Editing Mike Hammer (character) (section)

==Creation==

In 1942, when he was a comic book writer, Spillane created the private detective Mike Lancer published in ''[[Green Hornet|Green Hornet Comics]]'' #10 (December, 1942) by [[Harvey Comics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=2023-04-24 |title=Was Mickey Spillane's Iconic Detective, Mike Hammer, Nearly a Comic Book First? |url=https://www.cbr.com/mickey-spillane-mike-hammer-mike-danger-comic-book/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

In 1946, Spillane worked with illustrator [[Mike Roy]] and Edwin Robbins to create the private-eye character Mike Danger for proposed comic-book or comic-strip publication. Unable to sell the project as a comic, he reworked the story as the novel ''[[I, the Jury]]'', converting Mike Danger to Mike Hammer and supporting character Holly to Velda.<ref name="toonopedia">[http://www.toonopedia.com/mdanger.htm Mike Danger] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240527184827/https://www.webcitation.org/6friLo7Jb?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/mdanger.htm Archived] from the original on March 8, 2016.</ref> "Mike Hammer originally started out to be a comic book. I was gonna have a Mike Danger comic book," Spillane said in a 1984 interview.<ref name="cbs">{{cite web |date=23 July 2006 |title=Mickey Spillane's State Of Mind |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mickey-spillanes-state-of-mind/ |website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> Two Mike Danger comic-book stories were published in 1954 without Spillane's knowledge, as well as one featuring Mike Lancer (1942). These were published with other material in "Byline: Mickey Spillane," edited by [[Max Allan Collins]] and Lynn F. Myers, Jr. (Crippen & Landru publishers, 2004).