Papers of Max Allan Collins - Special Collections - The University of Iowa Libraries

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PAPERS OF MAX ALLAN COLLINS

Collection Dates: 1967 -- 1996
69 linear ft.

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu

Posted to Internet: June 1998
Addenda: 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010 , 2012

Acquisition Note: Max Allan Collins deposited his papers with the Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Libraries in August 1997.

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Photographs: Boxes 1, 14, 22

Audio Material: Box 1

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Table of Contents

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

I. Series One -- General Subject Files

Box 1

II. Series Two -- Comics

Boxes 1 -- 4

III. Series Three -- Dick Tracy

Boxes 4 -- 8

IV. Series Four -- Novels

Boxes 8 -- 22

V. Series Five -- Screenplays

Boxes 22 -- 25

VI. Series Six -- Mickey Spillane

Boxes 25 -- 26

VII. Series Seven -- Foreign language editions of Collins' work

Biographical Note

Max Allan Collins, a life-long resident of Muscatine, Iowa, was born on March 3, 1948. As a child, he first dreamed of becoming a cartoonist; later he discovered mystery novels and decided that what he really wanted to be was a mystery writer. Collins sent out his first literary manuscript when he was in the 9th grade. He graduated from Muscatine Community College in 1968. He was in both the undergraduate and graduate Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, receiving his B.A. in 1970, and his M.A. two years later. His first three novels were written while he was in the Writer's Workshop. His M.A. thesis, Bait Money, was revised and became his first published book. He has since published over fifty novels and has written such movie tie-in novels as Maverick, Waterworld, and In the Line of Fire.

When Chester Gould, the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, retired in 1977, Max Allan Collins was able to combine his two lifetime passions. For some years, he wrote the Dick Tracy series, which appeared in more than 500 newspapers. He also writes a comic series called Ms. Tree. Collins is an avid collector of comic strip art and related items.

Scope and Contents

The papers of Max Allan Collins consist of thirty-eight linear feet (26 boxes) of manuscripts dating from 1967 -- 1996, which document his career as an author, filmmaker, and comic strip writer. The collection in divided into six separate series: General Subject Files; Comics; Dick Tracy; Novels; Screenplays; and Mickey Spillane.

The general subject files include a wide variety of materials from biographical sketches, interviews and correspondence to essays, short stories, and reviews, and are arranged alphabetically by the folder title. The second series concentrates on Collins' comic strip works. Most of the items in this section are in chronological order. The different projects here include Batman and Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger. The Ms. Tree comics that Collins created with Terry Beatty are well documented. There are folders of artwork, correspondence, and promotional material, as well as drafts of the comic strips and their respective scripts.

The Dick Tracy material for both Dick Tracy comic strips and novels is housed in four boxes (series 3). The Dick Tracy comics are represented with artwork, correspondence, promotional material, various drafts of the pre-comic narratives, and final versions of the comic strip scripts. The Dick Tracy novels include one based on a screenplay and Dick Tracy: The Secret Files, which includes an introduction by Collins and drafts of chapter typescripts by various other writers. Dick Tracy Casebook, Dick Tracy Goes to War, and Dick Tracy Meets his Match are all included in varying degrees of detail.

Series 4 (14 boxes) includes materials on his novels. The book manuscripts range from correspondence and research to typescript drafts at various stages of completion and printers' typescripts to galley and page proofs. His Nathan Heller, Mallory, and Nolan and John novels are all represented in great detail. The novels he adapted from other media, such as Maverick and Waterworld are included in this series, as are books that he co-authored, such as The Best of Crime and Detective TV.

The fifth series is made up of his screenplays. The films Mommy and Mommy's Day are in this section. The material documenting The Expert includes thirty-six different typescript versions of the screenplay. Screenplays by others are also in this section. The final series relates to Mickey Spillane. There are typescript drafts of essays, and reviews by Collins. The majority of this section consists of mystery story submissions by other authors, including Ed Gorman, Barb D'Amato, Jeremiah Healy, and Andrew Greeley for Murder Is My Business, edited by Collins and Spillane.

Related Materials

See Collins' web site at http://www.maxallancollins.com/

SERIES I: GENERAL SUBJECT FILES

BOX 1

Artwork

Biographical information

Book reviews by Max Allan Collins

Bullets. Cruisin'. Audiotape of band in which Max Allan Collins plays.

Clippings

Collector card reviews by Max Allan Collins

Comic strip reviews by Max Allan Collins

Correspondence, 1987 -- 1993

Essays and articles

"Anonymous" Typescript draft
"Batman Comes of Age" Typescript draft
"Comics into Film" Typescript draft
"Dragnet" Typescript draft
"Fearless Fosdick: The 'Ideel' Comic Strip Detective" Typescript draft, article for Strip Search
"A Few Personal Notes on the Passing of Louis Wilder" Typescript draft
"Gotto and Ozark" Typescript draft
"Jim Thompson: The Killers Inside Him" Typescript draft
"Leave It to Beaver" Typescript draft
"Maverick -- TV, Film, and Novel" Typescript draft
"The Original G.I. Joe" Typescript draft, article for Strip Search
"Outtakes: Tough Guy Leftovers" Typescript draft

Film reviews by Max Allan Collins (2 folders)

Interviews

Collins, Max. Interview for Catalyst, 1994

Collins, Max. Interview for Fantagraphics
Feldstein, Al. Interview conducted, transcribed, and edited by John Benson, July 16, 1981
Gotto, Ray. Interview by Max Collins
Huggins, Roy. Interview by Richard Meyers
Incomplete fragments of interviews

Intrigue at Iowa: Mystery and Mayhem Series. Invitation and press release for Max Collins kick-off event, 1996

Muscatine Community College

Phonograph record reviews by Max Allan Collins

Photographs

Short stories

"Daybreakers" Typescript draft
Nathan Heller stories
"Marble Mildred" Typescript draft
"Private Consultation" Typescript draft
"Scrap" Typescript draft
"The Strawberry Teardrop"
Typescript draft
Page proof, 1983. With corrections and revisions.

