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Publishing: Author William Murray Graydon achieves a 'double' by having written 100 stories in the UNION JACK and 100 in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY. Rex Hardinge makes his debut as a Blake author. Charles Wrexe Hardinge was born in India in 1904. He settled in England shortly before the First World War and later joined the army, only to be invalided out in the early 1920s. Hardinge then moved to South Africa where he worked on an orange plantation. That is where he wrote his first Sexton Blake story, which proved an instant hit. He carried on writing while travelling back to India then, around 1929, moved back to England to be a full-time author. He created Slim Corrigan and took over Sir Richard Losely and Lobangu after the death of Cecil Hayter. During the Second World War Hardinge was parachuted into China. His action-packed life continued into his later years, when he was in the news headlines after helping to capture an escaped convict on Dartmoor. He died in Dawlish, Devon, in October 1988. Blake: THE MAN WHO WALKED BY NIGHT reinforces the fact that Blake lives on Baker Street West (rather than North, as is stated elsewhere). It also reveals that he has an African Agent named Frank Schulyer. In THE GREAT BUDGET CONSPIRACY, we learn that Mrs. Bardell has a sister named Mary Ann Cluppins, the widow of a water rate collector of Bermondsey, William Cluppins. | |
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THE BOYS' REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE · 3rd series · Issue 25 · 7/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROVERS (part 8) by C. Malcom Hincks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: My copy is missing all the pages apart from the Sexton Blake story. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE · 3rd series · Issue 26 · 14/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROVERS (part 9) by C. Malcom Hincks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE · 3rd series · Issue 27 · 21/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROVERS (part 10) by C. Malcom Hincks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: My copy is missing all the pages apart from the Sexton Blake story. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE · 3rd series · Issue 28 · 28/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROVERS (part 11) by C. Malcom Hincks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: My copy is missing all the pages apart from the Sexton Blake story. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE · 3rd series · Issue 29 · 4/2/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROVERS (part 12) by C. Malcom Hincks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: My copy is missing all the pages apart from the Sexton Blake story. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 125 · Jan. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BOX OF DOOM by Anon. (Donald Stuart) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Only a Pro by Anon.; Sealed Secrets (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 126 · Jan. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE TWO BLACKMAILED MEN by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Mysterious Missing Missing Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 127 · Jan. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE ISLE OF FORTUNE by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Dr. Ferraro. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 128 · Jan. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE PORTUGUESE GIANTESS by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Racing for Wealth (article) Notes: Story features George Marden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 129 · Feb. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ADVENTURE OF THE BOGUS SHEIK by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Sheik At Home (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 130 · Feb. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF MONTE CARLO by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 131 · Feb. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE WEST-END HAIRDRESSER by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Hoaxing Stunts (article) Notes: Story features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 672 (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 132 · Feb. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE MONASTERY by Anon. (S. G. Shaw) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features The Moonslayer. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 133 · Mar. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE MYSTERY CHAMPION by Anon. (Arthur Steffens) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 134 · Mar. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE VICTIM OF BLACK MAGIC by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 135 · Mar. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE DOCTOR WHO WOULDN'T TELL by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 136 · Mar. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAN ON BAIL by Anon. (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: On Bail (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 137 · Apr. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN FROM AUSTRALIA by Anon. (F. A. Symonds) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Diamond Cut Diamond (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 138 · Apr. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TRAIL OF THE POISON GANG by Anon. (Lester Bidston) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Poison Crimes (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 139 · Apr. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN CHALICE by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 140 · Apr. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE RUN-AWAY CAR by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Car Thief (article) Notes: Story features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 141 · May 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF MITCHAM COMMON by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Unknown THE FIGURE IN BLACK! by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: None Other content: A Rogue's "Love" (article) Notes: Main story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 142 · May 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ADVENTURE OF SPEED MAD CAMDEN by Anon. (Andrew Murray) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones THE MISSING SECURITIES by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: None Other content: Inventions Swindles (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 143 · May 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE PHANTOM PLAGUE by Anon. (Donald Stuart) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 144 · May 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE BOGUS MONK by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Capital Punishment (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer. This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 687 (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 145 · Jun. