The Night Stalker and the The Night Strangler by Richard Matheson
The Night Stalker, Pocket Books, 1973
The Kolchak Papers is a horror novel by Jeff Rice (b. 1944), finished in October 1970. It was still unpublished when Richard Matheson (1926–2013) adapted the story for a TV audience as The Night Stalker. The movie first aired on ABC on January 11, 1972. A year later, on January 16, 1973, a sequel titled The Night Strangler followed.
Pocket Books published tie-in paperbacks for both. The original screenplay earned Matheson an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Both covers feature Gonzales Flair as the title typeface. Additional text is set in Akzidenz-Grotesk schmal fett on the first volume. For the second one, Pocket Books switched to the similar Helvetica schmalfett.
The Night Strangler, Pocket Books, 1974
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Contender for longest shade?! Note how the baseline silhouette with descending bits is echoed at the bottom of the shadow block.