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Publishing: This year, UNION JACK challenges a number of its Blake authors to write 'Proud Tram' stories. Gwyn Evans, Donald Stuart, Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons), Anthony Skene (George N. Philips), G. H. Teed and Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) were each given the same ending to the tale: Sexton Blake unconscious on top of a tram car in a north London tram depot, a broken window, a rolled up banner on the floor and a fireman's helmet. Each was asked to write the story leading up to this scenario. Graydon had to drop out due to illness and was replaced at the eleventh hour by Edwy Searles Brooks who, in the readers' opinion, went on the write the best tale. | |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 317 · Jan. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d CROOK HOUSE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Clue of the Poisoned Film by Anon.; The Gambler's Victim (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 318 · Jan. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TOWN HALL CRIME by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 319 · Jan. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CHINATOWN MYSTERY by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Haunts of Chinatown (article) Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer and Mary Trent. This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 265 as LIMEHOUSE LOOT (1938). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 320 · Jan. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MASKED SLAYER by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Secret of the Tunnel by Anon.; Betting Tricksters (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 321 · Feb. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d SINISTER CASTLE by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Hotel Detectives (article); The Phantom 'Plane by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 322 · Feb. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DEAD MAN'S SECRET by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 323 · Feb. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE RAJAH'S JEWELS by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 324 · Feb. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RACKETEER'S WILL by William P. Vickery · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 325 · Mar. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE GREAT DUMPING MYSTERY by Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Smugglers' Stratagems (article) Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 328 as THE WHISTLER! (1939). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 326 · Mar. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE PALAIS DE DANSE TRAGEDY by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Dance Hall Crimes (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 327 · Mar. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CONSULTING ROOM CRIME by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: 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 328 · Mar. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d MURDER IN THE AIR by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Clue of the Hatband (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 329 · Apr. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CUP FINAL CRIME by Lester Bidston · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Clue of the Shoes (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 330 · Apr. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE WAITING ROOM MYSTERY by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Sleuths of the Railway (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 331 · Apr. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FATAL MASCOT by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 332 · Apr. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE AFRICAN TRADER by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 333 · May 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CROOK OF SHANGHAI by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 334 · May 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SQUEALER'S SECRET by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Killer of Cairo (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 335 · May 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DOOMED MEN by Warwick Jardine (F. Warwick) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 740 (1941). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 336 · May 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BROOKLANDS MYSTERY by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 337 · Jun. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE KENNELS CRIME by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Crooks of the Kennels (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 338 · Jun. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE FARM by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 339 · Jun. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MURDER ON THE MOOR by Walter Edwards (Walter Shute) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 340 · Jun. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FATAL TALISMAN by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Tokens of Tragedy (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 341 · Jul. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE EMBANKMENT CRIME by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Held to Ransom (article); The Gasometer Gang by Anon. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 342 · Jul. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MILL OF FEAR by Lester Bidston · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 343 · Jul. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE HOUSE OF CELLARS by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 344 · Jul. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE GHOST TRAIL by L. C. Douthwaite · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was reprinted as THE RIDDLE OF THE YUKON in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 738 (1941). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 345 · Aug. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d GREEN MASK by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 346 · Aug. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE POLICE BOAT MYSTERY by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 347 · Aug. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CRUISE OF TERROR by Stanton Hope · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Sea Tragedies (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 348 · Aug. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BUNGALOW CRIME by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Stolen Human Beings (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 349 · Sep. