Kastle, Herbert D.
Herbert D(avid) Kastle
The Who's Who entry reads:
CASTLE, HERB ......Name and vital stats ......CASTLE, HERB (writer) ............DELL PUBLICATIONS ..................BRAIN BOY (wr/) 1962-64 ............WESTERN PUBLISHING ..................MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER (wr/) 1966-67 in #13-15,17
The name is incorrect, and should read:
Kastle, Herbert D(avid) [11 July 1924, Brooklyn, New York - 19 October 1987]
I suspect the name was taken from an oral interview with either Gil Kane or Frank Springer, the Brain Boy artists, as the first print version of the Who's Who [The Who's Who of American Comic Books: Volume 1 by Jerry G. Bails, Hames Ware (1973)] says explicitly that Brain Boy is his "only known comic book credit". The Magnus credit, similarly, may have come from a Russ Manning, Don Christenson, Eric Friewald, Richard Kyle or other interview.
Using the sources listed at the end, this is Kastle's professional career, listed chronologically. Ecept as noted, these are all print stories, in English:
1924 Birthdate: 11 July 1924, Brooklyn, New York 1955 Texas Rangers January, 1955: Stupid Ox If February 1955: The York Problem Ranch Romances (Best Books Inc.) February 25, 1955: Bride of Treachery Double Action Western March, 1955: The Wide Loop Ranch Romances (Best Books Inc.) Apr #1 1955: Blood Dream If May 1955: The Outer Quiet Texas Rangers June, 1955: The Slow Draw Amazing Detective Stories (Non-Pareil Publishing) July, 1955 (Harry Widmer, editor): Drifter Startling Stories Spring 1955: Workin' of the Green Triple Western Summer, 1955: Double Trouble Startling Stories Summer, 1955: Non-Bursting Bubbles Startling Stories Summer, 1955: The Hot Spot Startling Stories Fall, 1955: What's New Under the Sun NOTE: Startling Stories editor, 2 issues, Summer 1955 and Fall 1955 Argosy November, 1955: ?? Male November, 1955: I Used to Have Guts Texas Rangers December, 1955: The Enemies ............reprinted Jim Hatfield Texas Ranger Summer 1958 ............reprinted Bar6 Roundup of Best Western Stories: Volume 6; edited by Scott Meredith (PermaBook, 1957) Stories Annual v1 #1 1955: King Lode Revisited 1956 Texas Rangers January, 1956: The Last Hostile Manhunt (Flying Eagle Publications) February, 1956: ?? Real March, 1956: The Big Ride 1957 Short Stories March, 1957: By the Shores of the Lake Sure-Fire Detective Magazine April, 1957: I, the Condemned! One Thing on My Mind (Popular Library #823, 1957; Grafton, 1986) 1958 Keys to Seven Rooms (W. H. Allen, London, 1958) Koptic Court (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1958; Mayflower, 1975) 1959 Bachelor Summer (Avon # T-355, 1959; Grafton Books, London, 1986) Camera (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959; Bantam Books # F 2133, New York, 1960; W. H. Allen, London, 1960) 1960 Mermaid Magazine 1960: Volume 2 Number 2: ?? 1961 Trapped Detective Story Magazine May 1961: Don’t Say I’m Crazy Galaxy Magazine June 1961: Breakdown Manhunt June, 1961: Lady Killer Analog Science Fact -> Fiction July 1961: The First One The World They Wanted (St. Martin's Press, 1961; Avon, 1972; Mayflower, 1975) Countdown to Murder (Crest Books #S491, 1961; Grafton, 1978; Granada, 1978) Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #3 (Pocket Books Inc., 1961): Game ............reprinted American Pulp (Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1997) 1962 The Gent (Excellent Publications) February, 1962, Volume 6, Number 3; Nat Lehrman, editor): Vengeance Four Color (Dell) #1330 (April-June 1962): Brain Boy: Brain Boy (32 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #2 (July-September 1962): Brain Boy: Pirates of the Air (27 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #2 (July-September 1962): Mr. Ozymandias: The Strange Mr. Ozymandias (4 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #3 (December 1962-February 1963): Brain Boy: The Frozen Monster (27 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #3 (December 1962-February 1963): Mr. Ozymandias: The Strange Mr. Ozimandias (4 pages) Best Detective Stories of the Year, 17th Annual Collection; Brett Halliday, editor (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962): ?? 