Author Mickey Spillane, the undisputed master of hard-boiled detective fiction, passed away earlier this week at age 88. Of all his literary creations, perhaps none are more memorable than Mike Hammer the cynical, brutal, womanizing private dick who brawled his way across the pages of 13 novels, and appeared in countless television shows and movies.

I can't think of a better way to pay homage to the sway that Spillane's words still hold over me than to offer up this Noir-meets-Knights-Templar takeoff on the life of Our Blessed Savior, written by Alan Scott and Yours Truly long before the Da Vinci Code became a mediocre novel and a bad film.

[Link: Two-Fisted Jesus Tales]

P.S. and while you're at it, take a gander at the oh-so fine Unoffical Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer Site [Link] and the site that pays tribute to the greatest Mike Hammer of them all, the Meeker Museum [Link].