The Saint Archives

The Saint (Avon, 1948-1949)
Avon Publications' Joseph Myers had been in the business of publishing paperback editions of Leslie Charteris's highly successful The Saint book series for years when he wrote Charteris about the idea of a comic book featuring the character in 1944.  While Myers, mindful of wartime paper regulations, pitched the title as a potential quarterly in[...]
Silver Streak Comics #19 (Lev Gleason, 1942) featuring The Saint.
Publisher Lev Gleason apparently had a lot riding on the appearance of The Saint in the company's early-days flagship title Silver Streak Comics.  In an editorial in issue #20 of that series, he noted, "I have spared no expense to give you the very best We lead off in this issue with The Saint by[...]
Silver Streak Comics #18 (Lev Gleason, 1942)
Publisher Lev Gleason apparently had a lot riding on the appearance of The Saint in the company's early-days flagship title Silver Streak Comics.  In an editorial in issue #20 of that series, he noted, "I have spared no expense to give you the very best We lead off in this issue with The Saint by[...]
The Saint #4 (Avon, 1948) cover art by Matt Baker.
Avon Publications' Joseph Myers had been in the business of publishing paperback editions of Leslie Charteris's highly successful The Saint book series for years when he wrote Charteris about the idea of a comic book featuring the character in 1944.  While Myers, mindful of wartime paper regulations, pitched the title as a potential quarterly in[...]
Chris Pine attends the UK Premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness, courtesy of Twocoms and Shutterstock.com.
The star has signed on to star in a reboot of The Saint, which is another attempt by the studio to launch the property as a franchise There was previously a 1960's show and a 1997 film that starred Val Kilmer Chris Pine and Paramount, of course, have worked together over the last decade as[...]
"Rocketman" Director Dexter Fletcher to Helm"Sherlock Holmes 3"
Drawing praises for his last two biopics from Rocketman (2019) and uncredited work on Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), director Dexter Fletcher look to make another relic new again with The Saint Based on the Leslie Charteris novels, The Saint follows the adventures as Simon Templar (aka The Saint), a Robin Hood-type criminal and thief for hire. Editorial[...]
Paul Darrow, Star of 'Blake's 7', Passes Away Aged 78
McShane starred in the British crime comedy series Lovejoy and is now most famous for playing Wednesday on American Gods and Al Swearengen on Deadwood. Paul Darrow Never Stopped Working Apart from Blake's 7, Darrow appeared in over 200 TV shows in Britain, including Z Cars, The Saint, Emmerdale, Holyoaks, Doctor Who (both in the 1970s and[...]
Taking Confession: Join Our 'Preacher' Episode 11 LIVE-BLOG!
211 (https://youtu.be/cOe38ehNT-g?list=PLP63B9XPsQt1jbO7fNRjcdUIWkIuGF6d1) "The mission begins to alienate Tulip and Cassidy; Tulip receives advice about her relationship with Jesse; Cassidy begins to doubt Denis." ● This page should update…but just to be on the safe side I strongly suggest you refresh every now and then to make sure because I've been known to ramble often and quickly. ● If[...]
Paramount Gets Rights To Reboot The Saint
And that is a good thing for fans of Simon Templar, better known as The Saint According to Deadline, Paramount has secured the rights to bring the charismatic hero back to the big screen. The history of the Saint is rather interesting He started off as a series of novels by Leslie Charteris from 1928 to 1963[...]
The Saint And Jack Hagee Back In Action At Moonstone
Moonstone Books has announced the return of the Saint in his first graphic novel and a return to print for CJ Henderson's Jack Hagee. The Saint: The Man Who Was Clever is written by Leslie Charteris and Mel Odom with art by David Bryant It will be 80 pages long and released as a hardcover. "Adventure came[...]