. "1"^^ . "14210" . . "RIV/00216224:14210/12:00064241" . . "American hard-boiled detective fiction; Mickey Spillane; Mike Hammer"@en . "Mike Hammer \u2013 Hard-Boiled Outcast or Superhero?"@en . . "150484" . "Mike Hammer \u2013 Hard-Boiled Outcast or Superhero?"@en . . . . "This article focuses on Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer and his portrayal in numerous novels. Here I try to ascertain why is the character of Mike Hammer either deplored or appreciated by the critics or readers when compared to other hard-boiled detectives (Chandler's Marlowe, Hammett's Spade or Macdonald's Archer) \u2013 he is regarded an outcast for some, and a superhero for others. In spite of being tamed by current standards (1950's), Spillane created a new 'sort' of a private detective. Mike Hammer is an archetypal 'hard man' \u2013 an isolated private investigator despising the legal system, war veteran, patriot, anti-communist with high sex drive and at the same time a brutally violent revenge-seeker. He is nothing like Marlowe, Spade or Archer, he is not solving crimes for money or to bring the criminal in front of the jury for a fair trial, he is the avenger who is 'cleansing' the society, or righting the wrong in his own way \u2013 'eye for an eye'."@en . "Mike Hammer \u2013 Hard-Boiled Outcast or Superhero?" . . . "1"^^ . "RIV/00216224:14210/12:00064241!RIV13-MSM-14210___" . "Mike Hammer \u2013 Hard-Boiled Outcast or Superhero?" . . . "S" . "This article focuses on Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer and his portrayal in numerous novels. Here I try to ascertain why is the character of Mike Hammer either deplored or appreciated by the critics or readers when compared to other hard-boiled detectives (Chandler's Marlowe, Hammett's Spade or Macdonald's Archer) \u2013 he is regarded an outcast for some, and a superhero for others. In spite of being tamed by current standards (1950's), Spillane created a new 'sort' of a private detective. Mike Hammer is an archetypal 'hard man' \u2013 an isolated private investigator despising the legal system, war veteran, patriot, anti-communist with high sex drive and at the same time a brutally violent revenge-seeker. He is nothing like Marlowe, Spade or Archer, he is not solving crimes for money or to bring the criminal in front of the jury for a fair trial, he is the avenger who is 'cleansing' the society, or righting the wrong in his own way \u2013 'eye for an eye'." . "[D529831DF674]" . . "Pitukov\u00E1, Veronika" . . . .