"Louise - A Ms. Tree Story," 1991. Page proof with corrections and revisions
"The Love Rack"
Original draft with corrections and revisions. Submitted to Mr. Yates for the Undergraduate Writers' Workshop, Oct. 1968
Typescript draft with foreword. Submitted to Hardboiled

"The Night of Their Lives" Page proof, 1995. From Vampire Detectives, edited by Martin H. Greenberg
"The Perfect Crime - A Phillips Marlowe Story" Typescript draft
"Public Servant" Typescript draft
"Quarry"
"Guest Service" Typescript draft
"A Matter of Principal" Typescript draft
"Quarry's Luck" Typescript draft

"Robber's Roost: A Batman Story" Typescript draft
"Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die" Typescript draft
"Something Funny" Typescript draft
"Traces of Red" Typescript draft
"Wolf" Typescript draft
"A Wreath for Marley" Page proof with corrections and revisions, October 1995
Works by Others
"The Seduction File" by Wendi Lee. Regarding Seduction of the Innocent, a rock band featuring Max Allan Collins

SERIES II: COMICS

Batman [title arranged by issue number/ chronological order when possible, with remainder listed in alphabetical order]

Artwork
Correspondence, 1986 -- 1989
Notes
Comic books
"A Brief Batbible: Notes on the Dark Night Detective" Typescript draft
"The Mark of Batman: An Introduction" Typescript draft
"Did Robin Die Tonight?" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 408
"Just Another Kid on Crime Alley" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 409
"Two of a Kind" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 410
"Second Chance" Typescript of comic strip script, Isssue no. 411
"The Sound of One Hand Clapping" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 413
"The Man Who Thought He Was Batman" Typescript of comic strip
"One Batman Too Many" Typescript of comic strip script
"Villains in Love" Typescript of comic strip script

Johnny Dynamite
"Underworld -- A Johnny Dynamite Thriller"
Typescript draft
Typescript of comic strip script
Photocopy of comic strip based on the Pete Morisi comic, with artist Terry Beatty, letterer Gary Kato, and editor Bob Schreck.

Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger, created by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins [title arranged by issue number/chronological order]
Spillane/Collins Comic Book Project
Preliminary notes
Typescript draft

Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions, Jan. 1994
"Danger Ahead"
First draft typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 1
Second draft typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 1

"Danger in the Future" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 2
"It, the Jury" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no.3
"Old New York" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 4
"Sin Syndicate" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 5
"Man Out of Time" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 6
"Death in Duplicate" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 8
"The Head Man," Incomplete comic strip (photocopy), Issue no. 9. Created by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, written by Max Allan Collins, pencils by Grau, and inks by Beatty
"A Child in the Future"
Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 10
Comic strip (photocopy), Issue no. 10. Created by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, written by Max Allan Collins, pencils by Grau, and inks by Beatty

Box 2

Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger (cont.), created by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins [title arranged by issue number/chronological order]

Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger
Typescript draft overview of Issues no. 12 -- 17.
"Virtual Man" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 12
"Bring Me the Head of Michael Danger" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 12
"A Brand New Me" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 14
"Time Heals" Typescript of comic strip script, Issue no. 16
"Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger" Typescripts of comic strip scripts, Sunday editions

[SEE ALSO: SERIES VI: MICKEY SPILLANE]

Ms. Tree [created by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty, written by Max Allan Collins, art by Terry Beatty, art assist and lettering by Gary Kato]

Artwork
Correspondence, 1981 -- 1988
Interviews with Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty
Promotional material
Comics [titles arranged in chronological order]
"I, For an Eye" Comic strip (photocopy), 1981
"Death Do Us Part"
Holograph draft of comic strip script
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script

"The Cold Dish"
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1983

"Deadline"
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1984

"Ms. Tree - A Graphic Album Proposal for First Comics" Typescript draft
"Ms. Tree in Shorter, Topical Stones" Typescript draft
"Ms. Tree in 1985" Typescript draft
"Skin Deep"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1985

"Runaway"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1985

"Muerta Means Death"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1985

"Right to Die"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1985

"Prison Cell Block HELL"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1986

"Heroine Withdrawl"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1986

"Roger's Story"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1986

"The Other Creek"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"Runaway II"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"New Year's Evil"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"Whatever Happened to Johnny Dynamite?"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)
Comic book

"Like Father"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

BOX 3

Ms. Tree (cont.) [created by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty, written by Max Allan Collins, art by Terry Beatty, art assist and lettering by Gary Kato]

Comics [titles arranged in chronological order] (cont.)
"Coming of Rage"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Incomplete comic strip (photocopy)

"Murder Cruise"
Typescrpt draft of synopsis with corrections and revisions, 1985
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"Fallen Tree"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"Gift of Death" Quarterly, no. 1
Typescript draft of story synopsis
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); assistant editor Katie Main; editor Mike Gold

"The Devil's Punchbox" Quarterly, no. 2
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; development associate Katie Main; editor Mike Gold

"Skeleton in the Closet" Quarterly, no. 3
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Katie Main; editor Mike Gold

"Drop Dead Handsome" Quarterly, no. 4
Typescript draft of story synopsis
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Katie Main; editor Mike Gold

"Cry Rape" Quarterly, no. 5
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Katie Main, editor Mike Gold

"Horror Hotel" Quarterly, no. 6
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Katie Main, editor Mike Gold

"The Family Way" Quarterly, no. 7
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Paul Kupperburg, editor Mike Gold

"Maternity Leave" Quarterly, no. 8
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); colorist Tom Ziuko; associate editor Paul Kupperburg, editor Mike Gold

"One Mean Mother" Quarterly, no. 9
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); penciled byTerry Beatty; lettered and inked by Gary Kato; colorist Eric Kachelhofer; editor Mike Gold

"To Live and Die in Vietnam" 1993 Annual
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Incomplete comic strip (photocopy); colorist Eric Kachelhofer; editor Mike Gold

"The Case of the Summer Special" Comic strip (photocopy)
"Close Shave"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy) without dialogue

"From the Files of Ms. Tree…Red Light" Comic strip script
"Mike Mauser and Ms. Tree"
"Four Color Crime"
Typescript draft of synopsis of mini-series developed by Max Allan Collins, Joe Staton, and Terry Beatty
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

"Mike Mist"
"Mike Mist for Ms. Tree"
Typescript drafts of comic strip scripts
Comic strips (photocopies)

"Mike Mist & Ms. Tree" [titles arranged in alphabetical order]
"Death, Danger, and Diamonds"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy); 3-D process by Ray Zone

