Editing Don Pendleton (section)

===Joe Copp, Private Eye series (1987–1992) ===
Pendleton's other enduring series was the Joe Copp, Private Eye novels, told in the [[First-person narrative|first person]] by 6'3", 260&nbsp;lb. Joe Copp, a [[private investigator]].<ref name="Server2014">{{cite book|last=Server|first=Lee|title=Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k54nLojgIrwC&pg=PA211|date=14 May 2014|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-4381-0912-1|page=211}}</ref> The novels were [[Formula fiction|formulaic]] [[hardboiled]] [[detective fiction]], always opening in the middle of the story, with Copp pursuing a variety of criminals, with the story then [[Flashback (narrative)|flashing back]] to the beginning to describe how Copp got into his current predicament.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} The Joe Copp series of six hardcover novels often had over-the-top action moments reminiscent to those found of [[Mickey Spillane]]'s [[Mike Hammer (character)|Mike Hammer]].<ref name="SarverMarkus1997">{{cite book|last1=Sarver|first1=Linda|last2=Markus|first2=Tom|title=A Novel Approach to Theatre: From Adams to Zola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2sjmtm6q4QC&pg=PA167|year=1997|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=978-0-8108-3251-0|page=167}}</ref> The books were first published in hardcover by [[Donald I. Fine]] and then released in paperback by [[Harper & Row|Harper]].