{"product_id":"the-kolchak-companion-fifty-years-of-night-stalking-9781948986984","title":"The Kolchak Companion: Fifty Years of Night Stalking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Kolchak Companion: 50 Years of Night Stalking \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis the complete history of one of the most influential characters on horror and television, reporter Carl Kolchak. Written by Edgar-nominated Mark Dawidziak, the planet's foremost authority on all things Kolchak, the book charts each incarnation of the character first played by Darren McGavin in The Night Stalker, which set the ratings records for a TV movie when it first aired on January 11, 1972, . A highly rated sequel movie, The Night Strangler, premiered a year later. It was followed by a 20-episode series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which began a one-season run on Friday the 13th, September 1974. The Kolchak movies and series went on to inspire and influence everything from The X-Files, Men in Black and Twin Peaks to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Walking Dead and Supernatural. Featuring several new chapters and interviews, The Kolchak Companion is a greatly expanded and completely revised new version of a book first published as Night Stalking in 1991, then as The Night Stalker Companion in 1997. It includes extensive interviews with McGavin, Kolchak creator Jeff Rice and Night Stalker producer Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows), as well as such other key Kolchak contributors as writers Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Twilight Zone), David Chase (The Sopranos) and Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Dawidziak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Commonwealth Book Company, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948986984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawidziak, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark Dawidziak is the author or editor of about 25 books, including The Columbo Phile: A Casebook and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the The Twilight Zone, his lighthearted 2017 tribute to Rod Serling's classic anthology series. The greatly expanded, completely revised The Kolchak Companion is the third version of his history of the iconic character, following Night Stalking: A 20th Anniversary Kolchak Companion (1991) and The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute (1997). His 2023 biography, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, was nominated for numerous awards, including an Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award. He also is an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar, and five of his books are about the iconic American writer. He spent 43 years as a television, film and theater critic at such newspapers as the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. His work on the horror side of the street also includes the novel Grave Secrets, The Bedside, Bathtub \u0026amp; Armchair Companion to Dracula, short stories, and comic book scripts. He lives in Ohio.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark Dawidziak \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840886059165,"sku":"9781948986984","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6720a0b1-e8d7-4bce-8fbc-5c2f2ca2b831.jpg?v=1787727799","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-kolchak-companion-fifty-years-of-night-stalking-9781948986984","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}