Jeffrey Lord

Not one writer but a shared mask — the house name behind a globe-trotting, dimension-hopping pulp hero.

"Jeffrey Lord" was a publishing house name rather than a single person, used for the long-running Richard Blade adventure series produced for Pinnacle Books between 1969 and 1984. Several authors wrote under the byline — most notably Manning Lee Stokes, who launched it, and Roland J. Green, who wrote the bulk of the run — so the name on the cover represents a collaborative pulp franchise.

The Richard Blade books send their MI6-agent hero through experimental technology into strange parallel dimensions, where he battles his way across exotic worlds before returning home. Think James Bond crossed with sword-and-planet adventure: brisk, lurid, escapist, and unapologetically pulp.

Expect fast-moving dimensional adventure in the classic paperback mode — just remember the byline is a banner over many hands, not one author's body of work. The series is a fun pick for readers who enjoy old-school sword-and-planet thrills, and the individual book pages are the best guide to each particular outing.