Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #[1]

In "Half-Blonde," Mike Hammer stumbles upon a mysterious half-blonde woman at a crime scene, her presence drawing him into a deadly web of murder and deception. What begins as a chance encounter quickly spirals into a perilous chase that threatens both her life and his.

In "The Bandaged Woman," Mike Hammer stumbles into a hospital room and glimpses a patient wrapped in bandages—only to find the attending physician reacting with unsettling unease. The moment sparks a growing tension that pulls Hammer into a mystery he didn’t expect, where the past refuses to stay buried.

When mobster Pen Hanover hires Mike Hammer to rescue his kidnapped five-year-old daughter from the mysterious "Rilley's Gorillas," the case quickly unravels into something far more complicated than a straightforward rescue. As Hammer digs deeper, he finds the lines between ally and enemy blur, and the truth behind the kidnapping begins to twist in ways he never expected.