THE ENFORCER
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Full Name: |
Alex Jason |
Series Name: |
The Enforcer |
Nationality: |
American |
Organization: |
John Anryn Institute |
Occupation |
Agent |
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Creator: |
Andrew Sugar
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Time Span: |
1973 - 1975 |
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ABOUT THE SERIES
Alex Jason, aka The Enforcer, is an agent with the John Anryn Institute.
That is a "think tank" funded by a group of wealthy individuals determined to make a difference and not worried about laws or scruples or countries while doing so. They also have one heck of a scientific breakthrough which they use to help their agents keep on going.
Jason, when we meet him at the beginning of the first recorded adventure, is an author in his late 30's and not likely to get any older. Dying and in a lot of pain from advanced cancer, he knows the end is near and there is nothing he can do to stop it. Then a hologram appears before him and offers him a chance to keep living, in a way and Jason did not need much time to think about it.
The technology is the new science of cloning and the Institute's leading scientist has made advances that are spectacular. From a few cells he can grow a new adult body in very short order. Then, using a different incredible invention, the brainwaves of a person can be infused or transmitted or whatever - placed into the clone which, naturally enough being so brand new has no memories of its own. Suddenly the patient is fully alive inside the new form.
Jason's hopes were fulfilled and suddenly he was inside a new body, cancer and pain free, and in the peak of condition, able to pay the Institute back for its gift by handling missions for it. And if his new body should become severely injured or maimed, there was always another body to shift into. Two little problems existed, though.
The first was that after around 90 days, the clone body started to, well, melt. Getting back to base to pop over to a new clone became rather time sensitive.
The second was that, apparently, each transfer diminished ever so smally the brain power of transferee so this was not really a ticket to immortality but rather just a prolonging of the inevitable.
Still, for a dying man, two or three years filled with adventure, challenge, booze, and the opposite sex was pretty good deal.
BOOKS
Number of Books: | 6 |
First Appearance: | 1973 |
Last Appearance: | 1975 |
The publishing house of Lancer was doing a very good job of filling the paperback turnstyles with titles in all genres, horror, gothic, mystery, and espionage. It was this publisher that released the first four of the Enforcer adventures, taking an approach with the covers that neared those of Pinnacle (of Executioner and Destroyer fame).
Then came a two year gap and suddenly Manor Books has acquired the rights to the series, reprinted them with new covers, and then added two more stories to the mix. Naturally, something would go wrong and that something was denoting the order of things. Namely, they didn't do it right. 1-3 were okay but then #4 as re-released as #6. Then what I consider #5 and the real #6 came out without a number so deciding what was the right order was possible only through the plot context.
I want to thank the terrific people at and for providing far better synopses of the books than I give here. I read the first 3 back when they came out and collected the other three but never reading them. Both these sites helped jog my memory and fill in the missing pieces. Both sites are dynamite.
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Caribbean Kill
aka The Enforcer
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1973
Alex Jason, the Enforcer, is directed by his new bosses to head to Cuba and, using some powerful laser weaponry, destroy the oil wells there to spur economic ruin to help spark revolution to pull down the current government.
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Calling Doctor Kill!
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1973
The genius behind the mind transference that enables Alex Jason, the Enforcer, to stay alive, Dr. Rosegold, is in a coma in a hospital held hostage by the Syndicate. Jason's job is to infiltrate that facility, find and then rescue the doctor. To do this he must impersonate being a physician.
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Kill City
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1973
Alex Jason, the Enforcer, was on his own time minding his own business when he was mugged. Coming to his rescue were members of a vigilante group called The Patrol and before Jason knows it, the mugger suddenly commits suicide. When Jason tells the Institute about this, they want to know why the mugger and other criminals are killing themselves in that city.
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Kill Deadline!
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1973
The Calendar Killer is assassinating a wealthy man on the 10th of each month. The Institute really wants to know why and to stop him so Alex Jason, the Enforcer, is given the case. To accomplish the mission, Jason takes the clone body of the next man expected to be the target.
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Bio Blitz!
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1975
The archenemy of Alex Jason, the Enforcer, and the Institute he works for, Lockner, has come up with yet another scheme to destroy his enemy. This one involves a two-prong approach. The first is an infestation of mutated insects and the second is using a band of radical feminists who know how to use a gun.
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Steel Trap
Written by Andrew Sugar
Copyright: 1975
The remnants of Lockner's organization are still quite active and Alex Jason, the Enforcer, is sent to shut them down. This will entail breaking into a maximum security prison to break out a paralyzed inmate who knows all the names.
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