Jimmy Christopher was a secret agent, codenamed “Operator No. 5”, for United States Intelligence, and starred in a number of fast paced stories revolving around America’s enemies, who pledged war, death, and bloody destruction against the nation. The enemies were many, but often from countries with fictional names. The colour themes of the enemy nations probably come from War Plan Red where America considered a war against Britain and other countries some years earlier. The Operator #5 magazine ran for 48 issues, from April 1934 to November 1939. Within the world of the series, America was still beset by the Great Depression. Christopher often bore two trademarks: a skull ring (with a tiny capsule of a deadly poison gas inside which could kill a large auditorium full of people) and a rapier which was kept curled inside his belt. He was aided by a number of people in the various wars: Diane Elliot, his girlfriend; Tim Donovan, who quickly grew from a youngster who Christopher had saved from great poverty to a two-fisted young man; Nan Christopher, his twin sister; John Christopher, his father who was a retired operative known as Q-6 who after his last case ended up with a bullet near his heart; Washington Chief of Intelligence Z-7; and friend “Slips” McGuire, among many others, some of whom gave their lives for America.
Appearance List Pulp: Operator #5 magazine – 48 total issues from Vol. 1 No. 1 (April 1934) → Vol. 10 No. 4 (November 1939). Collected in paperback: The Army of the Dead (Corinth CR120, 1966), Master of Broken Men (Corinth CR128, 1966), Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (Corinth, 1966).
Sample Read “Raiders of the Red Death” in Operator #5 (December 1935) [PGAU]
Description Jimmy Christopher was a secret agent, codenamed “Operator No. 5”, for United States Intelligence, and starred in a number of fast paced stories revolving around America’s enemies, who pledged war, death, and bloody destruction against the nation. The enemies were many, but often from countries with fictional names. The colour themes of the enemy nations probably come from War Plan Red where America considered a war against Britain and other countries some years earlier. The Operator #5 magazine ran for 48 issues, from April 1934 to November 1939. Within the world of the series, America was still beset by the Great Depression. Christopher often bore two trademarks: a skull ring (with a tiny capsule of a deadly poison gas inside which could kill a large auditorium full of people) and a rapier which was kept curled inside his belt. He was aided by a number of people in the various wars: Diane Elliot, his girlfriend; Tim Donovan, who quickly grew from a youngster who Christopher had saved from great poverty to a two-fisted young man; Nan Christopher, his twin sister; John Christopher, his father who was a retired operative known as Q-6 who after his last case ended up with a bullet near his heart; Washington Chief of Intelligence Z-7; and friend “Slips” McGuire, among many others, some of whom gave their lives for America.