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE REJUVENATED MILLIONAIRE by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Miracles (article) Notes: This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 692 (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 146 · Jun. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MONOMARK MYSTERY by Anon. (Lewis Carlton) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Secret Correspondence (article) Notes: 'Gripping Detective Adventure in London and the Chinese Dens of Liverpool.' Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 147 · Jun. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RUBBER SMUGGLERS by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Rubber Ructions (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 693 (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 148 · Jun. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF CROCODILE CREEK by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Roaming Crooks (article) Notes: 'Vivid Mystery and Stirring Adventure in London and the Nigerian Protectorate.' Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 149 · Jul. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d KING OF THE UNDERWORLD by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Mechanical Crook-Catchers (article) Notes: Story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 150 · Jul. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE RUSSIAN REFUGEES by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Forged Passports (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 151 · Jul. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FUR RAIDERS by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 700 (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 152 · Jul. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF SHERWOOD TOWERS by Anon. (Donald Stuart) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Shadow of Death by Anon.; Solved After Many Years (article) Notes: This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 714 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 153 · Aug. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ADVENTURE OF THE VOODOO QUEEN by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Queen of Crooks (article) Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer and Marie Galante. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 154 · Aug. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ROGUE OF AFGHANISTAN by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Keeping the Khyber Pass (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 155 · Aug. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE SHOT P. C. by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Police Perils (article) Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. This was reprinted as THE CASEOF THE SHOT P. C. which appeared in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 703 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 156 · Aug. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE AFFAIR OF THE CROOK EXPLORER by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Expedition Swindles (article) Notes: Story features Dr. Ferraro. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 157 · Sep. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM BLACKMAILER by Anon. (Donald Stuart) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 158 · Sep. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TERROR OF GOLD-DIGGER CREEK by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Papuan Gold (article) Notes: This was reprinted as THE MYSTERY OF GOLD DIGGER CREEK in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 707 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 159 · Sep. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE MILLION POUND BET by Anon. (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Fortunes From Betting (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 160 · Sep. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE FATAL TAXICAB by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Taxi-Cab Mysteries (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 161 · Oct. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d CROOKS IN CLOVER by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Luxury and Crime (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 162 · Oct. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE MANDARIN'S IDOL by Anon. (R. M. Graydon) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Genius Misdirected (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 163 · Oct. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE 'FLYING-SQUAD' TRAGEDY by Anon. (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Flying Squad (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 164 · Oct. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE JACK OF CLUBS by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Fatal Card (article) Notes: Story features Splash Page. This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 728 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 165 · Nov. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE EIGHTH MILLIONAIRE by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Greed of Gold by Anon.; The Men With Millions (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 718 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 166 · Nov. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED SURGEON by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Medical Rogues (article) Notes: Story features Dr. Ferraro. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 167 · Nov. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE GREEN LAGOON by Anon. (Andrew Murray) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Under the Sea (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 168 · Nov. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE AFFAIR OF THE RIVAL CINEMA KINGS by Anon. (Walter Shute) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Film War (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 169 · Dec. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE DESERTER OF THE FOREIGN LEGION by Anon. (William Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Foreign Legion (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 170 · Dec. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TRAIL OF DOOM by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Tragic Spells (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 171 · Dec. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE CRIMSON CONJURER by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Crook's Red Herring (article) Notes: My copy is missing its cover. This was reprinted as THE CONSULTING ROOM MYSTERY in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 726 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 172 · Dec. 1928 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF THE GARAGE by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: The Motor Pest (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,264 · 7/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TREASURE OF THE 'ISABELLA' by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Dead Man's Rock by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,265 · 14/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BLACK CLOUD by Anon. (Rex Hardinge) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Dead Man's Rock by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Notes: Story takes place in South Africa. This is Rex Hardinge's debut Sexton Blake novel. It was reprinted as THE CASE OF THE AFRICAN HOODOO in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 3rd series issue 283 (1953). It was also adapted as a non-Blake tale (he was replaced by Nelson Lee), retaining the original title, which appeared in THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY second series issue 527 (1936). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,266 · 21/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE AFFAIR OF THE BRONZE MIRROR by Anon. (Edward Searles Brooks) · Illustrator: 'A. J.' (not A. Jones) Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Dead Man's Rock by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,267 · 28/1/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE DIAMONDS OF DEVIL POOL by Anon. (Edward Searles Brooks) · Illustrator: 'A. J.' (not A. Jones) Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Dead Man's Rock by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man and takes place in the Congo. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,268 · 4/2/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d JUNGLE JUSTICE by Anon. (Edward Searles Brooks) · Illustrator: Arthur Jones Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Dead Man's Rock by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,269 · 11/2/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF MANOR GREEN by Anon. (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Free with this issue - a genuine Sheffield RAZOR-BLADE! (I wonder how many surviving copies of this issue are blood stained?). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,270 · 18/2/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GIRL OF DESTINY by Anon. (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Free with this issue - a genuine Sheffield RAZOR-BLADE! (Another one! A sinister plot to rid the nation of its fingers, perhaps?). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,271 · 25/2/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CAPTIVE OF THE CATACOMBS by Anon. (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: The cover illustration for this issue is one of my all-time favourites, showing Sexton Blake at his most heroic and determined. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,272 · 3/3/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE COFFEE STALL MYSTERY by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,273 · 10/3/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d ROGUES AFLOAT by Anon. (Stacey Blake) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Story features Captain Christmas. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 331 as THE GREAT GLACIER BAY PLOT (1927). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,274 · 17/3/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CASE OF THE KAFFIR KING by Anon. (Stacey Blake) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Story features Captain Christmas. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,275 · 24/3/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MISSISSIPPI MYSTERY by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,276 · 31/3/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CASE OF THE GREY ENVELOPE by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: J. W. B. Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. This was reprinted under the same title in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 372 (1940). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,277 · 7/4/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WHO WALKED BY NIGHT by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; It's Not Impossible; Sexton Blake in the Films; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Professor Ian Craig is left hideously disfigured when a laboratory experiment explodes in his face. During his convalescence, his fiancee, Pamela Wynne, takes up with a rich playboy, the Hon. Hugo Fortesque. When she sees the ruins of Craig's face, she breaks off their engagement. Three months pass and Craig has adopted a solitary existence, living alone in a flat under the name of Mr. Mist. He only emerges from it on foggy nights and this arouses the interest of the occupants of the flat below, sophisticated con man Larry Lunn and his sister Sally. One night, Lunn's curiosity leads him to search Mist's room while the occupant is out. He is caught red-handed by Mist and falls under his power. Mist, who is permanently masked, has developed a technique whereby he can become invisible ("It is all a question of optics and wavelengths"). Days later, Derek 'Splash' Page visits Sexton Blake and tells him that a young society girl, Pamela Wynne, is being haunted; repeatedly hearing the voice of Ian Craig saying "Pamela, remember!" After the story is published, a seance is organised in the Albert Hall to prove the existence of ghosts, thus winning a huge cash prize offered by a research body. The event will be hosted by up-and-coming spiritualists Senor Juan Miraflores and Madame la Rue who are, in fact Larry and Sally Lunn. After learning their true identities, Blake attends the meeting and, along with the audience, is astonished to witness what seems to be real ghostly phenomenon (though, of course, it's actually Mr. Mist). He arrests Sally but her brother is rescued by Mist, who Blake now recognises as Ian Craig. Trivia: Blake lives on Baker Street West. He has an African Agent named Frank Schulyer. Rating:  As the first of a sequence of stories concerning Mr Mist, this inevitably feels like an unfinished tale. Nevertheless, it's entertaining and the villain is excellent, being both a threatening and tragic figure.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,278 · 14/4/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE PHANTOM OF SCOTLAND YARD by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: This is a direct sequel to the aforegoing story. Sally Lunn is charged and sent to Hollowville Gaol while her brother, Larry, disguises himself and goes on the run. He falls in with a dishonest American, Denver Dan, who is soon recruited by Mr. Mist. The latter, using the 'Invicta Ray' device he has invented to achieve invisibility, enters Hollowville and facilitates Sally's escape. She is eager to revenge herself on Detective-Inspector Coutts after he had recommended that bail be disallowed. So Mist leaves a letter in the chief of Scotland Yard's office which advises that Coutts has been seen frequenting a seedy nightclub. A detective is sent to keep tabs on Coutts and, sure enough, witnesses him in a drunken state attempting to bribe the nightclub owner. Sexton Blake, following clues, has also ended up in the club and watches the same disgraceful scenes. But instead of racing back to the Yard to report, as the detective does, he follows Coutts only to discover that the drunken officer is, in fact, a heavily disguised Denver Dan. This villain goes to a house where he meets up with the Lunns. Blake reports the address to the real Inspector Coutts who organises a raid, catches the criminals, and thus clears his name. Meanwhile, to prove that he's unbeaten, the invisible Mr Mist walks right into Scotland Yard and steals a valuable cigar box from beneath the Chief's nose. Rating:  A slower, slighter and less enjoyable tale than its predecessor.