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Publishing: UNION JACK makes its final appearance on the newsstands, DETECTIVE WEEKLY makes its first... and so begins the long and painful decline of Sexton Blake. John G. Brandon makes his debut as a Blake author. Born in Australia in 1879, he introduced the character R.S.V.P. to Blake readers. Brandon died in 1941. Blake: A second wayward brother turns up to cause trouble for Sexton Blake. Nigel Blake is younger than Sexton and was obviously born after Henry Blake had left home, since the eldest of the three brothers never knew the youngest existed (see SEXTON BLAKE'S HONOUR 1907). Nigel eventually dies after the encounter but this is later contradicted in the SBL4 novel THE ANGRY NIGHT. DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 1 gives an extensive introduction to Sexton Blake. It informs us that a list of eleven of his monographs - published in Appendix B of the German crime classic DER VERBRECHERKRIEG by Ludwig Schroeder - includes "Some Notes on the Use of Methylene Blue as an Anti-toxin"; "Single-print Classification"; "Fingerprint Forgery by the Chromicized Gelatine Method"; and "Speculations on Ballistic Stigmata in Firearms". Generations of Blake's family dedicated themselves to the medical profession, including his father who wanted 'his two sons, Sexton and Nigel to qualify to follow him after the manner of the family'. Sexton graduated from Cambridge 'loaded with honours' and carved out a career as a criminologist. Nigel failed his exams, became a waster and brought 'the grey hairs of his old father in sorrow to the grave'. | |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 388 · 1/6/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d SEXTON BLAKE'S SCHOOLDAYS by John Andrews (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Bronze Giant (article) Notes: For the past three years, 15-year-old Sexton Blake has been living in Martello Tower in the Millhove district, near the south east coast, with his guardian and tutor, Dr. Lanchester. One night, Blake comes home and finds that Lanchester has been murdered. Following instructions left in a letter, the boy puts himself in the care of two of the doctor's friends. They arrange for him to be sent to school and, in due course, Blake finds himself enrolled in St. Anne's College. He quickly gets on the wrong side of the resident bully, Wightman, but makes friends with Richard 'Spots' Losely, for whom he fags. His first night is disturbed by an intruder; a scar-faced man who tries to get through the window. Blake sees him off but is left wondering whether the man had been one of his guardian's killers. A few days later, a rumour spreads through the school that the resident ghost has been seen. Blake and Losely investigate and find a secret passage running from the school to an underground chamber then on to a cave on the seafront. This is being used by a pair of criminals — Francois and Jean — who seem to be blackmailing the Headmaster. The two boys try to intercept the villains after seeing them take money from the school safe but they are captured and taken out to sea. They escape overboard and are picked up by French fishermen and landed at Dunkirk. Knowing that this is where the villains have their base, they decide to track them down. Blake snatches back the money from them and the lads make their way home. Their next confrontation with the villains ends in quicksand, with one of the men sinking under and Blake escaping by the skin of his teeth. The schoolboy eventually discovers that his headmaster had once been friends with Francois and that the latter was the man who murdered his — Blake's — parents. Dr. Lanchester had gathered infallible evidence of this crime and was, in consequence, killed. The headmaster was targeted thanks to his association with Blake. The criminal is finally cornered and makes a run for it across the Channel where he sinks and is presumed drowned. Trivia: Sexton Blake's father, Berkeley Blake had been a top Harley Street surgeon. He became the victim of a gang of criminals after they discovered that he had formulated an invaluable medicine. He escaped from them by moving to France with his wife and son but the gang caught up with him and murdered him and his wife. Sexton Blake was taken away by a servant who gave him into the keeping of Dr. Lanchester. These details were all added for this reprint and did not appear in the original serial. This is a reprint of a BOYS' HERALD serial which ran between issues 238 and 262 in 1908. It was reprinted again in BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 102 (1909). John Andrews was a stock name used by Amalgamated Press for reprinted stories when the original author's name had appeared, in the editor's judgement, too frequently. Rating:  An excellent and very exciting adventure which fills in a lot of the blank spaces in the detective's past ... though these are contradicted elsewhere!