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d CROOK'S LOOT by Warwick Jardine (F. Warwick) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 350 · Sep. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE MISSING ESTATE AGENT by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Yarmouth Mystery (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 351 · Sep. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE STUDIO CRIME by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 352 · Sep. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN FROM DARTMOOR by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 353 · Oct. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE PHANTOM OF THE CREEK by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Cottage Crimes (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 354 · Oct. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d PRESUMED DEAD by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 355 · Oct. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE REUNION DINNER by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Ex-Service Men Swindles (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 356 · Oct. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RED STILETTO by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: When Convicts Take French Leave (article) Notes: This was reprinted under the same title in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 3rd series issue 4 (1941). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 357 · Nov. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE GREAT WAXWORKS CRIME by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 358 · Nov. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DEAD MAN'S BAY by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Secret of the Creek (article) Notes: Story features Aubrey Dexter. This was reprinted as THE RIDDLE OF DEAD MAN'S BAY in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 734 (1940). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 359 · Nov. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE NIGHT SAFE MYSTERY by Lewis Carlton · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Bank Robbers (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 360 · Nov. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE LINCOLN'S INN TRAGEDY by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 361 · Dec. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MURDER ON THE BROADS by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 362 · Dec. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CROOK OF MONTE CARLO by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 363 · Dec. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF SEVEN by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 364 · Dec. 1932 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE MYSTERY by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,472 · 2/1/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d CONFEDERATION CALLING by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Lives Between by Phyllis Lewis. Notes: This is a part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc and it features Mr. Reece. It is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 807 TRACKED BY WIRELESS (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,473 · 9/1/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DEATH OVER AFRICA by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Recieved; The Lives Between by Phyllis Lewis. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,474 · 16/1/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d PLANNED FROM PARIS by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Recieved; The Lives Between by Phyllis Lewis. Notes: Story features Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,475 · 23/1/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TREE OF EVIL by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Lives Between by Phyllis Lewis. Notes: Story features Sir Richard Losely and Lobangu. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,476 · 30/1/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d REECE'S RECRUIT by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Lives Between by Phyllis Lewis. Notes: This is part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc and it features Dirk Dolland. It is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 808 HELD AS HOSTAGE! (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,477 · 6/2/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d AERIAL GOLD! by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Fred Bennett Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,478 · 13/2/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d LOST IN THE LEGION by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received; Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Story features Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,479 · 20/2/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WRY HOUSE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,480 · 27/2/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WIND BLOWN BLACKMAIL by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: This is part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc. It is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 812 THE WHITE LINER (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,481 · 5/3/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LEAGUE OF THE ONION MEN by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Mr. Platter treats his wife to dinner at the posh Porchester Hotel to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, their meal is interrupted by the arrival of a rough-looking onion-seller who babbles at them in his incoherent Bretony tongue before being ejected by the hotel staff. At a nearby table, Sexton Blake has been dining with Splash Page. From what little he understood of the onion man's language, he has gathered that Platter was being warned about a robbery at his home. There was also something about 'Bluebeard's key', though Platter has no idea what this might mean. After summoning Tinker, Blake takes the Platters home in the Grey Panther. There, they disturb an intruder - another onion man - who makes off. Blake finds, among the Platters' dead son's war souvenirs, a large iron key. He asks to borrow it. That night, the League of the Onion Men meet and the traitor in their midst, who tried to warn the Platters, is killed by Jules 'the Slider'. The latter then burgles the Platters' house, knocks out, Mr Platter and, after a fruitless search for the key, makes off and runs straight into the arms of a suspicious bobbie. The next morning, Blake returns from an inspection of the traitor's body and hears reports that a police constable has been attacked and left in a critical condition. He also finds that Onion Men have been trying to get into his Baker Street home... but couldn't get past Mrs. Bardell! Inspector Coutts visits and tells Blake about the robbery at the Platter residence. Then a French diplomat and a Secret Service agent call on the detective. They reveal that the French Royalist movement, headed by M. le Duc de Bretaigne, is causing trouble in that country. The Royalists are searching for five keys - taken as souvenirs by Tommies during the war - which open a chest said to contain the crown jewels of France. Blake is commissioned to find these artifacts before agents of the Royalists do. Before beginning his quest, the detective disguises himself as an Onion seller and infiltrates the League, leading a police raid and capturing, among the rest, Jules the Slider. Trivia: There's a mention of Mrs. Bardell's sister Mary Ann Cluppins during the course of this story. Rating:  An excellent and fascinating story which sets up a situation that you can't help but want to see resolved in issues to come.