Lone Wolf was the nick of Michael Lanyard, created by Louis Joseph Vance. Lanyard was a jewel thief who turned private investigator.

The TV series was also known as Streets of Danger and starred Louis Hayward as The Lone Wolf. There were 39 episodes of The Lone Wolf also a radio show, lots of movies and 8 novels as well as a comic.

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