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 392 · Jul. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d SEXTON BLAKE — SIXTH-FORMER by John Andrews (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Terror of the Tests (article) Notes: After the new gym teacher at St. Anne's attempts to kill Sexton Blake, the young schoolboy realises that his arch-foe, Francois, is still alive. When he witnesses the new innkeeper in the local village signalling to a ship one night, Blake begins to suspect that the man, the gym teacher and Francois are all one and the same. The innkeeper, it turns out, is also under observation by a young girl who, to Blake's surprise, turns out to be a slightly built man in disguise; an agent who calls himself Smithers. Francois captures Smithers and takes him aboard the ship but when a storm strikes and the vessel sinks, Blake rescues his new ally. A schoolboy named Ogle then disappears. Blake and Richard 'Spots' Losely trace him to an old house that belongs to his father but instead of finding him there they are confronted by a strange ape-like apparition. They make their escape and return a couple of nights later, accompanied by a local doctor named Livesey. They discover a network of smugglers' tunnels under the building and in them a stash of counterfeit money. Following the tunnels towards the sea, they become trapped in a blowhole. Blake is caught by the rushing water shot out to sea but he survives and manages to rescue his friends. The next night they return to the house once again and capture the ape creature, which turns out to be Ogle's father, masked and driven insane by a head injury. The following evening, Smithers seeks Blake's assistance. He needs to get to London but is being pursued by Francois' men. Blake tries to help him but they both fall into the enemy's hands and are ordered to be killed. However, unknown to Francois, one of his henchmen helps the two boys to escape. Overhearing that young Ogle is captive at Francois' Dunkirk house, Blake, Smithers and Livesey race across the Channel and rescue him. It turns out that Francois is Ogle's half-uncle and has been plotting to gain inheritance of the Ogle estate. Foiled by Blake, the villain dies in a blazing inferno. Trivia: This is a reprint of BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 105 (1909). Rating: 
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · Issue 396 · 3/8/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d SEXTON BLAKE AT THE VARSITY by John Andrews (Cecil Hayter) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Crooks of the Air (article) Notes: This is a reprint of BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY issue 107 (1910). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 1 · 25/2/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE'S SECRET by Lewis Jackson (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Snares of the Big City (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: So it's goodbye to the glorious Union Jack and hello to the considerably less impressive Detective Weekly. The new paper plunges straight in with the now age-old claim that Sexton Blake is a living person rather than 'merely a name or a puppet figure of fiction'. With one of the all-time greatest Blake covers (a re-working of the cover of PENNY PICTORIAL issue 429 from 1907) and an intense story, it's an impressive debut for a paper which, unfortunately, wouldn't live up to its promise, quickly bringing Blake's Golden Age to an end. In the Spring of 1914, Sexton Blake travels to the Cameroons to visit his younger brother Nigel Blake. He finds him in a pitiful state; a half-insane alcoholic who practices as a doctor illegally. The meeting is not a happy one; Nigel has abandoned his wife, Clare and baby son, Garry, and refuses to support them. Blake returns to England and later receives a telegram which falsely reports that his brother has died. Nearly twenty years later, Garry, who has been raised not knowing who his real father is, has joined the police force and is investigating his first case; a sudden plethora of forged cheques. Blake also looks into the crimes and discovers evidence that Nigel is behind them. This is supported by Clare who, in a state of deep shock, reports that she caught sight of Nigel on Oxford Street. With Garry closing in on the criminal, Blake confronts his brother and gives him refuge in Baker Street after first sending Tinker and Mrs. Bardell on spurious missions to get them out of the way. He finds out that Nigel is suffering from a mental disorder akin to schizophrenia. When Garry and Inspector Martin arrive, Blake hides his brother in the bedroom. Martin reveals that Blake was seen with the suspect and insists on searching the house. He finds nothing, and leaves with Garry, still filled with suspicion. The detective enters the bedroom; Nigel has gone, having escaped through the window after first removing valuables from Blakes private safe. Trivia: Sexton Blake is grey eyed and six feet tall, with a spare, athletic figure. His family nickname was 'Tony'. He originally intended to be a doctor but trained only so far as to pass his degrees. He then passed from medicine to other branches of science. His home is at the North end of Baker Street (previously it's been described as 'Baker Street, West'). Mrs Bardell's first name is Martha (in early UNION JACKs it was 'Maria'). Tinker was rescued 'from the surroundings of slumdom and the rough life of a London newsboy'. The author makes it clear that Blake's father died a good few years before the First World War... a fact that is conveniently overlooked in a couple of the New Order novels. The author informs us that Blake paid for his brother to move abroad 'a year or so before the outbreak of the Great War' (and, incidentally, he then wipes out years of established history by stating that the detective's career took off after Nigel left). A page later, he has Sexton Blake searching for Nigel in the Spring of 1914. The detective is already world famous and he tells someone that he hasn't seen Nigel for 'some years'. A few paragraphs after that, the suggestion seems to be that 'some years' is actually two. Rating:  Though this is a tense and gritty tale, it is less substantial than it seems... being more of an introduction for the two sequels than a story in itself. Sexton Blake's stress is described nicely but compared to SEXTON BLAKE'S HONOUR (Boy's Friend Library issue 10 1907), from which the plot is derived, the story pales significantly. There's a sense of sensation for sensation's sake here; a re-treading of old ground which, along the way, re-writes too much history for comfort.