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,482 · 12/3/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SECRET by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: H. Radcliffe Wilson Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,483 · 19/3/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF BLUEBEARD'S KEY by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Splash Page is travelling through a snowstorm in Wales when his car breaks down. He takes refuge at Sir Hugo Watcyn's mansion. But all is not well at the Watcyn residence: in the evening, a haunting scream is heard; and in the morning, one of the onion men burgles the house, stealing the key to the vaults before making away on skis. Splash calls Sexton Blake with the news that the Onion Men have been active and the detective immediately packs a bag and heads for Wales. Later, in a pub, Splash hears the druidic folklore connected with the area and how a poetry competition will soon be held in which the competitors are challenged to write about the legend of King Arthur's cave in Snowdonia - a cave that can only be opened with a golden key. Back in Baker Street, the notorious French criminal Aristide Dupin, disguised as Sexton Blake, enters the consulting room and pockets the first key of Bluebeard which Blake had recovered in THE LEAGUE OF THE ONION MEN (issue 1,481). Meanwwhile, the chief of the Onion Men, Sebastien Quirot hosts a meeting of the League in a druidic stone circle. He discovers that the key stolen from Sir Hugo is not the right one. The meeting is spied on by a young local poet named Lemuel. Blake arrives at Port Armon and visits Sir Hugo only to find him unconscious on the floor. As he examines the prone form, a scream rips through the night... just like the one Splash had heard. The detective discovers a secret passage from which the screams have issued. In it, he finds a manacled and emaciated man. This, it turns out, is the real Sir Hugo. He has been held captive while two criminals - posing as himself and the butler - have enjoyed his wealth. But the villains fell out and one attacked the other. The false butler is quickly caught and confesses all. That evening, in the pub, Lemuel tells Splash about the meeting of the Onion Men he had spied on. He also produces the second of Bluebeard's keys, which he has owned all along. A heavily disguised Aristide Dupin arrives in the town in search of the aforesaid item. Blake, however, pierces the disguise and manages to steal back the first key. Trivia: According to her sister, Mary Ann Cluppins, Mrs Bardell's first name is Maria. Blake and Tinker use the code-word 'Zone' in their communications as proof of authenticity. Among Blake's many achievements, he is 'an authority on Tudor and Elizabethan wood-carving'. Rating:  Despite a slightly fragmented plot, it all comes together nicely at the end. The introduction of Aristide Dupin adds an intriguing twist, though it's a shame the author couldn't call him Arsène Lupin, since he's obviously beased entirely on Maurice Leblanc's famous creation.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,484 · 26/3/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d ENTER THE PRESIDENT by H. W. Twyman · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: A Criminals' Confederation story. This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 816 THE STOLEN YACHT (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,485 · 2/4/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE PROUD TRAM MYSTERY by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker (cover) and Glossop (interior) Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene Notes: This is the first of the Proud Tram stories. It features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,486 · 9/4/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CROOK CRUSADERS by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: The second Proud Tram story. It features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,487 · 16/4/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d REVOLT! by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received; Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene Notes: The third Proud Tram story. It features Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,488 · 23/4/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE WITCHES' MOON by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: The fourth Proud Tram story. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,489 · 30/4/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d FEAR HAUNTED! by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: The fifth Proud Tram story. In Sheffield, hen-pecked husband, Mr. Alfred Proud, returns home in a state of high inebriation and fierce temper after being rejected by his girlfriend. His shrew of a wife drives him into an uncontrollable rage with her sharp tongue to the point where he beats her to death with a foot-long iron key. This was as a souvenir he had picked up in France during the war. In the morning, he bundles the body into his motorcycle's sidecar, drives out to the moor, and hides the corpse in a disused gravel pit. He buries the murder weapon in his back garden. The next day he is visited by Rateau, from The League of the Onion Men, who has come searching for the key. Proud sends him packing... then packs himself off to London to 'disappear'. In Baker Street, Sexton Blake receives a visit from Miss Dulac. She spins a yarn about a burglary committed by a strange 'toad man'. Blake promises to investigate but, after Miss Dulac leaves, he reveals to Tinker that he has deduced that she and her story were both fake. Meanwhile, Alfred Proud, having secured a job as an actor, finds himself involved in an industrial dispute and forced to go on strike. As he can't afford to lose what small wage he earns, he has stolen a fireman's helmet from the theatre props department with the intention of pawning it. He leaves home with the helmet under one arm and a rolled protest banner under the other. On the way out he is given a message sent by an Onion Man claiming knowledge of the key and demanding a meeting. Even worse, the evening papers carry a