"Murder at Mohawk"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy), 1989; edited by Dean Mullaney; color by Denis McFarling

"Music to Murder By" Comic strip (photocopy)
"A Pair of Eyes"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy)

Incomplete fragments of comic strips

New Adventures of Annie

"A Job for Annie"
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript
Third draft typescript
Incomplete typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy) by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty

Return of the Falcon. Typescript draft of first attempt at comic strip script, ca. 1970s

Turnpike. Typescript draft of comic strip script; adaptation of Harlan Ellison's short story "Turnpike"

Wild Dog [comic titles arranged in alphabetical order]

Artwork
Cover mock-ups
Notes
"Red Dog - A New Comic Super-Hero" Typescript draft as proposed by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty
Who's Who. Typescript draft as faxed to Mike Gold, DC Comics, Jan. 4, 1991.
"Blowed Up Real Good" Typescript draft of comic strip script, Book 2
"Crack Up"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip (photocopy, chapers 2 -- 6)

"Dog Catcher"
Incomplete draft of comic strip script
Comic strip without dialogue (photocopy)
Comic strip (photocopy); written by Max Allan Collins; artist Terry Beatty; letterer Tim Harkins; colorist Carl Gafford; editors Mike Gold and Brian Augustyn

BOX 4

Wild Dog [comic titles arranged in alphabetical order] (cont.)

"Fatal Distraction"
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip without dialogue (photocopy)
"I am Wild Dog" Typescript draft of comic strip script

"Moral Stand"
Typescript draft of story synopsis
Typescript draft of comic strip script
Comic strip without dialogue (photocopy)
Incomplete comic strip (photocopy); written by Max Allan Collins; art by Terry Beatty; editor Mike Gold

"Rollin' on the River" Typescript draft of comic strip script
"Who Is Wild Dog?" Typescript draft of comic strip script
Incomplete fragments of comic strips

SERIES III: DICK TRACY

Comic strip

Artwork
Correspondence, 1979 -- 1992
Cover mock-ups
Notes
Promotional materials
Pre-comic narratives
"Angeltop's Last Stand" Typescript draft
"The Baby Heist" Typescript draft
"Big Boy's Revenge" Typescript draft
"The Case of the Computer Virus" Typescript draft
"The Channeling of Flattop" Typescript draft
"The Computer Killer" Typescript draft
"The Crimestoppers Meet the Dognappers"
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript

"Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine"
Typescript draft of story introduction
Typescript draft

"Dick Tracy in the Yuppie Murder Case" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Art Dekko" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Breakdown" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets the Cipher" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets the Folks Down the Street" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Little Boy" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Miss Fortune" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Pushy" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Splitscreen" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Meets Torcher" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy Rolls Snake Eyes" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy: The Second Story" Typescript draft
"A Dick Tracy Story" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy vs Big Brother" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy's 50th" Typescript draft
"Dick Tracy's Hollywood Adventure" Typescript draft
"Diet Smith for President" Typescript draft
"Enter Quiver…" Typescript draft
"Fireworks" Typescript draft
"The First Dick Tracy Whodunit" Typescript draft
"The Ghost of Itchy" Typescript draft
"The Harvest of the Homeless" Typescript draft
"The Kingdom of the Blind" Typescript draft
"Knockout" Typescript draft
"The Land O'Plenty"
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript

"The Man of a Million Faces" Typescript draft
"Meet Dick Tracy"
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript

"The New Crimestoppers" Typescript draft
"The Phantom of Hollywood" Typescript draft
"Pruneface: The Cryonic Man" Typescript draft
"Putty Puss: House of Wax" Typescript draft
"Return of Haf - and - Haf" Typescript draft
"The Russian Exchange"
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript, Jan. 1986

"The Search for Hammerhead" Typescript draft
"The Sound of Terror" Typescript draft
"The Sparkle Plenty Collector" Typescript draft

Comic strip scripts

January -- April 1978
May -- August 1978
January -- April 1979

BOX 5

Comic strip scripts (cont.)

May -- August 1979
September -- December 1979
January -- April 1980
May -- August 1980
September -- December 1980
January -- April 1981
May -- August 1981
September -- December 1981
January -- April 1982
May -- August 1982
September -- December 1982
January -- April 1983
May -- August 1983
September -- December 1983
January -- April 1984
May -- August 1984
September -- December 1984
January -- April 1985
May -- August 1985

BOX 6

Comic strip scripts (cont.)

September -- December 1985
January -- February 1986
"Dick Tracy Rolls Snake Eyes" Typescript drafts of comic strips, 1992 -- 1993
"The Ghost of Itchy," illustrated by Dick Locher and Rick Fletcher. Incomplete comic strip (photocopy)

Novels

Correspondence, 1989 -- 1991
Notes
Promotional material
Dick Tracy, based on a screenplay by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. and the comic strip created by Chester Gould
Typescript draft of movie synopsis
Typescript draft of chapter breakdown
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Second draft typescript (3 folders)
Third draft typescript with corrections and revisions, Jan. 18, 1990 (3 folders)
Fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Fifth draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Sixth draft typescript (3 folders)

BOX 7

Novels (cont.)

Dick Tracy, based on a screenplay by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. and the comic strip created by Chester Gould (cont.)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
First page proof with corrections and revisions
Incomplete second page proof
Incomplete third page proof

Dick Tracy Casebook
First draft typescript
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions
Galley proof. Stories selected by Max Allan Collins and Dick Locher, 1990

Dick Tracy Goes to War
Typescript of chapter breakdown
Incomplete first draft typescript (3 folders)
Second draft typescript, 1990 (3 folders)
Third draft typescript

Dick Tracy Meets His Match
First draft typescript (3 folders)
Second draft typescript (3 folders)

BOX 8

Novels (cont.)

