The_Adventures_of_Jimmie_Dale_吉米历险记

作者：Frank L. Packard

播音：Maire Rhode

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FrankLuciusPackard(February2,1877–February17,1942)wasaCanadiannovelistborninMontreal,Quebec.HeworkedasacivilengineerontheCanadianPacificRailway.Helaterwroteaseriesofmysterynovels,themostfamousofwhichfeaturedacharactercalledJimmieDale.JimmieDaleisawealthyplayboybyday,withaHarvardeducationandmembershiptoNewYorkCity’sultra-exclusiveprivateclubSt.James.ButatnightheputsonacostumeandbecomesTheGreySeal,whoentersbusinessesorhomesandcrackssafes,alwaysleavingadiamondshaped,greypaper"seal"behindtomarkhisconquest,butnevertakinganything.Hewasjustdoingitfor"thesheerdeviltryofit"atfirst,butwhenawomancatcheshim,sheblackmailshimtowaroncertaincrimeorganizations.JimmieDale/TheGreySealisoftencreditedwithgreatlyinfluencingandpopularizinglaterpulpandcomicbookheroes.Thefoppishplayboy-by-day-crimefighter-by-nightroutinehadaprecursorinTheScarletPimpernel,butitwasJimmieDalethatbroughttheideaintoacontemporarysettingandaddedtheideaofacostumeandmaskforhissecretidentity,servingasapossibleinfluenceforcharacterslikeZorroandTheShadow.Healsoestablishedtheconceptofahero'ssecrethideoutorlair,TheSanctuary,aprecersoroftheBatcaveortheFortressofSolitude.