1963 Amazing Stories December 1963: The God on the 36th Floor ............reprinted The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told No 2 (Ultimate, 1966) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #4 (March-May 1963): Brain Boy: The Time Robber (27 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #5 (June-August 1963): Brain Boy: The Metal People (27 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #5 (June-August 1963): Mr. Ozymandias: The Strange Mr. Ozymandias (4 pages) Comic Book - Brain Boy (Dell) #6 (September - November 1963): Brain Boy: The Mindless Ones (27 pages) 1964 The Reassembled Man (Fawcett Gold Medal, #L1494, 1964; Eclipse Books, 1970) Cover: Frank Frazetta 1965 Hot Prowl (Fawcett Gold Medal, #d1591, 1965) 1966 Comic Book - Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #13 (February 1966): Magnus, Robot Fighter: The Evil Ark of Dr Noel (24 pages) ............Reprinted Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #34 (February 1973) ............Reprinted Vintage Magnus Robot Fighter (Acclaim) #3 (March 1992) Comic Book - Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #14 (May 1966): Magnus, Robot Fighter: The Monster Robs (24 pages) ............Reprinted Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #31 (April 1972) Comic Book - Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #15 (August 1966): Magnus, Robot Fighter: The Weird World of Mogul Badur (24 pg) ............Reprinted Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #30 (February 1972) 1967 Comic Book - Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #17 (February 1967): Magnus, Robot Fighter: The Deadly Peril From Sirius (24 pages) ............Reprinted Magnus, Robot Fighter (Gold Key) #40 (August 1975) TV - Bonanza episode: Black Friday (22 January 1967) 1968 The Movie Maker (Geis, 1968; Dell #5866, 1969; Grafton, London, 1970) 1969 Miami Golden Boy (Bernard Geis, 1969; W. H. Allen, London, 1970; Avon #W253, 1971; Granada, London, 1982) 1972 Millionaires (W.H.Allen, 1972; Dell, 1973; Grafton, 1974) 1973 Little Love (W. H. Allen, London, 1973; Grafton, London, 1974, 1986; Granada, 1982) Ellie; A Novel (Delacorte Press, 1973; Dell, 1974) 1975 Cross-country (Delacorte Press, 1975; Dell 4585, 1975, 1984; W. H. Allen, London, 1975; Mayflower, 1977, 1985) ............The first book in the Detective Sgt. Roersch trilogy Edward Berner Is Alive Again! (Prentice-Hall Inc. 1975) ............reissued The Three Lives of Edward Berner (Howard & Wyndham, 1975; W.H. Allen, London, 1976; Mayflower, 1978) 1976 The Gang (Dell, 1976; W. H. Allen, London, 1977; Grafton, 1978) ............The second book in the Detective Sgt. Roersch trilogy. 1977 Death Squad (Dell, 1977) ............The third book in the Detective Sgt. Roersch trilogy 1979 Hit Squad (Granada, 1979; HarperCollins, 1979; Panther, 1984; Grafton, 1988) 1980 Ladies of the Valley (Arbor House, 1979; Dell, 1980) Dirty Movies (W. H. Allen, 1979; Mayflower, 1980) Sunset People (Jove Books, 1980) David's War (W H Allen, 1982; Granada, 1983) Movie - Cross Country (1983) (based on the novel Cross-Country) 1987 Died: 19 October 1987
Sources: http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-21/news/mn-9806_1_suspense-novels http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440979/ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Herbert%20D.%20Kastle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startling_Stories http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Startling_Stories http://www.LOC.gov http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3243338A/Herbert_Kastle http://www.comics.org http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s1425.htm#A49712