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 2 · 4/3/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE AT BAY by Lewis Jackson (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Hats off to the British Bobby (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: Sexton Blake's brother, Nigel Blake has had an eloctromagnetic pick-lock built from blueprints he stole from the detective. Now he's at Crabbe's Yard with Sam Blackford, the blacksmith who constructed it. They are planning to Rob a jewellery shop named Barrymore's but they are overheard by petty thief Tich Bryson. Blackford hits Tich with a crowbar, almost killing him, and, in the ensuing confusion, Nigel slips away. The farrier, believing Tich to be dead, takes the body away from his workshop and leaves it with evidence which incriminates the victim's brother, Bung Bryson. Sexton Blake and Tinker learn of the attempted murder on their way to visit Blackford. Knowing he's the only man who could make the instrument, Blake wants him put away. At Crabbe's Yard, the detective finds a bloodstained hankerchief and accuses Blackford of the murder. The farrier denies it and blames Nigel, revealing to Blake the plot to use the magnetic picklock to rob Barrymore's. Blake traces Nigel's whereabouts and confronts him but his unrepentant brother escapes. So, a few days later, the detective breaks into the jewellery shop and awaits Nigel's arrival. But Nigel doesn't come. In fact, he's been and gone, leaving the safe empty, as a caretaker discovers while Blake hides in the shadows. Switching on the lights, the caretaker sees Blake and holds him at gunpoint while the police are called. The detective is arrested. Meanwhile, Tinker is disturbed during the night by an intruder. Nigel is leaving loot from the robbery in Blake's flat; evidence to frame his sibling. Tinker tackles him but the villain gets away. Left alone and confused by recent events, Tinker reads his master's diary and discovers the truth. He goes to Crabbe's Yard and persuades Blackford to falsely confess to the robbery, thus getting Blake off the hook. Blackford himself also thus avoids a longer sentence than he'd have suffered were his true crime of attempted murder to be revealed. Blake is released and he and Tinker vow to stand shoulder to shoulder against Nigel. Trivia: Sexton Blake has written a book examining the methods and motives of criminals. In the wrong hands, he says, it could be considered a guidebook to the perfect crime. Rating:  The battle with Nigel hots up in this story and there are many touching moments as Tinker feels left out in the cold by Blake yet still manages to come through and rescue him.
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 3 · 11/3/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SILENT WOMAN by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); 'Tecs of Trade (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Detective-Inspector Thomas is called to murder at a pub named The Silent Woman, which is run by an untrustworthy individual named Charlie Quin. While he is examining the crime scene, Sexton Blake arrives in the Grey Panther. He is acting on an anonymous tip-off from a woman whose statement that the dead man — a crooked solicitor named Felix Slater — is in possession of a stolen necklace proves to be true. Back at Baker Street, Blake sends Tinker to keep watch on The Silent Woman. As his assistant leaves, a young woman falls through the front doorway in a dead faint. Blake revives her but, while his back is turned, she flees leaving behind a packet in which he finds more stolen jewels. When Tinker is beaten unconscious by a tramp whom he spots exiting the pub via the back entrance, Blake disguises himself as a vagrant and also has an encounter with the mysterious scavanger. Later, the detective is asked for help by a friend named Major Langley who is being blackmailed. At the Major's hotel, the detective is introduced to Baron von Kravitch and his daughter, Elsa, who turns out to be Blake's informant. The detective also realises that Kravitch and the tramp are one and the same man. That night, at the Kravitch residence, the Baron turns on Elsa, realising that she has betrayed him to Blake. He is about to throttle her when Blake crashes in through the window and subdues the criminal. Elsa explains that her father had been double-crossed by Slater when he employed the crooked solicitor as a fence. Her motive in giving clues to Blake was to try to keep her father out of trouble after discovering that he was a thief and also the man responsible for blackmailing Langley. For Elsa's sake, Blake allows Von Kravitch to escape, warning him that he will be hunted down if he continues his villainous ways. Finally, Charlie Quin is arrested for the murder of Slater. Trivia: This is the first in a short sequence of tales featuring Baron and Elsa von Kravitch. Rating:
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 4 · 18/3/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE'S TRIUMPH by Lewis Jackson (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Try Your Skill (quiz); Crimes Barred in Britain (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: Captain John Arkwright, a retired seaman, has taken on as housekeeper his cousin, Clare Peterson, and has fallen in love with her. One night, Clare's husband, Nigel Blake, who she believes to be dead and who Arkwright has never seen, breaks into the house. He manages to read a letter from Sexton Blake before being chased off by the sailor. A few days later, Arkwright makes it clear to Clare's son, Garry, that he intends to propose. When Blake learns of this, he despairs, knowing that the girl is still married. There's more bad news: Leon Kestrel's assistants Lessing and Fifette are in town. Garry receives a visit from Nigel, who is experiencing a temprorary bout of sanity. He admits to Garry that's he's his real father and tells him that his madness is leading him to commit crimes. The young police officer is shocked but determined to do his duty. He picks up the telephone to call Scotland Yard but, before he can dial the number, Nigel injects him with a drug that renders him insensible. Blake, meanwhile, travels to see Clare to tell her that her husband is still alive... but she already knows. Nigel has beaten Blake to it and has arranged to talk with Clare later. But with the police closing in, it becomes imperative that Blake gets to Nigel before they do. He intercepts his brother who, in trying to escape, sustains a concussion. The detective hands the wounded man over to Dr. Sarola who runs a private sanitarium and who will care for Nigel henceforth. Blake then tricks the police into carting off the wrong man. Finally, he traces Garry's whereabouts and discovers Nigel's hoarde of stolen goods... but these then go missing, removed by Lessing and Fifette. Trivia: This is the third Sexton Blake story to bear this title, the others being in UNION JACK first series, issue 15 (3/8/1894), written by 'Hal Meredith' (Harry Blyth) and UNION JACK new series, issue 51 (1/10/1904), written by A. G. Pearson. Rating: A fine end to an interesting sequence of stories... and with a good cliffhanger at the end which promises the return of Leon Kestrel.