Dick Tracy Meets His Match (cont.)
Printer's typescript (3 folders)

Dick Tracy: The Secret Files
Introduction Typescript draft by Max Allan Collins
Chapter 1, "Origins" Typescript draft by Mike Resnick
Chapter 2, "Dick Tracy and the Syndicate of Death" Typescript draft by Henry Slegar
Chapter 3, "Dick Tracy Goes Hollywood" Typescript draft by Ron Govlart
Chapter 4, "The Cereal Killer" Typescript draft by Rex Miller
Chapter 5, " Auld Acquaintance" Typescript draft by Terry Beatty and Wendi Lee
Chapter 6, "Rockabilly" Typescript draft by F. Paul Wilson
Chapter 7 "The Curse" Typescript draft by Ed Gorman
Chapter 8 "The Leo's Den Affair" Typescript draft byMichael Nevins
Chapter 9 "Homefront" Typescript draft by Barbara Collins
Chapter 10 "The Paradise Lake Monster" Typescript draft by Wayne D. Dundee
Chapter 11 "Nordic Blue" Typescript draft by Barry N. Malzberg
Chapter 12 "Whirlpool, Sizzle, and the Juice" Typescript draft by Ric Meyers
Chapter 13 "Chessboard's Last Stand" Typescript draft by Edward D. Hoch
Chapter 14 "Living Legend" Typescript draft by Sephen Mertz
Chapter 15 "Not a Creature Was Stirring" Typescript draft by Max Allan Collins
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Page proof with corrections and revisions, edited by Max Allan Collins and Martin H. Greenburg, 1990 (2 folders)

Screenplays by others

"Big City Blues" Typescript draft by John Moore
"Dick Tracy," written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., based on the comic strip created by Chester Gould
Beginning typescript draft
Incomplete early typescript draft
Later typescript draft
Final typescript draft

SERIES IV: NOVELS

The Best of Crime and Detective TV, co-authored with John Javna

Ballots
Artwork
Correspondence, May 1988
Research
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Third draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Incomplete photocopy of the published version

Daylight, based on the screenplay by Leslie Bohem

Typescript draft (2 folders)
Incomplete page proof, 1996

Nathan Heller novels

Notes
Blood and Thunder
Typescript draft of synopsis of novel

BOX 9

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

Blood and Thunder (cont.)
Incomplete first draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions written for audio version of the story

The Caribbean Blues
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions. Chapters 2, 10, 16 by Max Allan Collins
Typescript draft by Mary Higgins Clark, Molly Cochran, Max Allan Collins, Gregory McDonald, Richard Meyers, Warren Murphy, Karen and Bill Palmer, and Robert J. Randisi, 1987

Carnal Hours
Working draft typescript with corrections and revisions, May 1992 (4 folders)
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions, June 1992 (4 folders)
Third draft typescript
Fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions, May 1993 (4 folders)
Fifth draft typescript (3 folders)

BOX 10

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

Carnal Hours (cont.)
Fifth draft typescript
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions (4 folders)
Typescript draft of jacket copy
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions, abridged by Fran Landt for B&B Audio, April 1996

Damned in Paradise
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (4 folders)
Second draft typescript (4 folders)
Page proof, 1996 (2 folders)

Dying in the Post-War World
Typescript draft of synopsis of novel
Incomplete first draft typescript
Second draft typescript (2 folders)

Kisses of Death. Typescript of proposal for novel
The Million Dollar Wound
Typescript draft of synopsis of novel
Typescript draft (4 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1985 (2 folders)

BOX 11

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

The Million Dollar Wound (cont.)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1985 (2 folders)
Galley proof, 1985 (2 folders)
Incomplete page proof with corrections and revisions

The Neon Mirage
Typescript draft of synopsis of novel
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Third draft typescript (3 folders)
Incomplete page proof, 1988
Promotional materials

Stolen Away
Typescript draft of proposal for novel
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (4 folders)

BOX 12

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

Stolen Away (cont.)
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions (5 folders)
Third draft typescript with corrections and revisions (5 folders)
Fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions (5 folders)
Fifth draft typescript (6 folders)

BOX 13

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

True Crime
Typescript draft of proposal for novel
Typescript draft (4 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1984 (4 folders)
Galley proof, 1984
Incomplete page proof, 1984

True Detective
Incomplete first draft typescript with corrections and revisons, 1982 (2 folders)
Incomplete early typescript draft, 1982 (4 folders)
Incomplete revised typescript draft, 1982 (2 folders)
Incomplete typescript draft, 1982 (2 folders)

BOX 14

Nathan Heller novels (cont.)

True Detective (cont.)
Later typescript draft, 1982 (4 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1983 (4 folders)
Page proof with corrections and revisions, 1983 (2 folders)
Incomplete fragments (3 folders)
Japanese edition. Tokyo: Tuttle-More Agency, Inc., 1983.

I Love Trouble, based on a screenplay by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer

Correspondence, 1993 -- 1994
Photographs
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)

In the Line of Fire, based on a screenplay by Jeff Maguire

First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Second draft typescript (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, August 1993 (2 folders)
Page proof, 1993

Mallory novels

Correspondence, 1993 -- 1994
Notes
"Mallory: Phillip Marlowe Circa 1974" Typescript draft
The Baby Blue Rip-Off

First draft typescript

Japanese edition

BOX 15

Mallory novels (cont.)

The Baby Blue Rip-Off (cont.)
First draft typescript
Incomplete second draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Third draft typescript (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1983 (2 folders)
Incomplete page proof, 1983

Kill Your Darlings
First draft typescript (2 folders)
Second draft typescript (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1985 (2 folders)

Nice Weekend for a Murder
Typescript draft of proposal for the book
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1986 (2 folders)
Page proof, 1986 (2 folders)

No Cure for Death
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft [Submitted as fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in the Department of English in the Graduate College of the University of Iowa, January 1971] (2 folders)
Third draft typescript with corrections and revisions, October 1973 (2 folders)
Fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)

BOX 16

Mallory novels (cont.)

No Cure for Death (cont.)
Fifth draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Sixth draft typescript, 1982 (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1983 (2 folders)
First page proof with corrections and revisions, 1983
Incomplete page proof

Maverick, based on the screenplay by William Goldman

Correspondence, 1994
Notes
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript

Midnight Haul

Original typescript draft (2 folders)
Second draft typescript (2 folders)
Third draft typescript (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions, 1986 (2 folders)
Incomplete typescript draft with corrections and revisions, July 1986

BOX 17

Midnight Haul (cont.)

