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Mack Bolan, alias The Executioner, is a fictional character who has been serialized in 631 novels with sales of more than 200 million books. [1] Created by Don Pendleton, Bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in The Executioner #1: War Against the Mafia (1969). Pendleton wrote 37 other novels featuring Bolan, often referred to as ...
Aug 19, 2014 · In the books, Mack Bolan was born in 1939 and fought in the Vietnam War as a Green Beret. There, he killed over 90 targets as a sniper, earning his nickname The Executioner, but was also kind to ...
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Mack Bolan, alias The Executioner, is a fictional character who has been serialized in 631 novels with sales of more than 200 million books. Created by Don Pendleton, Bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in The Executioner #1: War Against the Mafia (1969). Pendleton wrote 37 other novels featuring Bolan, often referred to as the "Maf...
Mack Bolan, born in 1939 (It varies as later novels go with the times) and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is of Welsh-Polish heritage and is the eldest of the three children of steelworker Samuel Bolan and his wife, Elsa. Bolan enlisted in the Army at age 18 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a Green Beret, even though newer novels do not make any reference to this as it makes him seem too old.Bolan became an expert sniper with over 90 kills to his record, earning him the nickname "The Executioner". For all his lethal capability, Bolan was deeply compassionate and became known as "Sgt. Mercy", because of the aid he often gave to Vietnamese civilians and others who needed help.During his service in the Vietnam War, Bolan became highly adept at penetration and intelligence gathering, guerrilla warfare and became a skilled armorer.
During Bolan's second tour, his father suffered a heart attack that forced him to leave his job at the steel mill. Unable to work, with bills piling up, Bolan's father was forced to borrow money from Triangle Industrial Finance ("TIF"), a savings-and-loan outfit known around town as a loansharking operation controlled by the family of Don Sergio Frenchi, the godfather of the Mafia in western Massachusetts. The people at TIF caused the elder Bolan countless problems with their payment demands. On one occasion, their enforcers dislocated his arm as punishment for missing one loan payment, warning him that the same arm would be broken if he missed another.
Mack Bolan's younger sister, Cindy Bolan, was worried about their father's safety and had secretly paid the officers at TIF a visit, in an attempt to persuade them to leave her father alone and allow her to repay the loan. In her first attempt, she turned in $35 a week, money she made from an after school job. When it became insufficient, TIF "suggested" she become a prostitute.
Johnny Bolan, Mack's younger brother, learned about it from a schoolmate who taunted him about it, resulting in a fight that Johnny lost. When Johnny found Cindy servicing a client in a motel room, he blew the whistle to his father ... an act that resulted in the elder Bolan's striking him. When Cindy's father confronted her, she admitted to her work, expressing her fear for his health and welfare.
For Sam Bolan, it was too much. He snapped and turned a Smith & Wesson .45 on his family and then himself. Johnny Bolan was the only survivor of the murder-suicide.
A few days later, Bolan was notified of the tragedy by an Army chaplain and took emergency leave to visit his brother. After Johnny told him the whole story, Bolan broke into a sportsman's shop and took a high-powered Marlin .444, a deluxe scope, some targets, and several boxes of ammunition, leaving an envelope of money to cover the "purchase". He would use the rifle to kill the TIF loansharks, marking the beginning of his war against the Mafia.
•Military training: Due to his Military training Make is skilled with firearms, explosives and war tactics which help him against the mafia.
•Master Marksman: Has over 90 confirmed kills in the Army via sniper, hence how he got the nickname "The Executioner" Even after coming back from the war, he still continues to use a sniper to kill mob enforcers.
•Firearms expert: Is skilled with various firearms.
•Master of Disguise: After getting plastic surgery, Mack was able to use the Alias Franky "Lucky" Lambretta and was able to get closer and even fool Crime Boss Julian "Deej" DiGeorge. He goes to France wearing a fake mustache and fake sideburns.
•.460 Weatherby Magnum
•Beretta M1951
•.44 AutoMag
•Beretta 93R
•Desert Eagle
•.38
•Predates Marvel comics' Punisher/Frank Castle and Paul Kersey (Paul Benjamin in the Novel) from Death Wish as the first Executioner novel was published in 1969
•The Death Wish Novel was Published in 1972 and the movie that Starred Charles Bronson came out in 1974
•Punisher debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #129 (October, 1973) and wouldn't get his own solo series until 1986
•Prior to contrary belief it was The Executioner/ Mack Bolan that was the inspiration for the Punisher not the Death Wish Movies or book. Both were barley published within a year of each other while there were at least 16 Executioner books between 1969 and 1973 and the series was a best seller with 8 million copies having been sold•By the time Punisher got his own solo series in 1986, its possible Death Wish could have been an influence as there were 3 movies at the time.
•Punisher Co-Creator, Gerry Conway has also cited the Executioner as the inspiration for Punisher.
•Like Punisher and Paul Kersey, Mack Bolan is ex-military and becomes a vigilante when family members are killed.
Mack Bolan, alias The Executioner, is a fictional character who has been serializedin 631 novels with sales of more than 200 million books.[1] Created by Don Pendleton, Bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in The Executioner #1: War Against the Mafia(1969). Pendleton wrote 37 other novels featuring Bolan, often referred to as the ...
Following the exploits of Mack Bolan and his war against organized crime and international terrorism, both series collectively total 631 novels (453 regular Executioner titles, plus 178 Super Bolan titles). [1] The series ceased publication in late 2017. The list below only covers up to the year 2003.
#Release DateTitlesAuthor11969War Against the Mafia21969Death SquadDon Pendleton31970Battle MaskDon Pendleton41970Miami MassacreDon PendletonAug 19, 2014 · Mack Bolan is a Vietnam War veteran serving as a sniper. It is in these jungles where the young Bolan honed his military capabilities and his deadly accuracy. His 97 confirmed kills gave birth to ...
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The story of Mack Bolan is familiar to any fan, and his beginnings also come to mind readily: created by a Navy veteran named Don Pendleton, an accomplished storyteller, the first novels appeared in paperback in the early 1970s, with the debut title War Against the Mafia, premiering in 1969.