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 5 · 25/3/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FALCON OF FAMBRIDGE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Mind Your Pockets (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: An eccentric individual who claims to be the Earl of Fambridge visits Sexton Blake to ask for protection. A ghostly falcon — the legendary curse of the Fambridges — has been attacking him. Blake and Tinker travel to Fambridge Castle only to discover that it's in a ruinous state. The Earl and his family live in a bungalow nearby with their servant, who turns out to be Zenith the Albino's old sidekick, Frau Gratz. Also resident in the locality is a mad monk named Simon Grot. He is distantly related to the Earl and challenges his right to the title. Within hours of the detective's arrival, the falcon attacks. Blake believes that the strange events are connected with Fambridge's interest in chemistry and deduces that there must be a secret laboratory somewhere in the vicinity. That night, a Frenchman and a German vie for Fambridge's attention. Blake realises that the Earl has made a discovery which he's attempting to auction off to the highest bidder. He's right; the Earl has invented a substance he calls D77 which causes anything it touches to instantly decay... and he uses it on Grot, who turns out to be the owner of the falcon. Frau Krantz, who's working for the German contingent, offers the Earl a great deal of money which he accepts, not caring that the D77 will go to England's enemy. Sexton Blake discovers the secret laboratory and confronts the inventor who tries to kill him. During the struggle, the Earl falls into a vat of the chemical and is instantly dissolved. Blake destroys all traces of the formula and makes sure that the existing batch of D77 is very well buried. However, before this happens it takes one final victim: the falcon of Fambridge. Rating:
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 6 · 1/4/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CHOCOLATE KING MYSTERY by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); A Joke's a Joke but a Hoax is— (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Elderly French millionaire Monsieur Perrier — the 'Chocolate King' — and his wife go missing while driving on their estate. Detective-Inspector Emile Thibaud can see only one spot along the carefully guarded route where their car could not be observed and from this they must have vanished within the space of just three minutes. Thibaud promises to keep the Perriers' disappearance a secret in order to avoid a fall in their company shares but the next morning, to his dismay, a detailed report is published in a newspaper. Meanwhile, Sexton Blake is in Paris in response to an anonymous tip-off which has put him on the trail of a crook known as Slick Jim Prentice. Seeing his quarry dive into a car, the detective takes its number which he later realises matches that of the Perriers' vehicle, as reported in the paper. He and Thibaud join forces to investigate. Blake receives another anonymous letter, informing him that only he can solve the mystery. When a car resembling the one that is missing is found, he forms a theory which is subsequently supported by the discovery of the remains of the Perriers' missing driver and footman. Blake begins to suspect that Baron von Kravitch might be the mastermind behind the events ... and this is confirmed when he catches the anonymous letter-writer, who proves to be Elsa von Kravitch. She warns him that he must act more quickly if he is to save the Perriers. Blake then allows her to depart. While investigating a bookstall which seems to have connections with the case, the detective spots Slick Jim and manages to capture him. The Baker Street detective then leads Thibaud and a squadron of police in a raid on Kravitch's property some miles north of Paris. The force is met by a hail of bullets as gunmen open fire from the house. Under cover of the battle, the Baron and his daughter escape in a monoplane. Blake and his men overpower the shooters and the Perriers are liberated from a locked room. Rating:
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 7 · 8/4/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TRAMP IN DRESS CLOTHES by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Slaves of 1933 (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 8 · 15/4/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BOX OF HO SEN by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Try Your Detective Skills (quiz); Not What They Seemed (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 9 · 22/4/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WANTED! by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Poison Pen (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: To his dismay, Sexton Blake discovers that Tinker has fallen in love with a girl named Estelle Morrow, an associate of Julian and Miriam Haynes — a husband and wife team who specialise in blackmail and dope dealing. At a dance, Estelle is approached by her former employer, a disreputable doctor named Floyd who accuses her of being a thief. Tinker knocks him down. Back at Baker Street, Blake tries to warn his assistant about the girl but Tinker won't listen and storms out. Later, Floyd is found murdered and Tinker's cigarette case is discovered at the scene. Despite Blake's efforts to thwart him, Detective-Inspector Martin initiates a manhunt for Tinker. When Blake and Martin subsequently return to the scene of the crime, they find that the safe has been broken into and emptied. Meanwhile, a disguised Tinker meets with Estelle who admits that it was she who murdered the doctor — though by accident — while trying to force him to open the safe. Sexton Blake deduces that Floyd was a blackmailer and that the contents of the safe — the evidence he used against his victims — has been stolen by Julian and Miriam Haynes. When he spies on them, he is caught and placed in a boat under a secluded jetty with a noose around his neck — when the tide goes out, he will hang. Tinker comes to the rescue and, together, they go to spy on the Haynes' residence, where they witness events which prove Tinker — and Estelle — innocent. Trivia: Blake's brother, Nigel Blake, receives a passing mention in this story. Rating:
