| Two authors of what you would call dime store | | | | street people as clients. In most cases Hammer is |
| detective novels are Sir Author Conan Doyle | | | | hired as a favor to someone(no fees involved) |
| creator of the famous Sherlock Holmes and | | | | but sometimes even he gets paid. |
| Micky Splaine's Mike Hammer. These writers born | | | | Sherlock Holmes is very methodical. Every thing |
| many years apart and on different continents | | | | he does, he does for a reason. Whether he |
| were seemingly of the same caliber. However, | | | | dresses like a street urchin getting information |
| where Splaine's character is crude and sometimes | | | | about a crime being planned or tracking down |
| barbaric, Doyle's subject is cold, calculating, and | | | | priceless gemstone after the fact. Holmes rarely |
| decisive. | | | | ever carries a firearm although he leaves that up |
| The two detectives, Sherlock Holmes and Mike | | | | to his assistant Dr. Watson to carry a 38 caliber |
| Hammer, have very distinct yet different | | | | revolver. Mike Hammer, on the other hand has a |
| methods of operation. At the end of the case, | | | | 45 Colt Automatic, his favorite weapon of choice. |
| they almost always get their man. However, they | | | | His assistant is his secretary, Thelma. Hammer is |
| don't always get their woman. | | | | not doing his job if he is not knocked out at least |
| Most of the time, the clients usually come to the | | | | once on a case. Unlike Holmes, Hammer usually |
| flat or office of these fine detectives. The flat of | | | | stumbles his way into solving his case. |
| 21 Baker Street is where none other than The | | | | In the end, either by design or accident Sherlock |
| Great Sherlock Holmes resides. Where as, Mike | | | | Holmes and Mike Hammer always gets their man, |
| Hammer does business in a dingy office in the city | | | | but not always their woman. Hammer has the |
| of ...... He lives in an even more dingy apartment. | | | | elusive red head he is always searching for but |
| The clients of Sherlock Holmes are a curious lot. | | | | never seems to catch. Holmes had a little old lady |
| He has had cases involving Shoeshine Boys, | | | | slips his grasp while he was tending to a injured |
| Lawyers, Scholars,and even Royalty. Mr Holmes | | | | leg from a bicycle accident. |
| has been paid in cash money, jewels, and once in | | | | To be sure, with these two sleuths, there is |
| stocks. Mike Hammer on the other hand, gets | | | | adventure and intrigue ahead. As Holmes says, |
| drug dealers, mobsters, strippers, and other | | | | "The game is afoot. |