First page proof with corrections and revisions, 1986
First page proof revisions, with correspondence, August 1986
Second page proof, 1986

Mommy. Typescript draft with corrections and revisions

The Mystery Scene Movie Guide. Typescript draft, 1992

Eliot Ness novels

Notes
A Bat for Scarface. Typescript of proposal of a novel or graphic mini-series
Bullet Proof
Correspondence, 1988
Notes
First draft typescript of book proposal with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript of book proposal
Original typescript draft (2 folders)
Second draft typescript (2 folders)
Third draft typescript (2 folders)
Incomplete printer's typescript with correspondence, 1988 -- 1989 (2 folders)
Page proof, 1989 (2 folders)
Promotional materials

Butcher's Dozen
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Incomplete second draft typescript
Third draft typescript (3 folders)

BOX 18

Eliot Ness novels (cont.)

Butcher's Dozen (cont.)
Printer's typescript with corrections, revisions, and correspondence, 1988 -- 1989 (3 folders)

The Dark City
Correspondence, July -- October 1986
Original typescript draft (2 folders)
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Third draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Typescript of book liner notes

Murder by the Numbers
Incomplete early typescript draft with corrections and revisions
Incomplete intermediate typescript draft with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Later typescript draft

Nolan and Jon novels

Correspondence, 1980 and 1993
Notes
Bait Money
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (2 folders)

BOX 19

Nolan and Jon novels (cont.)

Bait Money (cont)
Second draft typescript, 1970
Incomplete galley, 1973
Incomplete third draft typescript with corrections and revisions, June 1980
Fourth draft typescript, June 1980

Blood Money
Incomplete typescript draft with corrections and revisions, June 1980
Typescript draft, June 1980 (2 folders)

Fly Paper
Incomplete typescript draft with corrections and revisions, June 1980
Typescript draft (2 folders)

Hard Cash
First draft typescript (2 folders)
Second draft typescript
Revised typescript, July 1980 (2 folders)

Hush Money. Revised typescript draft, July 1980
Mourn the Living
Original typescript draft with corrections and revisions, 1967 (2 folders)
Revised typescript draft, Parts I -- III, for Hardboiled, 1987 (3 folders)
Typescript draft with author's note and introduction, November 1992 (3 folders)

BOX 20

Nolan and Jon novels (cont.)

Scratch Fever
Typescript draft (2 folders)
Typescript of proposal to combine Hard Cash and Scratch Fever, 1991

Spree
Typescript of proposal for Mysterious Press
Original draft typescript
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Incomplete page proof (2 folders)
Published version, 1987

Incomplete fragments of Nolan and Jon novels

NYPD Blue: A Blue Beginning, based on the television series created by Steven Bochco and David Milch. Typescript draft (2 folders)

Protect and Defend, authored by Jack Valenti with ghost writing and book doctoring by Max Allan Collins

Correspondence, 1991
Original typescript draft (3 folders)
Incomplete typescript draft
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions, March 1991 (2 folders)

BOX 21

Protect and Defend, authored by Jack Valenti with ghost writing and book doctoring by Max Allan Collins (cont.)

Typescript draft with corrections and revisions, March 1991
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions, August 1991 (3 folders)
Typescript draft of prologue and chapter 5, September 1991

Quarry novels

Notes
Primary Target. Typescript draft with corrections and revisions (2 folders)
Quarry. Typescript draft (2 folders)
Quarry's Cut. Typescript draft (2 folders)
Quarry's Deal
Typescript draft (2 folders)
Printer's typescript with corrections and revisions

Quarry's List. Typescript draft
Quarry's Return. Typescript of book synopsis
Promotional materials
Incomplete fragments

BOX 22

Waterworld, based upon the screenplay by Marc Norman and the story by Peter Rader

Artwork (4 folders)
Correspondence, 1994 -- 1995
Notes
Promotional materials
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions (3 folders)
Second draft typescript (3 folders)
Incomplete page proof, 1995

Waterworld [version of young adult novel] based upon the screenplay by Marc Norman and the story by Peter Rader

First draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript
Incomplete page proof
Page proof revisions with correspondence attached, March 1995

Wynning Streak

Original typescript draft, 1970s
Typescript draft with corrections and revisions
Incomplete fragments of novels

SERIES V: SCREENPLAYS

The Expert

Correspondence, 1993 -- 1994
Notes
Photographs
First draft typescript by Larry Cohen, April 30, 1992

BOX 23

The Expert (cont.)

Second draft typescript by Larry Cohen, July 1, 1992
Third draft typescript by Larry Cohen, March 4, 1993
Typescript of screenplay outline by William Lustig with corrections and revisions, July 7, 1993
Typescript of screenplay outline
Incomplete fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Fifth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Sixth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Seventh draft typescript with corrections and revisions, August 3, 1993
Eighth draft typescript with corrections and revisions, August 9, 1993
Ninth draft typescript with corrections and revisions, August 10, 1993
Tenth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Eleventh draft typescript by Larry Cohen, August 11, 1993
Twelfth draft typescript
Thirteenth draft typescript, August 22, 1993
Fourteenth draft typescript by Larry Cohen, August 25, 1993
Fifteenth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Sixteenth draft typescript
Seventeenth draft typescript by Larry Cohen with corrections and revisions, Sept. 2, 1993
Incomplete eighteenth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Nineteenth draft typescript by Larry Cohen, September 3, 1993
Twentieth draft typescript
Twenty-first draft typescript by Larry Cohen, September 7, 1993
Twenty-second draft typescript, 1994
Twenty-third draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Twenty-fourth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Twenty-fifth draft typescript, April 27, 1994
Incomplete twenty-sixth draft typescript
Incomplete twenty-seventh draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Incomplete twenty-eighth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Incomplete twenty-ninth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Thirtieth draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Thirty-first draft typescript

BOX 24

The Expert (cont.)