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 10 · 29/4/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d PAUPER'S ISLAND by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); The Isle of the Doomed (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 11 · 6/5/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HOLLOW GIANT by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Try Your Detective Skills (quiz); Bandits Beware (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 12 · 13/5/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d PERILOUS PEARLS by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); The Law Says No (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Sexton Blake is visited by Flash Jim Brady, an ex-jewel thief who, after being caught by Blake and having served a prison sentence, is now going straight and running a small jewellery shop in a Yorkshire village. Brady confesses to the detective that, in fact, he is an aristocrat — and is surprised to learn that Blake already knows this. He then tells how he had recently become friendly with a girl who was visiting the village with her father. Just before departing, she had uttered the words "green ink" to him. The day preceeding his visit to Blake, Brady had received a parcel addressed in green ink. In it was a case containing many pearls and a note instructing him to guard them. When he then received a phone call from the girl pleading with him to get rid of the case as soon as possible, Brady panicked and fled the village. He now shows Blake the pearls. When he produces a snapshot of the girl, the detective immediately recognises Elsa von Kravitch. Shocking news arrives with the morning papers: there has been a massive jewel heist in Hatton Gardens and Brady, the man accused, is now being hunted by the police. Believing in his innocence, Sexton Blake offers to shelter him in his Baker Street home while he investigates the case. Detective-Inspector Thomas arrives and, unaware that Brady is hiding in a nearby room, informs Blake that the police were acting on an anonymous tip-off. This further convinces Blake that Brady is being framed. Research reveals that the man whose Hatton Garden business was burgled — Max Vramstein — might be trying to swindle his insurers and so, in the guise of an insurance agent, Blake visits the diamond merchant and gives him a scare. Vramstein reacts by racing to the hideout of Baron von Kravitch, unaware that Tinker is on his tail. Von Kravitch is furious with Vramstein for allowing himself to be rattled by his visitor and, pulling a gun, shoots him dead. He then drives from the house, followed by Tinker on a motorcycle. The crook spots his shadow and drives the lad off the road, sending him and the bike spinning off a bridge and into the Thames. Meanwhile, Flash Brady is alone in the Baker Street house when Elsa von Kravitch visits. Surprised to see him, she flees into the street with him hot on her heels. The police spot him, swoop, and arrest him. Blake is later informed of this and told that Brady has been charged with murder after the discovery of Vramstein's body. Tinker, who has been rescued from the river, informs Blake that he knows where Baron von Kravitch is holed up. The detective leads a police raid on the house but the Baron escapes. Tinker finds Elsa and takes her to Baker Street to be with a now vindicated Brady. A few hours later, though, she vanishes, presumably to be with her father. Rating: 
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 13 · 20/5/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MONSTER OF PARIS by Lewis Jackson (Jack Lewis) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Try Your Detective Skills (quiz); Safes That Are Safe (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: Ever since his criminal career came to an end, Nigel Blake has been in a private sanitorium run by Dr. Sarola. But now he turns up on Sexton Blake's doorstep, shot through the chest. He is rushed to hospital, leaving the detective with a mystery on his hands: Sarola is out of the country, yet was seen in the vicinity of a recent murder. Blake begins investigating and rapidly comes to the conclusion that Leon Kestrel has come out of retirement. The "Prince of Pretence" has already got his hands on the jewels which Nigel had stolen, plus the magnetic picklock invented by Sexton Blake — now he is after the detective's 'Crime Manual'. The detective begins to hunt Kestrel and, along the way, discovers that the villain is planning, by deceit, to obtain plans for a new type of submarine which he will then sell to the Japanese. The trail leads to Paris where the detective encounters Baudelaire, who gives him valuable information regarding Kestrel's whereabouts. In the catacombs beneath the city, Blake manages to regain possession of the stolen jewels. He then foils the scheme to sell the blueprints. Unfortunately, though, Kestrel gets away with the picklock still in his possession. The tale ends with the death of a repentant Nigel. Trivia: Nigel's death is contradicted by THE ANGRY NIGHT (SBL series 4 issue 451, 1960). Rating:
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 14 · 27/5/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SEVEN DEAD MATCHES MYSTERY by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Men of the Moor (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 15 · 3/6/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d MARKED MEN by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); The Riot - and the Reckoning (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Story features Sir Richard Losely and Lobangu. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 16 · 10/6/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d GAMBLERS' GOLD by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Never-Open Door (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 17 · 17/6/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WHO STOLE LIFE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; False Clues (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 18 · 24/6/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE NETTED MAN MYSTERY by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Fred Bennett Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Man Who Robbed the Bank of England (article); The White Rider by Leslie Charteris Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 19 · 1/7/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TREE TOP MURDER by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; A Bootlace and a Chain (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 20 · 8/7/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN I KILLED by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Robin Hood with a Pen (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 21 · 15/7/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEEDS OF SLEEP by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Shadow on the Blind (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene. Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 22 · 22/7/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BANKER'S BOX by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Mad Manhunt (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: Story features Baron and Elsa Von Kravitch. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 23 · 29/7/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT SPEAK by David Macluire · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Woman Who Broke the Bankers (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 24 · 5/8/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DECOY! by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Incidental Murder (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 25 · 12/8/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d FRAME-UP! by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker and P. Walford Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Old Man of Allen Street (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata Vali. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 26 · 19/8/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CRIME ZONE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Six Hermit Heiresses and a Paperhanger (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 27 · 26/8/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SINISTER CLIFF by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Paying a Debt with Murder (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 28 · 2/9/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HIRED AVENGER by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Man Who Was Nearly Right (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 29 · 9/9/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE AFFAIR OF THE FAKE ASTROLOGER by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; A Scrap of Paper and a Match (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 30 · 16/9/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE DEVIL'S GAP MYSTERY by Reid Whitley · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Classic of Imperfect Crimes (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 31 · 23/9/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SECRET OF THE SLUMS by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Fred Bennett Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; A Shooting Party Was Arranged (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: George Marsden Plummer dies in this issue. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 32 · 30/9/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DEATH IN THE MINE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Amazing Mr Worth (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 33 · 7/10/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d POOL OF ESCAPE by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Glossop Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; He Made George Washington Tell a Lie (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene. Notes: Story features Hon. Eustace Cavendish. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 34 · 14/10/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SINGING CLUE by Frank Lelland (A. McLelland Burrage) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Bonnot Murder Bandits (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 35 · 21/10/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE STOLEN LION MYSTERY by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; A Tragedy of Errors (article); The Book of Fate by Anthony Skene; A Scoop That Got the Lawyers Guessing (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 36 · 28/10/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d BLACK TRAFFIC! by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Lang Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Poison Queen of Paris (article); Shouts of Silence by David R. Solomon Notes: Story features Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 37 · 4/11/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GREAT ROCKET MYSTERY by Robert L. Hadfield · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; They Stole a Steamship (article); Shouts of Silence by David R. Solomon Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 38 · 11/11/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE KING CROOK'S COMEBACK by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Two Crimes With But a Single Plot (article); Arsene Lupin the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: Story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 39 · 18/11/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d CONSPIRACY IN CUBA by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Mystery of Gorse Hill (article); Arsene Lupin the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 40 · 25/11/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BLOOD BROTHERS OF FORMOSA by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; The Tell-Tale Bullet (article); Arsene Lupin the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc. Notes: Story features Mlle. Roxane. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 41 · 2/12/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE DOOMSMAN OF THE DOUBLE FOUR by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Wanted - Dead or Alive (article); Arsene Lupin the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: Story features Splash Page. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 42 · 9/12/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MUSIC HALL MURDER MYSTERY by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); Tinker's Notebook; Did Mrs Maybrick Get Justice? (article); Arsene Lupin the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 43 · 16/12/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CHRISTMAS CIRCUS MYSTERY by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Round Table (ed.); A Sea-Side Christmas Crime (article); Tinker's Notebook; Arsene Lupine the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc. Notes: Story features Splash Page. This was the last issue of the DETECTIVE WEEKLY to be published under the editorial guidance of H. W. Twyman. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 44 · 23/12/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CLUE OF THE CRIMSON SNOW by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: The Round Table (ed.); £10,000 Reward - Will Be Paid... (article); Tinker's Notebook; Arsene Lupine the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 45 · 30/12/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LEGACY OF DOOM by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Gil Other content: The Round Table (ed.); The Murder - The Motor - The Motive (article); Tinker's Notebook; Arsene Lupine the Elusive by Maurice Leblanc Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 365 · Jan. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SURVIVOR'S SECRET by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This story marks the debut of The Honourable Ronald Sturges Vereker Purvale, better known as R. S. V. P. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 366 · Jan. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d YELLOW VENGEANCE by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Spotting the Smuggler (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 367 · Jan. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST LEGIONAIRE by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 368 · Jan. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE DERELICT HOUSE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Strange Death Customs (article) Notes: Story features Zenith the Albino. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 369 · Feb. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE SUDAN 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 370 · Feb. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DR. SINISTER by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Vengeance of Yen Foo by Anon.; The Clue of the Broken Bottle (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 371 · Feb. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE TRAMP STEAMER by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 372 · Feb. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ARTERIAL ROAD MURDER 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 373 · Mar. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE EMPTY HOUSE MURDER by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 374 · Mar. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CIRCUS CRIME by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Floating Head (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 375 · Mar. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BLACK-HILL MURDER CASE by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 376 · Mar. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ISLE OF HORROR by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Victims of Voodoo (article) Notes: Story features Marie Galante. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 377 · Apr. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE UNKNOWN VICTIM 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 378 · Apr. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE STABLES CRIME by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Crooked Betting (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 379 · Apr. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE DOUBLE CROSS 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 380 · Apr. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FATAL FRIENDSHIP by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Mystery of the West End Jeweller by A Popular Author; Fatal Friendships (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 381 · May 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SILENT MENACE 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 382 · May 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN FROM DUBLIN 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 383 · May 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MOTOR COACH MURDER by Lester Bidston · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 384 · May 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d ROGUES OF RANSOM 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 385 · Jun. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d GUILTY, BUT INSANE by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 386 · Jun. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d MURDER TO MUSIC by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Muswell Hill Murder (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 387 · Jun. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DEAD MAN'S PEAK by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Euston Square Murder (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 388 · Jun. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE HIKER'S SECRET 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 389 · Jul. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE PLEASURE CRUISE MURDER 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 390 · Jul. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Whitechapel Murder (article) Notes: My copy is missing its cover. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 391 · Jul. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CROOK'S DECOY 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 392 · Jul. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CINEMA CRIME by Richard Goyne · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 393 · Aug. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE £1,000,000 PLOT 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 394 · Aug. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CRIME ON THE CLYDE by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Secrets of the Sea (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 395 · Aug. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE STRANDED TOURING CO. by Lewis Carlton · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 396 · Aug. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d MR. KILMER SEES RED 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 397 · Sep. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TAXI-CAB MURDER by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 398 · Sep. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE IVORY TUSK by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 399 · Sep. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE GREAT TURF FRAUD by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Matchbox Murder (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 400 · Sep. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE LOCH by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 401 · Oct. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE £1,000,000 FILM MURDER by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Country House Crimes (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 402 · Oct. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE OLD AGE PENSIONER 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 403 · Oct. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CRIME IN PARK LANE by Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Terror of Ratcliff Highway (article) Notes: Story features Granite Grant and Mlle. Julie. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 404 · Oct. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE VICTIM OF DEVIL'S ALLEY 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 405 · Nov. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ROADHOUSE MURDER 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 406 · Nov. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BLACK DAGGER by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Muswell Hill Tragedy (article) Notes: This was reprinted in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 257 as THE BLACK DAGGER CRIMES (1938). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 407 · Nov. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE BOGUS PRINCE by Gilbert Chester (H. H. C. Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Accident, Suicide, or Murder? (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 408 · Nov. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW MYSTERY by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: The Con. Man (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 409 · Dec. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN FROM TOKIO 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 410 · Dec. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d ON TICKET OF LEAVE by Stacey Blake · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 411 · Dec. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TRAGEDY OF THE WEST END ACTRESS by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 412 · Dec. 1933 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DR. FERRARO'S FRAME-UP 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 1,525 · 7/1/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CALL OF THE DRAGON by Arthur J. Palk · Illustrator: Fred Bennett Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article). Notes: The last 'new' author to appear in UNION JACK... but according to Lofts and Adley, H. W. Twyman thought this might be an old story by Arthur J. Patterson rewritten. Unrated THE NEXT MOVE (Part 10) by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Notes: Blake and Co. begin to make their way back through the tunnels. However, their route is blocked by Brank and Stiletti who fire their guns at them and threaten to kill Mademoiselle Roxane. Under cover of darkness, Blake plunges into the water and allows it to sweep him alongside Brank's position. He then leaps upon the criminal and beats him almost senseless. Branks falls into the water and is carried away by the current. Blake and Tinker pursue Stiletti. Maenwhile, Dirk Dolland carries the exhausted Gilson up to the dummy house and out onto the street where he is dismayed to find himself facing Detective-Inspector Thomas. Rating:
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,526 · 14/1/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d BEHIND THE FOG by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article) Notes: Part of the Criminals' Confederation story arc, featuring Mr. Reece. This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 887 THE DOG DETECTIVE (1920). Unrated THE NEXT MOVE (Part 11) by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: None Notes: With Gilson unconscious from exhaustion, Dirk Dolland finds that he must face Detective-Inspector Thomas alone. To his suprise, the police official finally drops his obstinacy and sees events from Dolland's point of view. In fact, he insists in going into the underground waterway system to find and help Sexton Blake. However, when he opens the door of the dummy cottage a fist knocks him senseless. Brank is inside! The gangster points a gun at Dolland. Brank had been rescued from the flowing waters by Stiletti but, during that rescue, Mademoiselle Roxane had escaped and fled into the tunnels. Among the dark passages, she finds the one that leads to the wall safe. Using the combination she memorised from Anastasia, she opens the door. At that moment, Brank and Stiletti arrive, leading Dolland at gunpoint. Mademoiselle steps back from them, inadvertently entering the safe. The door swings shut, sealing her within. Blake, Tinker and Splash Page arrive. Brank informs them that Roxane will soon run out of air. Rating:
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,527 · 21/1/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d STOLEN IDENTITY by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: From Information Received (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated THE NEXT MOVE (Part 12) by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: None Notes: Held at gunpoint by Brank, Sexton Blake tries but fails to open the safe. Dirk Dolland also fails. However, he states that if he had his safecracking tools, he would be able to do the job. Brank won't allow him to fetch them, so Dolland gives the gangster the details of where to find them and Brank departs, leaving Blake, Tinker and Splash Page in Stiletti's custody. Page takes the opportunity to talk Stiletti into believing that Brank will kill him rather than share the millions in the safe. The gangster has already killed the Stutz and La Rocque, so Stiletti is quick to realise the truth of Page's statement. When Brank returns, Stiletti tries to shoot him but the gangster gets off a shot first and Stiletti takes a bullet between the eyes. Blake jumps Brank and, in the ensuing struggle, the crook's machine gun fires into the wall and roof of the tunnel and causes it to collapse. Tinker, Dolland and Page are half buried on one side of the landslide, Brank and Blake on the other. When the floor collapses under the struggling pair, they plunge down into a deep pool. Rating:
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,528 · 28/1/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HOUSE OF LIGHT by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: None Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated THE NEXT MOVE (Part 13) by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Notes: Tinker, Dirk Dolland and Splash Page dig themselves out of the rubble. While Dolland starts drilling air-holes in the safe in an attempt to save Mademoiselle Roxane, Tinker and Page dig through the earth and bricks to get to Blake. Eventually, they find the detective and Brank — both dead! Desperate attempts to resuscitate Blake fail. Tinker then has an idea. Taking a small jar of nitroglycerine from Dolland's safe-cracking kit, he cuts one of Blake's veins and rubs a few drops in, causing it to enter the detective's bloodstream. This kick-starts his heart, and Blake recovers consciousness. Meanwhile, Dolland hears Roxane's voice from within the safe. Trivia: The resuscitation of Sexton Blake is possibly one of the most thrilling 'Blake moments' ever! Rating:
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,529 · 4/2/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d SEXTON BLAKE WINS! by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article) Notes: The last story in the Criminals' Confederation story arc. This is a rewrite of UNION JACK issue 893 A BID FOR BILLIONS (1920). Unrated THE NEXT MOVE (Part 14) by Robert Murray (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: None Notes: From inside the safe, Mademoiselle Roxane tells Dirk Dolland the combination. The strongbox is opened and she is liberated from its confines. The stolen money is found within along with detailed records of when, where and from whom it was stolen. Furthermore, proofs of Gilson's innocence are found, bringing the adventure to a satisfactory conclusion. Rating:
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,530 · 11/2/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d VILLAGE VENGEANCE by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Kenneth Brookes Other content: The Round Table (ed.); From Information Received (article) Notes: Story features Waldo the Wonder-Man. Unrated |
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UNION JACK · New series · Issue 1,531 · 18/2/1933 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE LAND OF LOST MEN by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (article) Notes: Story features Sir Richard Losely and Lobangu. This is the final issue of the UNION JACK. Unrated |
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