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,279 · 21/4/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLD BARS by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by Anon. Notes: Story features The Spider. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,280 · 28/4/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GREAT BUDGET CONSPIRACY by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: The newspapers are making much of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Spenlow Chetwynd, who is preparing the budget, and his young wife, Patricia, who has earned some acclaim for the work she does for the poor. But Patricia is being blackmailed by an ex-lover, Rudolph Kent, who has possession of embarrassing letters she once wrote to him. A cocaine addict, Kent wants to know details of the budget in advance so he can make a killing on the stock market. Unknown to him, his victim was recently helped out of an awkward situation by Mr. Mist and she has communicated with the invisible criminal to ask for help. Her anonymous plea, in the newspaper personals, is spotted by Tinker who follows it up and discovers her identity. But before he can report to his Guv'nor, he is knocked unconscious by a villain named Skeleton Sims who had once been put in prison by Blake and who is out for revenge. Meanwhile, Patricia is contacted by Mr. Mist who promises to recover the letters. Sims is working for Kent and, at his command, injects the lad with a drug to kill him. A police raid arrives too late and Sexton Blake is shocked to receive a telephone call informing him that Tinker is dead. But this proves false; though in a deep coma, Tinker is still alive. After a long vigil at his bedside, the detective is rewarded - Tinker comes back from the brink and enters a delirium. His babbling is peppered with information about Patricia, the letters and Mr. Mist, giving Blake the clues he needs. As the lad slips into a healing sleep, Blake prepares to go into action. Trivia: Mrs. Bardell has a sister named Mary Ann Cluppins, the widow of a water rate collector of Bermondsey, William Cluppins. Rating:  This is a bit disappointing as it takes time to set up the situation but doesn't deliver much excitement.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,281 · 5/5/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MACE by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Mr Mist visits Rudolph Kent to recover the letters with which Kent has been blackmailing Patricia Chetwynd. He learns that Kent has given them to Skeleton Sims for safekeeping. Neither of them are aware that Sims has already been arrested and the letters, as yet unread, are in the hands of the police. Kent is busy organising investments based on the false information about the forthcoming budget given to him by Patricia. Mist must get his hands on the letters before the budget is presented to the country because when that happens, Kent will realise that he has been duped and will damage Patricia's reputation in revenge. When time runs out, Mist, cloaked by his invisibility rays, enters parliament and disrupts the House of Commons by stealing the mace. This delays the budget speech but it proves a bad move because, as he tries to escape, he falls into the hands of Sexton Blake. A fight ensues but Mist escapes with a daring leap into the Thames. Blake visits Patricia and hands her the letters which he has recovered from the police. Wisely, she burns them. When Rudolph Kent realises that the game is up, he attempts to flee in a stolen ambulance but is intercepted by Mr Mist who delivers him to the police. Finally, Mist informs Blake of the mace's whereabouts, abandons his villainous identity, and heads to Africa as plain Ian Craig, a scientist committed to doing good. Rating: An excellent end to the Mr Mist mini-saga, which gives the tragic criminal-hero a touching send-off.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,282 · 12/5/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE AFFAIR OF THE STAGGERING MAN by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard; The Silent House by John G. Brandon. Notes: Story features The Spider. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,283 · 19/5/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d FRAUD by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: Story features Splash Page. Trivia: This issue contains a large photograph of Mr. Langhorne Burton, an actor who played the role of Sexton Blake in a number of short movies. In the picture, he is posed holding the Sexton Blake bust, previously given away in the UNION JACK. You can see the picture here. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,284 · 26/5/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SUNK WITHOUT TRACE by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: Story features The Spider. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,285 · 2/6/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE VICTIM OF THE VELDT by Anon. (Rex Hardinge) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard; A Romance of Fleet Street — The Story of "Answers" (article) Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 320 THE PHANTOM OF THE VELDT (1939). It was also rewritten as THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 4th series issue 430 SAFARI WITH FEAR (1959). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,286 · 9/6/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SKELETON CLUE by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: Story features The Spider. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,287 · 16/6/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CARNATION WREATH MYSTERY by Anon. (C. M. Hincks) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,288 · 23/6/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HUNCHBACK OF BROTHERHOOD HALL by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: Val Reading Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: Story features Krock Kelk. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,289 · 30/6/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SEVEN SONS OF CYNOS by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Devil's Mantle by Frank L. Packard. Notes: Story features Paul Cynos. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 310 as SEXTON BLAKE VERSUS THE HOUSE OF CYNOS (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,290 · 7/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d HANDS UP LONDON! by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Dr. Ferraro. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,291 · 14/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LEGION OF THE LOST by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 338 as THE FORT OF LOST MEN (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,292 · 21/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WITH THE BURNT ARM by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: A. Jones Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,293 · 28/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d POISON! by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 319 as THE POISONER (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,294 · 4/10/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE PROBLEM OF THE PURPLE PIERROTS by Anon. (C. M. Hincks) · Illustrator: Eric Parker (cover) and Harry Lane (interior) Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Special seaside issue. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,295 · 11/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BANDIT OF THE BANK by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: Val Reading Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Krock Kelk. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,296 · 18/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CARRIER PIGEON CONSPIRACY by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 341 as THE CARRIER PIGEON PLOT (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,297 · 25/7/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d A MILLION IN GOLD! by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Paul Cynos. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 311 as PAUL CYNOS DEMANDS £1,000,000 RANSOM (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,298 · 1/9/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LAW OF THE GUN by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,299 · 8/9/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE AFFAIR OF THE GREAT SEAL by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Great Seal; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,300 · 15/9/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF THE REJUVENATION CLUB by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 345 as THE MAN WHO BOUGHT YOUTH (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,301 · 22/9/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WHO WAS THE MAN ON THE STAIRS? by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Splash Page. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 322 as THE MAN ON THE STAIRS (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,302 · 29/9/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE ADVENTURE OF THE APACHE CHIEF by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,303 · 6/10/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DOUBLE IDENTITY! by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda (cover) and H. Lane (internal) Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,304 · 13/10/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SCOURGE OF NO MAN'S LAND by Anon. (Arthur Paterson) · Illustrator: Val Reading Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Krock Kelk. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,305 · 20/10/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d POISONED BLOSSOMS! by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features June Severance. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,306 · 27/10/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HOUSE OF FEAR by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: A. Jones Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,307 · 3/11/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE ADVENTURE OF THE GARGOYLE'S DECOY by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,308 · 10/11/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE, LORD MAYOR by Anon. (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: H. M. Lewis Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,309 · 17/11/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE AFFAIR OF THE SIX IKONS by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features June Severance. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,310 · 24/11/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE PROBLEM OF THE BROKEN STICK by Anon. (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: J. H. Valda Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,311 · 1/12/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CASE OF THE SCENTED ORCHID by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,312 · 8/12/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF THE BLACK VAN by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Story features Paul Cynos. It was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 313 THE BIG SMASH (1939). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,313 · 15/12/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CRIME OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE by Anon. (Gwyn Evans) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; Hercules Esq. by Gwyn Evans. Notes: Lord Robin Huntingley forms The League of Robin Hood to punish those who profiteer from the hardships faced by ex-servicemen. He intends to extort money from these ne'er-do-wells in order to pay for Christmas dinners for down-and-outs. The mission begins in the parish of Shinwell where, in due course, an array of crooked landlords, magistrates and politicians are abducted to be confined in the cellar of Huntingley Manor where they are forced to chop wood to earn their meals. Detective-Inspector Coutts reports the kidnappings to Sexton Blake but the Baker Street sleuth isn't much interested... he doesn't want to spend this Christmas fighting crime. Meanwhile, in Shinwell, Splash Page stumbles upon a fight between a friar and a huge thug. The friar wins the battle, drags his opponent into a waiting car, and is promptly driven away. But beneath the coat of the driver, Splash had spotted a Robin Hood costume, so he now gives chase. He is led to the Manor where he introduces himself to Lord Huntingley and is invited to join the League. He gladly does so, intrigued to witness the villainous prisoners paying good money to be excused their chores. But matters turn ugly when one of the prisoners, Jabez Bruff, is found stabbed to death. Page calls Sexton Blake who drives out to the manor in the Grey Panther. The detective immediately notices that Huntingley's knife is missing from his belt, though the lord pleads his innocence. Sexton Blake interrogates each of Huntingley's prisoners — and finds them all keen to avoid involvement in any kind of scandal; so much so that they offer generous payment if he would agree to extricate them. The police arrive and Blake reveals how Bruff died... and a most unexpected explanation it is too! The League is disbanded, the poor receive a large donation, and Blake, Tinker, Page, Coutts and Huntingley and Co. enjoy a merry Christmas. Trivia: Sexton Blake reveals that he can throw knives at a distance of thirty yards with deadly accuracy. Rating: 
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,314 · 22/12/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF THE SIPING VAMPIRE by Anon. (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Isle of Strife by Stacey Blake Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,315 · 29/12/1928 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CASE OF THE CAPTIVE EMPEROR by Anon. (George Hamilton Teed) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tinker's Notebook; The Isle of Strife by Stacey Blake Notes: Story features June Severance. Unrated |
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