Johnston McCulley (1883 - 1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. McCulley started as a police reporter for The Police Gazette and served as an Army public affairs officer during World War I. Aside from Zorro, McCulley created many other pulp characters, including Black Star, The Spider, The Mongoose, and Thubway Tham. Many of McCulley's characters-The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt, and The Crimson Clown-were inspirations for the masked heroes that have appeared in popular culture from McCulley's time to the present day. In this book: The Curse of Capistrano (1919) The Spider Strain (1919) The Black Star, A Detective Story, 1916 Black Star's Campaign, A Detective Story Short stories The Stolen Story Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment (1918) Thubway Tham's Thanksgiving Dinner (1918) Thubway Tham's Baggage Check (1919) Thubway Tham and Elevated Elmer (1919)