Nick Carter



Nick Carter, King of Detectives, was based out of an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York City and later out of Manchester. He was the son of detective Sim Carter, who taught him investigation techniques from a young age, and turned him into a fine physical specimine. Nick took on one of his father's cases, disguised as his father, to locate Mabel Livingston, the daughter of a banker. In the course of the investigation, his father was murdered. Nick felt compelled to follow in his father's footsteps.

Soon after his first case, Nick married Ethel Dalton and had a son named Ralph. Ethel was later murdered in a hit ordered by a jealous Dazaar. It doesn't seem that Nick ever re-married. Nick generally kept a low profile and was a master of disguise. He used a few standard alternate identities including Joshua Juniper and Thomas "Old Thunderbolt" Bolt (a shaggy old country detective).

He carried a tool kit and simple disguises with him at all times. He also kept guns up his sleeves, on spring activated devices. He rarely drank or smoked, he would never swear, and he was not fond of pretense. Although only 5'4", he was tough and athletic, with at least one early description stating that he could "lift a horse with ease, and that too, while a heavy man is seated in the saddle" and "he can place four packs of playing cards together, and tear them in halves between his thumbs and fingers." He had considerable resources, starting his own detective school, and owning a yacht called "The Gull."

He tracked down master criminals, including Dr. Jack Quartz, Zanoni, The Woman Wizard, Dazaar, The Arch-Fiend, Zigomar and Fantomas. Other enemies included Burton Quintard, Dan Derrington, Baroness Latour, Scylla the Sea Robber, The Danley Borhters, The Bulwer Sisters, Zanabyah and Jimmy Duryea, among many, many others.

Real Name: Nicholas Carter First Appearance: The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square (1886) Crated by: John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith