 Two of the main writers were Norman Worker and Donne Avenell; the latter also co-wrote the novels "The Saint and the Templar Treasure" and the novella collection "Count on the Saint", while Worker contributed to the novella collection "Catch the Saint".A new American comic book series was launched by Moonstone in the summer of 2012, but it never went beyond a single promotional issue "zero".The original Saint novellas first appeared in "The Thriller" (1929–1940), edited by Monty Hayden, a friend of the author, who was sometimes given a thinly disguised role in the early stories.