Death's Deputy

Death's Deputy
Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author(s)	L. Ron Hubbard
Cover artist	Lou Goldstone
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date	1948
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	167
ISBN	NA
OCLC Number	1132496

Death's Deputy is a fantasy novel by author L. Ron Hubbard. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 700 copies. The novel originally appeared in the February 1940 issue of the magazine Unknown.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns a man who is unnaturally accident-prone.

Publication history

• 1940, USA, Unknown, Pub date February 1940, Magazine
• 1948, USA, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. OCLC 1132496, Pub date 1948, Hardback, first book publication
• 1951, France, Hachette Livre, Pub date 1951, Hardback, as Le Bras de la mort
• 1954, Italy, Urania 37, Pub date 1951, Hardback, as L'uomo che no poteva morire
• 1971, USA, Leisure Books OCLC 2907011, Paperback

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 269. 
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 232. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.