Incomplete thirty-second draft typescript, May 31, 1994
Thirty-third draft typescript
Thirty-fourth draft typescript by Larry Cohen and Max Allan Collins, June 15, 1994
Thirty-fifth draft typescript by Larry Cohen and Max Allan Collins
Thirty-sixth draft typescript by Larry Cohen and Max Allan Collins with corrections and revisions, June 24 -- 25, 1994
Incomplete scripts (27 folders)
Actor's resumes
Casting information
Staff and film crew information
Filming schedule
Promotional material

Mommy

Correspondence
First draft typescript with corrections and revisions
Second draft typescript, 1994
Final draft typescript, July 14, 1994
Promotional material

Mommy 2: Mommy's Day

First draft typescript with corrections and revisions, 1996
Second draft typescript with corrections and revisions, February 1996

Spree. Typescript, 1994

Screenplays by others

Daylight by Leslie Bohem
Incomplete typescript, May 1995
Typescript draft with participating writer Kevin Wade, July 1995
Typescript draft with participating writer Kevin Wade, August 1995

The Home Town Friend by Pupi Avati Typescript draft, 1993
I Love Trouble by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer
Original typescript draft with corrections and revisions, November 1992

BOX 25

I Love Trouble by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (cont.)
Typescript draft, August 1993
Final draft typescript, February 1994

In the Line of Fire by Jeff Maguire Typescript, August 1992
It Waits by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi with story by Richard Christian Matheson Typescript draft
Knight Moves II by Karl Stange and Sigrid Ann Davison Typescript draft, January 1994
Maverick by William Goldman Typescript draft, August 18, 1993
The Untouchables by David Mamet Typescript draft, July 22, 1986
Waterworld
Typescript draft by David Twohy, based on original material by Peter Rader, February 1994
Typescript draft by Marc Norman, based on original material by Peter Rader, August 1994

SERIES VI: MICKEY SPILLANE

Essays and articles

"The Critical Heritage" Typescript draft
"Just …Who is Mike Hammer?" Typescript draft
"Mecca Spillane" Incomplete typescript draft
"Mike Hammer, 1980s Style" Incomplete typescript draft
"The Pulps" Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"A Short Psychological Profile of Mike Hammer" Typescript draft
"Tiger Mann" Typescript draft
"Vengeance is Mine: Broadening the Perspective, or the Two Revenges" Typescript draft with revisions, January 1981

Novels

Murder Is My Business editied by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, 1994
Correspondence, 1992 -- 1993
Notes
Submissions
"Angel Face" by Daniel Helpingstine. Typescript draft
"The Bishop and the Hit Man" by Andrew Greeley. Typescript draft
"Can Shoot" by Michael Collins. Typescript draft
"Diver" by James Taylor. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"Easy as Pie" by Arthur Winfield Knight. Typescript draft
"An Eye for Scandal" by Edward D. Hoch. Typescript draft
"Family Values" by Matthew Clemens. Typescript draft
"A Favor for Sam: A 'Nick Delvecchio' Story" by Robert J. Randisi. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"The Girl, the Body, and the Kitchen Sink" by Martin Meyers. Typescript draft
"Hitback: A Joe Hannibal Story" by Wayne D. Dundee. Typescript draft
"Home is the Place Where: A 'Nameless Detective' Story by Bill Ronzini. Typescript draft
"Improvident Express" by Barry N. Malzberg. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"Keller on Horseback" by Lawrence Black. Typescript draft
"Killed in Good Company" by William L. DeAndrea. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"The King of Horror" by Stephen Mertz. Typescript draft
"Lessons" by Jeremiah Healy. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance" by Paul Bishop. Typescript draft
"The Matchstick and the Rubber Band" by Lynn F. Meyers, Jr. Typescript draft
"A Nice Save" by Edward Wellen. Typescript draft
"Nichole: A Matthew Gereghty Story" by Ted Fitzgerald. Typescript draft
"The Night I Died: A Mike Hammer Story" by Mickey Spillane. Typescript draft
"No, I'm Not Jane Marple, But Since You Ask…" by Margaret Maron. Typescript draft
"The Operation" by Henry Slegar. Typescript draft
"Runner and the Deathbringer" by Teri White Typescript draft
"See No Evil" by Barb D'Amato. Typescript draft
"Sideways" by Rex Miller. Typescript draft with holograph revisions
"Snow Birds" by Stuart M. Kaminsky. Typescript draft
"Surrogate" by Ed Gorman. Typescript draft
"Undercover" by Wheat. Typescript draft
"Where Is She? Where Did She Go To?" by Dorothy B. Hughes
Typescript draft
Typescript draft with holograph revisions

"With Anchovies" by John Lutz. Typescript draft
"Without a Trace" by Warren Murphy. Typescript draft with holograph revisions

Incomplete page proof, 1994. Photocopy

One Lonely Knight: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer co-authored by James L. Traylor, 1983
Incomplete typescript draft, 1983
First typescript draft, 1983 (2 folders)
Page proof with holograph revisions (2 folders)

Box 26

Mickey Spillane book reviews by Max Allan Collins

Mickey Spillane film reviews by Max Allan Collins

2001 Addendum

Collins, Max Allan. "Visite á domicile, nouvelle." Mystères 88. Baudou, Jacques, Ed. Librairie Générale Française, 1988, pp. 555 -- 581.

----. "Hausbesuch." Heyne Krimi Jarhresband zum Jubiläumsjahr 1988. Heyne, Wilhelm, Ed. Munich: Verlag GmbH & Co., 1988, pp.

I LoveTrouble. Novelization by Max Allan Collins of a script of a movie by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer based on a novel by Peter Brackett (?). Six copies of the book in different languages. Some of the books are dedicated to Max Allan Collins. All are paperbacks.

A Zúr Bajjaljár. Könyvek, 1994. (Hungarian)

Chinese translation of I Love Trouble. (Chinese)

Problemi di Cuore. Milan: Sperling & Kupfer Editori, 1994. (Italian)

Me Gustan los Lios. Barcelona: Ediciones B, 1994. (Spanish)

I Love Trouble. Nichts Alsärger. Lubbe, 1994. (German)

Sporhundene. Paperback Bogklubben, 1994. (Danish)

2002 Addendum

"Road to Fruition." Des Moines Sunday Register. July 7, 2002, pp. 1E -- 2E.