headline about the body of a murdered woman being found. At Blake's house, Miss Dulac - who is, in fact, the niece of Sebastien Quirot, the leader of the Onion Men - gains access to the consulting room and starts searching for the two keys Blake has in his possession. But Tinker, is still at home and chases her off. Blake follows her and is led to Sebastien Quirot who he then trails to the fateful meeting between Rateau and Proud. The latter is convinced that the Onion Man knows he is a murderer and is sent into a panic when he is given just twenty-four hours to produce the key... or else! Proud leaves and boards a tram, surreptitiously followed by Blake and Rateau. They are the only passengers. Blake approaches Proud, who, thinking he has been caught by the police, has a fatal heart attack. Rateau knocks Blake unconscious and leaves the vehicle. When Blake and the body of Proud are found, the evidence quickly exposes the murder and the third key is recovered and given to the detective. Trivia: Tinker is still described as a 'youngster' but, when standing before Miss Dulac, he looks 'down' at her. It would seem, then, that he has grown quite a bit since his earliest appearances. Rating:  This has to be one of the best Blake stories ever written. Focusing primarily on the guilt-ridden, alcohol-addicted and fearful Mr. Proud, it is awe-inspiringly powerful and fantastically entertaining.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,490 · 7/5/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MYSTERY OF BLIND LUKE by Edward Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received; Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: The sixth Proud Tram story featuring the Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,491 · 14/5/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MONKEY MEN by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received; Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,492 · 21/5/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DIRK DOLLAND'S ORDEAL by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Another Criminals' Confederation story featuring Dirk Dolland and Mr. Reece. This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 820 DIRK DOLLAND'S ORDEAL (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,493 · 28/5/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE PLAGUE OF THE ONION MEN by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Splash Page discovers that the fourth key of Bluebeard is hidden in the vaults of a church in Melvis Parva, a little village in Kent. Sebastien Quirot, leader of The League of the Onion Men, has also heard this information and the village is now over-run with onion sellers, fighting among themselves for the reward offered by M. le Duc de Bretaigne to the man who recovers the key. De Bretaigne, meanwhile, pays a visit to Sexton Blake. The detective is having serious difficulties with Mrs. Bardell, who is being distracted by the amorous advances of Frenchman Hercule Bolo, the proprietor of a new local bakery. But Blake's day gets much worse after he turns down de Bretaigne's offer to buy the keys in his possession; the Royalist leaves... and immediately afterwards Blake collapses. Before losing consciousness, he orders Splash and Tinker to investigate Melvis Para. While Blake is taken to hospital with suspected poisoning, his two 'deputies' drive to the near-rioting Kent village. There they find Mr. Vernon Freeman - the archeologist who found the key in the church vaults - in a state of seige with Onion Men swarming around his grounds and Quirot holding him at gunpoint. Splash attacks but Quirot is too strong and makes off with the key in hand only to be stopped and held at gunpoint by... Sexton Blake! After the leader of the Onion Men is handed over to the police, the key is examinied and turns out to be a fake. The whole business has been a red herring planned by the wily Aristide Dupin. While Blake and the Onion Men have been in Melvis Parva, he, in his 'Hercule Bolo' disguise, has been allowed into the Baker Street house by Mrs. Bardell and has stolen the three real keys. these he offers to de Bretaigne - and to the Royalist's enemies - for three hundred thousand francs. Trivia: In her basement domain at the Baker Street house, Mrs. Bardell keeps a cat named Tibbles. When exiting the house, Madame Tussaud's is to the right, just around the corner. The house is some 200 yards away from Sligo Street. Rating:  Another excellent tale of the Onion Men; and one notable for the fact that Mrs. Bardell features quite heavily.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,494 · 4/6/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE IN MANCHURIA by G.H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Story features Wu Ling. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,495 · 11/6/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d ARMS TO WU LING by G.H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham; Five Dead Men by Anthony Skene. Notes: Story features Wu Ling and Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,496 · 18/6/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE DIAMOND OF DISASTER by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Another Criminals' Confederation story. This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 824 THE DIAMOND OF DISASTER (1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,497 · 25/6/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BLOOD BROTHERS OF NAN-HU by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Wu Ling and Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,498 · 2/7/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FIFTH KEY by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Sexton Blake and Tinker have just returned from a brief holiday on the Yorkshire Moors. Scanning the papers, Blake spots a picture of an ironmonger shop which made the news after being hit by lightening. Above the shop's door hangs a key - one of the Bluebeard keys sought after by the League of the Onion Men. The picture has also been spotted by Aristide Dupin who, like Blake, decides to investigate. But before either can get there, a horde of Onion Men descend on the shop and cause chaos. Jean Rateau gets into a fight and is arrested while another of the Onion Men - La Belette - manages to secure, and make off with, the key. While Detective-Inspector Coutts is investigating, Blake arrives, shortly followed by Dupin. The two men arrange a challenge: if Blake finds the remaining two keys and the hiding place where Dupin has secured the other three, then Dupin will accept defeat. If, on the other hand, Dupin finds the last two keys, Blake will give up the case. La Belette takes the key he has recovered to Sebastien Quirot, the leader of the Onion Men, who sets off to take it to M. le Duc de Bretaigne. But on the way there an ice-cream seller's tricycle collides with him and, in the ensuing confusion, the key is lost. The ice-cream boy turns out to be Tinker in disguise... and the key is now his! Quirot is taken away by the police. Meanwhile, a government diplomat informs de Bretaigne that he must leave the country within 24 hours. Sexton Blake's investigations lead him to another ironmonger shop; this one owned by the son of the proprietor of the lightening-struck premises. There he finds and purchases the fifth key. Aristide Dupin's three keys come to light when a small boy's kite becomes entangled with a statue in London's Victoria Gardens. The stylish French thief had hidden them there but now they fall into Blake's hands and Dupin graciously concedes defeat. The saga of the League of the Onion Men is at an end. Rating: A superb finish to one of Sexton Blake's great cases. It all wraps up rather too conveniently but, nevertheless, the highest standards of writing are maintained and the series finale is as good as the opening issue.
