The Kolchak Companion
Fifty Years of Night Stalking
$49.14
- Paperback
502 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2026
Summary
The Kolchak Companion: 50 Years of Night Stalking is 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 sequ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781948986984 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1948986981 |
| Author: | Mark Dawidziak |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth Book Company, Inc. |
| Imprint: | Commonwealth Book Company, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 502 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 662g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Mark Dawidziak
Mark Dawidziak is the author or editor of about 25 books, including:
- The Columbo Phile: A Casebook
- Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the The Twilight Zone (2017) - A tribute to Rod Serling’s classic anthology series.
- The Kolchak Companion - 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).
- A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe (2023) - Nominated for an Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award.
Dawidziak is also an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar, with five of his books dedicated to the iconic American writer. He spent 43 years as a television, film, and theater critic for newspapers such as the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
His other works include the novel Grave Secrets, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula, short stories, and comic book scripts.
He lives in Ohio.
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