2005 Addendum

Box 27

Dick Tracy

"Computer Virus Case." Typescript draft. (1- 22, December 26, 1988 – May 22, 1989) (5 folders)

"Death In The Fastlane." Typescript draft. (1 -16, October 28, 1991 - February 3, 1992) (3 folders)

"Dognapper." Typescript draft. s (1-12, April 8 – June 24, 1991) (3 folders)

"Folks Down The Street." Typescript draft. (1- 18, February 17 – June 15, 1992) (4 folders)

"Harvest Of The Homeless." Typescript draft. (1 -17, July 1 -- October 21, 1991) (4 folders)

"House Of Wax." Typescript draft. (1-15, June 5 –September 11, 1989) (3 folders)

"Miss Fortune." Typescript draft. (1 -18, January 29 -- May 28, 1990) (4 folders) 1988) (3 folders)

"The Baby Heist." Typescript draft. (1- 22, April 18 – September 12, 1988) (5 folders)

"The Channeling Of Flattop." (1 -18, June 22 -- October19, 1992) (4 folders

Typescript draft.

Story (1 folder)

"The Kingdom of The Blind." Typescript draft.( 1-22, December 15, 1986 – May 4, 1987) (4 folders)

"The Man of A Million Faces." Typescript draft.( 1-27, October 5, 1987– April 4, 1988) (6 folders)

"The Nightmare Machine." Typescript draft. (1-18, September 25, 1989 – January 22, 1990) (4 folders)

"The Russian Exchange." Typescript draft. (1-24, June 23, 1986 – December 1, 1987) (5 folders)

Box 28

"The Sound of Terror." Typescript draft. ( 1-21, May, 11 – September 28, 1987) (4 folders)

"Tracy In Hollywood." Typescript draft. (1 -20, June 4 - October15, 1990) (4 folders)

"Tracy Meets Little Boy." Typescript draft. (1 -23, October 22, 1990 – March 25, 1991) (5 folders)

Untitled. Typescript draft. (1, April, 11 1988)

Untitled. Typescript draft. (1, May 29, 1989)

Untitled. Typescript draft. (1, September, 18 1989)

Untitled. Typescript draft. (1, April 1, 1991) (1 folder)

Untitled. Typescript draft. (1, February 10, 1992) (1 folder)

Untitled. Typescript draft. ( 1-2, June 9 – June 16, 1986)

Untitled. Typescript draft. ( 1-4, February 3 – Feb.24, 1986)

"Yuppie Murder Case."Typescript draft. (1-14, March 3 – June 2, 1986) (3 folders)

CSI

Bad Rap: Chapter 1 – 5 (5 folders)

Binding Ties (1 folder)

Body of Evidence: chapter 1 – 11 (11 folders)

Demon House: chapter 1 – 5 (5 folders)

Double Dealer: chapter 1-19 (5 folders)

Serial: Chapter 1 - 4 (4 folders)

Miami : (Florida Getaway) Chapter 1 – 12 (12 folders)

Box 29

Miami : (Heat Wave) (Draft) Chapter 1-11 (11 folders)

Miami : (Heat Wave) (Revision) chapter 1 – 11 (11 folders)

Novels

Dark Angel: Skin Game. Chapter 1 – 12 (12 folders)

Road To Purgatory

(Draft)

Introduction (1 folder)

Part 1 (chapter 1 – 6) (6 folders)

Part 2 (chapter 7 – 10) (4 folders)

Part 3 (chapter 11 – 17) (7 folders)

(Revision)

Introduction (1 folder)

Book 1: (Home front War) (chapter 1 – 6) (6 folders)

Book 2 (Looney Days) (chapter 1 – 4) (4 folders)

Book 3 (American Dream) (chapter 1 – 7 (7 folders)

(Imprint of Publisher)

Introduction (1 folder)

Book One: Home Front War (1 folder)

Book Two: Looney Days (1 folder)

Book Three: American Dream (1 folder)

Box 30

The London Blitz Murders. Chapter 1 – 10 (10 folders)

The Lusitania Murders. Chapter 1 – 15 (15 folders`)

The Road To Perdition

Draft

Chapter 1 – 18 (18 folders)

Revision

Chapter 1 – 18 (18 folders)

Imprint

Chapter 1 – 18 (3 folders)

The Scorpion King. Chapter 1 – 14 (14 folders)

Graphic Novels

On the Road Again. Introduction

The Road To Perdition

“Detour “

Part 1 – 3 (4 folders)

Print

Part 1 – 3 (3 folders)

Graphics Batch 1 – 3 (3 folders)

Page 1-13 (2 Copies) (1 folder)

Page 14- 26 (1 folder)

“Oasis “(1 folder)

Graphics (1 folder)

“Sanctuary “

Part 1 – 3 (3 folders)

Video Games

Ballin’ The Jack (1 folder)

Case 1 (Later, Gator) (1 folder)

Case 2, 4 Walk Through (1 folder)

Case 5 (Final judgment) (1 folder)

CSI: Miami-Video Game: #1 Later, Gator (2 copies) (1 folder)

Final Judgment (Case # 5) (1 folder)

The Heat Boat (1 folder)

The Puzzle, The Story: A Stabbing Pain (1 folder)

The puzzle, The Story: An Unbalanced Death (1 folder)

Sunstroke (1 folder)

DVD: REAL TIME.

Seige at Lucas Street Market. Based on the story "Inconvenience Store." Located in Box 27

2010 Addendum

Box 31

Novels

Air Force One

Working Copy (2 folders)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

American Gangster

First Draft (2 folders)

Proofs (1 folder)

Final Manuscript (2 folders)

Angel in Black

Copy Edited Manuscript (3 folders)

Final Manuscript (2 folders)

Antiques Flea Market with Barbara Collins

Proofs (2 folders)

Antiques Maul with Barbara Collins

Proofs (1 folder)

Galleys (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Box 32

Novels (cont.)

Antiques Maul with Barbara Collins (cont.)

Correction Pages (1 folder)

Antiques Roadkill with Barbara Collins

Proof Pages (2 folders)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Black Hats writing as Patrick Culhane

Galleys (2 folders)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

First Pass (2 folders)

Proofs (2 folders)

Box 33

Novels (cont.)

Bombshell with Barbara Collins

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Bones: Buried Deep with Kathy Reichs

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Century of Noir edited by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Chicago Confidential

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Edits from Publisher (1 folder)

Final Draft (2 folders)

Criminal Minds: Finishing School

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Proof Pages (2 folders)

Criminal Minds: Killer Profile

Original Manuscript with Editorial Notes (2 folders)

Proofs (2 folders)

Box 34

Novels (cont.)