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,499 · 9/7/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d "ONCE A CROOK—" by Edward Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,500 · 16/7/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d VOLCANO ISLAND by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc. This is a rehash of UNION JACK issue 829 SINISTER ISLAND and UNION JACK issue 830 THE MAN FROM THE SEA (both 1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,501 · 23/7/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WALDO'S WAY OUT by Edward Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,502 · 30/7/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LIGHTENING MURDERS by D. W. Pile · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,503 · 6/8/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d HONOLULU LURE by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Alfred Sindall Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,504 · 13/8/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TRAIL IN THE SAND by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc. This is a rehash of UNION JACK issue 838 THE TRAIL IN THE SAND and issue 841 MR. SMITH OF LONDON (both 1919). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,505 · 20/8/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE RAIN MAKER by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Cecil Glossop Other content: From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,506 · 27/8/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CRIME OF THE CREEK by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,507 · 3/9/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d RED SAND by Edward Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,508 · 10/9/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SQUEALER by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: A Criminals' Confederation story. This is a rehash of UNION JACK issue 858 THE INFORMER and issue 860 THE HIDDEN HEADQUARTERS (both 1920). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,509 · 17/9/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE DEATH INSURANCE POLICY by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,510 · 24/9/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GOLD MAKER by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Lang Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,511 · 1/10/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GHOST HOLE by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Story features Sir Richard Losely and Lobangu. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,512 · 8/10/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FOUR GUESTS MYSTERY by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,513 · 15/10/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d CROOKS DIVIDED by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: Part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc. This is a rehash of UNION JACK issue 868 THE NEW PRESIDENT and issue 869 DIRK DOLLAND'S DILEMMA (both 1920). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,514 · 22/10/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MOTOR SHOW MYSTERY by Stawford Webber (D. W. Pile) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,515 · 29/10/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d CROOKS CARGO by David Macluire · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article); The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,516 · 5/11/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE'S UNDERSTUDY by Edward Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Unknown THE NEXT MOVE (Part 1) by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,517 · 12/11/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE WAR MEMORIAL MURDERS by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 2) by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,518 · 19/11/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SHADOW by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 3) by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: Part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc, featuring Mr. Reece. This is a rehash of UNION JACK issue 873 THE MAN WHO DIED and issue 876 THE SHADOW (both 1920). Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,519 · 26/11/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SUSPENDED FROM DUTY by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 4) by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: The cover illustration by Eric Parker features an excellent portrayal of Inspector Coutts. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,520 · 3/12/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HUNTED MAN by Reid Whitly (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Fred Bennett THE NEXT MOVE (Part 5) by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article). Notes: Another instance of inconsistant spelling of the author's pen name. Sometimes 'Reid Whitly', other times 'Reid Whitley'. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,521 · 10/12/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MASKED CAROLLERS by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 6) by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: None Other content: Mrs Bardell's Own Round Table; From Information Received (article). Notes: Story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,522 · 17/12/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SECRET PASSAGE MURDER by Malcom Hincks (C. M. Hincks) · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 7) by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Xmas Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,523 · 24/12/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CRIMSON SMILE by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 8) by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,524 · 31/12/1932 · Amalgamated Press · 2d MEN OF THE MASK by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE NEXT MOVE (Part 9) by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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