because they tended to blame him for their unsolved crimes, created by Drexel Drake (real name Charles H. Huff) in 1936 and originally appearing in a series of novels and at least one short story.

Or he was GAY STANHOPE FALCON, a sort of freelance adventurer and troubleshooter, definitely on the hard-boiled side, created by Michael Arlen (real name Dikran Kouyoumdjian) in a 1940 short story.

Either way, The Falcon was a man who made his living “keeping his mouth shut and engaging in dangerous entreprises,” according to Otto Penzler’s Detectionary. And, like Boston Blackie, despite his murky origins, he enjoyed a long, lucrative and convoluted career in film, radio and television, even as his occupation and his actual