CSI: Binding Ties

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

CSI: Body of Evidence

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

CSI: Boot Hill

Galleys (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

CSI: Cold Burn

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

CSI: Florida Getaway

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

CSI: Grave Matters

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

CSI: Imperfect Crimes

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

CSI: Killing Games

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Box 35

Novels (cont.)

CSI: Mortal Wounds

Galleys (3 folders)

CSI: Snake Eyes

Final Pass (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Dark Angel: After the Dark

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Dark Angel: Before the Dawn

Galley Proofs (3 folders)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Deadly Beloved

First Draft Manuscript (1 folder)

Elvgren: His Life and Art with Drake Elvgren

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Flying Blind

Original Manuscript (3 folders)

Box 36

Novels (cont.)

Flying Blind (cont.)

Copy Edited Manuscript (3 folders)

G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Goliath Bone with Mickey Spillane

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Galleys ( 2 folders)

Final Manuscript (2 folders)

The Hindenburg Murders

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

The History of Mystery

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

I-Spy

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

Box 37

Novels (cont.)

A Killing in Comics

Galleys (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

The London Blitz Murders

Corrected Manuscript (1 folder)

The Lusitania Murders

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Majic Man

First Draft (2 folders)

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Original Manuscript (3 folders)

Box 38

Novels (cont.)

Majic Man (cont.)

Working Copy (2 folders)

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Men's Adventure Book located in Oversized Box 1

Mommy

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

Mommy 2: Mommy's Day

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Working Copy (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Final Draft (2 folders)

Ms. Tree with Kirsten Elms

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

The Mummy

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Galleys (1 folder)

The Mummy Returns

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

The Mummy: The Scorpion King

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Box 39

Novels (cont.)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Original Manuscript (2 folders)
Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Correction Pages (1 folder)

Galleys (1 folder)

A Nice Weekend for a Murder

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

NYPD Blue: Blue Beginning

Novel Synopsis (1 folder)

NYPD Blue: Blue Blood

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Galleys (2 folders)

The Pink Panther

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Quarry: The First Quarry

Proofs (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Quarry: The Last Quarry

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Box 40

Novels (cont.)

Quarry: Quarry's Greatest Hits

First Draft (2 folders)

Red Sky in Morning writing as Patrick Culhane

Proofs (2 folders)

Galleys (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

USS Powderkeg Manuscript (3 folders)

Regeneration with Barbara Collins

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Road to Paradise

Galley Proofs (2 folders)

Box 41

Novels (cont.)

Road to Paradise (cont.)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Galleys (2 folders)

Road to Perdition

First Pass (2 folders)

Correction Pages (1 folder)

Edits (1 folder)

Proofs (2 folders)

Road to Purgatory

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Box 42

Novels (cont.)

Saving Private Ryan

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Strip for Murder

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Copy Edited Manuscript (2 folders)

Galleys (1 folder)

The Titanic Murders

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

Copy Edited Manuscript (1 folder)

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Proposal (1 folder)

Two for the Money

Galleys (1 folder)

U.S. Marshals

Working Copy (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

Box 43

Novels (cont.)

The War of the Worlds Murder

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (1 folder)

X-Files

Galley Proofs (1 folder)

X-Files 2

First Draft (1 folder)

Original Manuscript (2 folders)

Graphic Novels

Batman: Child of Dreams

Script (1 folder)

CSI: Bloody Murder

Script (1 folder)

CSI: Serial

Script with Illustrations (2 folders)

Grifter

Script (1 folder)

Road to Perdition

Script (1 folder)

Animation (1 folder)

Short Stories

A Cruise to Forget with Barbara Collins

Flesh and Blood

Mommy

Natural Death Inc.

Unreasonable Doubt

Box 44

Screenplays

Air Force One written by Andrew Marlowe

American Gangster written by Steven Zaillian

Script with Production Photos (2 folders)

I-Spy written by the Wibberley's

Screenplays with Production Photos (2 folders)

Mommy written by Max Allan Collins

Mommy 2: Mommy's Day written by Max Allan Collins

Screenplay and Revisions (2 folders)

The Mummy written by Stephen Sommers

Screenplays with Production Photos (2 folders)

The Mummy Returns written by Stephen Sommers

The Mummy: The Scorpion King written by Jonathan Hales and Stephen Sommers

Screenplay and Revisions (2 folders)

The Pink Panther written by Len Blum, revised by Steve Martin

Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market written by Max Allan Collins

Saving Private Ryan written by Robert Rodat

Spillane written by Max Allan Collins

U-571 written by Jonathan Mostow

Screenplay with Production Photos (1 folder)

U.S. Marshals written by John Pogue

Screenplay with Revisions (2 folders)

Windtalkers written by John Rice and Joe Bateer

2012 Addendum

"Long-lost noir masterpiece finally found." Printout from CNN Living. Concerning the search for, finding of, and publishing of a novel by James M. Cain, The Cocktail Waitress. Cain was still working on this when he died and it was never published. Charles Ardai, who edited it, heard about it from Max Allan Collins.

VII. Series Seven -- Foreign language editions and non-first editions of Collins' work

Box 45

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDITIONS

Baby Blue Rip-Off

French, German, Italian

Bait Money

German, Italian

Blood Money

French, German

Butcher's Dozen

German

Dark City

German

Dying in the Post-War World

French

In the Line of Fire

Danish, German, Hungarian,Italian

Kill Your Darlings

French, German

Midnight Haul

French

Million Dollar Wound

German, Swedish

NYPD Blue episodes

Dutch, French, German

Neon Mirage

Danish, German, Swedish

Nice Weekend for a Murder

German

No Cure For Death

French, German

Quarry's Cut

German

Quarry's List

German

Primary Target

German

Scratch Fever

Spanish

Shroud for Aquarius

French

Spree

Italian

Stolen Away

German, Swedish

Three Tales of Eliot Ness

Czech

Box 46

Three Cases of Nathan Heller

Czech

True Crime

Danish, French, German, Swedish

True Detective

Danish, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, United Kingdom

NON-FIRST EDITIONS

The Big Bang. With Mickey Spillane

Quarry

Quarry in the Middle

Quarry's Cut

Quarry's Deal

Quarry's Ex

Quarry's List

Writing as Patrick Culhane

Black Hats

Red Sky in Morning


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