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Mullaney is a Shamus Award-nominated author of over 50 books, as well as comics, short stories and novellas. His work has been published by New American Library, Gold Eagle/Harlequin, Marvel Comics, Tor and Moonstone Books. He was co-writer with Jim Uhls (Fight Club) the screenplay to the
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released the first three works in paperback. The next three paperbacks were released in 2022. The seventh issue,
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is an adventure series centering on
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in 2013. They are all available in paperback. A sixth Banyon,
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Mullaney's second series surrounds the comic adventures of
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365:The Destroyer 122: Syndication Rites
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