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SEXTON BLAKE ANNUAL 1 · 1938 · Amalgamated Press · Price unknown THE SUNDOWNER'S SECRET by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown THE MYSTERY OF THE DUMB MEN by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Eric Parker SCUTTLER'S CACHE by Anon. (Barry Perowne) · Illustrator: A. Jones Notes: Story features Raffles Trivia: This is the third of four confrontations between Sexton Blake and A. J. Raffles. THE HOUSE IN BERKELEY SQUARE (SCUTTLER'S CACHE, episode II) by Anon. (Barry Perowne) · Illustrator: A. Jones Notes: Story features Raffles THE "SHANGHAI" SHIP (SCUTTLER'S CACHE, episode III) by Anon. (Barry Perowne) · Illustrator: A. Jones Notes: Story features Raffles THE FATAL 13TH by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown WHO WAS GUILTY? by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown THE INN-KEEPER'S FATE by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown THE HOUSE OF JUDAS by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Eric Parker THE UNWRITTEN LAW by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: A. Jones THE SINISTER SCIENTIST by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown THE CASE OF THE RANCHER EARL by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown THE MYSTERY MILLIONAIRE by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Trivia: The inset portrait of Sexton Blake on the cover illustration is, in fact, an old portrait of another detective, Panther Grayle of Russell Square, originally published in an early CHANPION Annual. Grayle was created by Jack Lancaster for the EMPIRE LIBRARY in 1910 and later resurrected by Howard Steele for CHAMPION. The character was assisted by a reformed 17-year-old delinquent named Dusty. Unrated |
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THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY · 2nd Series · Issue 255 · Jan. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THEY CAME TO SPY by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This was originally published as a serial in PILOT issues 99 to 108 (1937). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 255 · 8/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WITH THE PURPLE SCAR by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 257 · 22/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BLACK DAGGER CRIMES by Edwy Searles Brooks · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Your Character From Your Fingerprints (article); Ink Stains on a Gambler's Hands Launched the World's Greatest Forger (article); Alias — The Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 406 THE BLACK DAGGER (1933). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 259 · 5/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAGICIAN OF SOHO by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,101 BLACK MAGIC (1924). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 261 · 19/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FOG DEVILS by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Come at Once—If You Want to Trap the 3-Million-Dollar Gang (article); The Man Who Shrugged by Anon.; Alias — The Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,102 THE FOG-FIENDS (1924). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 263 · 5/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SECRET OF THE LAST SURVIVOR by Pierre Quiroule (W. W. Sayer) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Case of the Cairo Blackmailer by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; Alias — the Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: Story features Granite Grant and Mlle. Julie. This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 1st series issue 163 THE SECRET OF THE FROZEN NORTH (1921). The story was also reprinted as DEAD MAN'S DIARY in THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 416 (1934). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 265 · 19/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d LIMEHOUSE LOOT by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Trailing the White Slaver's Victim by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; Alias — the Angel by Gerald Verner; Sane — or Insane? by Anon. Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer. This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 319 THE CHINATOWN MYSTERY (1932). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 266 · 26/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE RIDDLE OF THE PHANTOM COACH by John Baron (Augustus Baker) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Case of the Card Gang's Decoy by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; The Mystery of the Jade Amulet by G. H. Teed; Alias — the Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,107 THE SECRET OF THE DUTCH GARDEN (1924). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 267 · 2/4/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CASE OF THE CROOK OIL KING by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Affair of the Colonel's Confession by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; Alias — the Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: This is believed to be a revised version of an older story (as yet unidentified). Story features Zenith the Albino Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 268 · 9/4/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE RIDDLE OF THE FAKE CLUES by Anon. (Unknown) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Murder Comes Aboard by Ladbroke Black; The Case of the Wild Young Man by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; Human Contraband (article); Alias — the Angel by Gerald Verner Notes: This is a short story, thought to be a reprint from PENNY PICTORIAL issue 649. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 269 · 16/4/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE RADIO CROOK by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 269 THE RADIO CROOK (1931). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 271 · 30/4/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SECRET OF PLAN YK by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Secret of the Napoleon Bust by Ex-Detective Insp. Harold Brust; The Strange Affair of the Antique Cradle by L. C. Douthwaite Notes: This is believed to be a revised version of an older story (as yet unidentified). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 273 · 14/5/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE GREAT MILK RACKET by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Case of the Boy Who Went Bad (article); The Strange Affair of the Antique Cradle by L. C. Douthwaite Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 276 · 4/6/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE STRANGE CASE OF THE SINISTER UNCLES by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Red Saunders by Sinbad; The Secret of the Marble Bacchante by G. H. Teed. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 278 · 18/6/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE SINISTER DR. SATIRA by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Secret of the Glass Skulls by Barry Perowne; Red Saunders by Sinbad; The Secret of the Marble Bacchante by G. H. Teed. Notes: This rehashes parts of UNION JACK issue 1,206 LORD OF THE APE MEN and issue 1,207 THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MAGICIAN (both 1926). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 280 · 2/7/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE RIDDLE OF THE ROYAL OAK by Anon. (Ladbroke Black) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Secret of the Glass Skulls by Barry Perowne; Red Saunders by Sinbad; The Secret of the Marble Bacchante by G. H. Teed. Notes: This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 315 THE MYSTERY OF THE 13TH CHEST (1933). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 282 · 16/7/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WHERE IS DR. SATIRA? by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Red Saunders by Sinbad; The Secret of the Marble Bacchante by G. H. Teed. Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,211 THE QUEST OF THE LIMPING MAN (1927). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 284 · 30/7/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE BRIDE OF DOOM by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Red Saunders by 'Sinbad'; The Secret of the Marble Bacchante by G. H. Teed Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 286 · 13/8/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d BAIT FOR DR. SATIRA by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Red Saunders by 'Sinbad'; Mantrap! by Jeffrey Gaunt Notes: This is a rehash of parts of UNION JACK issue 1,217 THE LAIR IF THE LIMPING MAN and UNION JACK issue 1,246 THE ADVENTURE OF THE DUMMY'S DOUBLE (both 1927). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 288 · 27/8/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE HOUR OF FEAR by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); The Huntsman by Gerald Verner; Mantrap by Jeffrey Gaunt Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,400 FEAR! (1930). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 290 · 10/9/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN FROM ALCATRAZ by Anon. (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. This is believed to be a revised version of an older story (as yet unidentified). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 292 · 24/9/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d WARNING FROM DR. SATIRA by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues with Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Huntsman by Gerald Verner; Pink Mask by Coutts Brisbane. Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,248 JUSTICE DEFIED (1927). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 294 · 8/10/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MAN WHO SOLD SECRETS by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues with Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Huntsman by Gerald Verner; Pink Mask by Coutts Brisbane. Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 296 · 22/10/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE MISER OF MARL HOUSE by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Find the clue with Inspector Hornleigh; The Air Wolf and the Mystery of the Icy Fingers by Geo. E. Rochester; The Huntsman by Gerald Verner Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,249 THE MYSTERY MAN OF MARL HOUSE (1927). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 298 · 5/11/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEARL PIRATES by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received (ed.); The Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues with Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Air Wolf and the Strange Case of the Golden Cat by Geo. E. Rochester; The Huntsman by Gerald Verner. Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer and Marie Galante. This is a reprint of SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 265 THE SECRET OF THE THIEVES' KITCHEN (1930). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 300 · 19/11/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DR. SATIRA'S REVENGE by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Murder in Czechoslovakia (article); The Huntsman by Gerald Verner Notes: This is rehashed from parts of UNION JACK issue 1,250 SEXTON BLAKE, CONVICT and UNION JACK issue 1,251 THE TRAIL OF THE BANDAGED MAN (both 1927). Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 302 · 3/12/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE TRAIL OF THE BLACK KNIGHT by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues With Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Air Wolf and the Mystery of the Yellow Caravan by Geo. E. Rochester; The Huntsman by Gerald Verner Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 304 · 17/12/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE CLUE OF THE PAINTED SMILE by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Christmas Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues With Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Clue of the Clean Hands by L. C. Mansfield; The Antlered Man by Edwy Searles Brooks Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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DETECTIVE WEEKLY · Issue 306 · 31/12/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d DR. SATIRA STAKES ALL by Anon. (Robert Murray Graydon) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: From Information Received; The Round Table (ed.); Find the Clues With Inspector Hornleigh (article); The Candle Drips... by L. C. Mansfield; The Antlered Man by Edwy Searles Brooks Notes: This is a reprint of UNION JACK issue 1,326 DEAD MAN'S PLUNDER (1929). Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 118 · 8/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 1) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This serial was republished as a single volume in THE BOYS' FRIEND LIBRARY second series issue 671 (1939). Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 119 · 15/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 2) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 120 · 22/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 3) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Harry Lane Other content: Will Hay at Bendover by Anon.; The Laughing Buccaneer by Anon.; The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Houdini — Magic Maker No. 1 by Anon.; Meet the Staff (ed.); Young Guy Fawkes by Anon.; Tales of Warder Strong by Anon. plus various strips Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 121 · 29/1/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 4) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 122 · 5/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 5) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 123 · 12/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 6) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 124 · 19/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 7) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 125 · 26/2/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 8) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 126 · 5/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 9) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 127 · 12/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 10) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Harry Lane Other content: Who is the Scarlet Lotus? by Anon.; Will Hay at Bendover by Anon.; Steele of Stoke by Anon.; The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts by Anon.; Tales of Warder Strong by Anon. plus various strips Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 128 · 19/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 11) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Harry Lane Other content: Who is the Scarlet Lotus? by Anon.; Will Hay at Bendover by Anon.; Steele of Stoke by Anon.; The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts by Anon.; Tales of Warder Strong by Anon. plus various strips Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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PILOT · Issue 129 · 26/3/1938 · Amalgamated Press · 2d THE FLAMING FRONTIER (part 12) by John Brearley (John Garbutt) · Illustrator: Harry Lane Other content: Who is the Scarlet Lotus? by Anon.; Will Hay at Bendover by Anon.; Steele of Stoke by Anon.; The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts by Anon.; Tales of Warder Strong by Anon. plus various strips Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 605 · Jan. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TIME OF THE CRIME by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 606 · Jan. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SPY FROM SPAIN by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Clue of the New Suit (article). Notes: Story features Hon. R. S. V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 607 · Jan. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE THREE LEPERS' HEADS by Pierre Quiroule (W. W. Sayer) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Murder in Berlin! (article) Notes: Story features Granite Grant and Mlle. Julie. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 608 · Jan. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BAILIFF'S SECRET by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Tragic Traveller (article) Notes: My copy is missing its cover. Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 609 · Feb. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE LIFT SHAFT CRIME by Warwick Jardine (Francis Warwick) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 610 · Feb. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING DOCTOR by Coutts Brisbane (R. C. Armour) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Cream Car Murder (article). Notes: Story features Dr. Ferraro. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 611 · Feb. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE SUNKEN SHIPS by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Dodging Arrest (Article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 612 · Feb. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE THREE WHO PAID by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.): When Crooks Cook Magic (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 613 · Mar. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE BLACK ACE by George Dilnot · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 614 · Mar. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE HOLD by John Hunter · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 615 · Mar. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TERROR OF TANGIER by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Clue of the Faked Address (article) Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer, Mary Trent and George Marsden Plummer. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 77 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 616 · Mar. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FALSE ALIBI by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Murder for a Car (article) Notes: Story features R.S.V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 617 · Apr. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE RIDDLE OF BIG BEN by Anthony Parsons · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Visions of a Fortune (Article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 618 · Apr. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE MURDERED POSTMAN by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 619 · Apr. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE STREET MUSICIAN by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Debts Paid By Murder (article) Notes: Story features R.S.V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 620 · Apr. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE EXCAVATOR'S SECRET by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Shoplifter (article). Notes: Story features Gilbert and Eileen Hale. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 65 (1926). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 621 · May 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF NO.7 BITTON COURT by Pierre Quiroule (W. W. Sayer) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Fatal Clues (article Notes: Story features Granite Grant and Mlle. Julie. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 622 · May 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE PIGEON LOFT CRIME by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Chauffeur's Plot (article). Notes: Story features Hon. R. S. V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 623 · May 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE PRISONERS OF PERU by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Found in the Wilds (article) Notes: Story features Splash Page. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 115 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 624 · May 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d CROOK'S CONVOY 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 625 · Jun. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN WHO TURNED KING'S EVIDENCE by John Hunter · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Moat Farm Case (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 626 · Jun. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF A DEAD MAN by Paul Urquhart (L. L. Day Black) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Murder of a Peer (Article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 627 · Jun. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE NEWSPAPER SELLER'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 628 · Jun. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE TIGER OF CANTON by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Milking the Mugs (Article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 89 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 629 · Jul. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE KIDNAPPED SPECIALIST by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 630 · Jul. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE HATED EIGHT by Pierre Quiroule (W. W. Sayer) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Wife Poisoner (article). Notes: A man named Drannel is found dead on Hampstead Heath. Sexton Blake believes that an ad in the 'personals' may give a clue to the circumstances of his death. He answers it and, mistaken for another, is instructed to travel to Paris. After he has departed, a Frenchman arrives at Baker Street with urgent information for him. Tinker goes with the man to Paris but, once there, his companion turns on him and knocks him unconscious. Meanwhile, Blake has teamed up with Bertrand Charon of the Surete. The latter informs him that Drannel was really named Claude Ravel and was killed because he had information about a secret society named the Council of Eight. This group, dedicated to hastening political instability in Europe, is now set to kidnap a millionaire named Jasper Rotham. So, when the real Rotham arrives in Paris, he is sent to a safe-house and a disguised Charon takes his place. He is kidnapped but when Blake and the police trail him to a house in the suburbs, they find it empty but for a bomb which they narrowly avoid. The Eight imprison Charon with Tinker in the catacombs beneath the city. Elsewhere, Granite Grant and Mlle. Julie are also on the trail of the Eight. They are put on the right track by Louise Desconnon, a woman who has betrayed the organisation. Blake, too, is guided to this woman. Mlle. Julie arrives at Desconnon's apartment first and is promptly drugged. Blake arrives next, discovers her, but is knocked unconscious. Grant receives a panic-stricken call from Desconnon, traces it to a call-box, and finds her there stabbed in the back and at death's door. After taking her to hospital, he goes to her apartment and finds Julie, who he carries out without realising that Sexton Blake is unconscious in a wardrobe. Later, Julie follows a lead to Professor Rinaldo, inventor of an invisibility ray and the same man who had previously lured Tinker into the hands of the Eight. He now does the same with her. Blake, having recovered and escaped from the wardrobe, searches for Charon and finds the entrance to the secret hideout of the Eight in the catacombs. Having gained a hooded cowl from one of the gang, he infiltrates their base. Granite Grant is also closing in; a document posted to him by Claude Ravel before he was murdered exposes Rinaldo as the head of the Eight, so Grant visits the professor's home. Tinker, meanwhile, escapes imprisonment and meets up with Blake. All the main characters now gather for an attack on the Eight's headquarters and are successful in their assault. Rating:  A more sophisticated plot than the average Sexton Blake story but one that becomes a little repetitive and confusing as the tale progresses. The invisibility ray seems completely surplus to requirements and is left unexplained.
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 631 · Jul. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE FATAL PIT by Mark Osborne (John W. Bobin) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Murder in the Mine (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 103 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 632 · Jul. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE ROADHOUSE MYSTERY 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 633 · Aug. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE HIRE-PURCHASE CRIME by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Car Thieves (Article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 634 · Aug. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF MOOR HOUSE by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Man Overboard (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 635 · Aug. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE POISONED PEN by Gwyn Evans · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: Story features Splash Page. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 121 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 636 · Aug. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE MURDERED ICE CREAM MAN 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 637 · Sep. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DANGEROUS MONEY by Rex Hardinge · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Murder for a Car (article) Notes: Story features Mark Judson. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 638 · Sep. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE 'ALLAH'S EYE' CONSPIRACY by Anthony Parsons · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Real Life Bluebeards (article). Notes: Story features Gunga Dass. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 639 · Sep. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING CONSTABLE by Allan Blair (William J. Bayfield) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Tell-Tale Footprints (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 640 · Sep. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE DISGUISED APACHE by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Modern Hermits (article). Notes: Story features Dr. Huxton Rymer and Mary Trent. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 113 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 641 · Oct. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE THREE FRIGHTENED MEN by Berkeley Gray (Edwy Searles Brooks) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This story was adapted for the radio serial ENTER - SEXTON BLAKE. It was reprinted in serialised form as 'the story of the radio drama' starting in DETECTIVE WEEKLY issue 310 just three months after its debut here. It is, therefore, the most rapidly reprinted story in Sexton Blake's history. It also marks the one and only appearance in the Blake saga of Inspector William Williams, more usually known as 'Sweet William', the long-suffering Scotland Yard man in Berkeley Gray's Norman Conquest novels. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 642 · Oct. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM by George Dilnot · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 643 · Oct. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Floating Hearses (article) Notes: Story features R. S. V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 644 · Oct. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE FILM CITY by G. H. Teed · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Lost Gold-mines (article) Notes: Story features George Marsden Plummer and Vali Mata-Vali. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 119 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 645 · Nov. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d DANGER AT WESTWAYS by Donald Stuart · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Men on Bail (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 646 · Nov. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE GIANT CITY SWINDLE by Anthony Skene (George N. Philips) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Jewels of Doom (article). Notes: None at present. This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 123 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 647 · Nov. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MYSTERY OF THE DEAD MAN'S WALLET by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); The Missing Wife (article). Notes: Story features Hon. R. S. V. Purvale. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 648 · Nov. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SUSPECTED SIX by Hedley Scott (Hedley O'Mant) · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Crazy Ghosts (article). Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 649 · Dec. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET AT SIXTY-SIX FATHOMS by Stanton Hope · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); A Narrow Squeak (Article) Notes: Story features Joe Harman and Mike O'Flynn. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 650 · Dec. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE MAN ON THE DOLE by Stanton Hope · Illustrator: Eric Parker Other content: Consulting Room Chat (ed.); Unknown Killer (article) Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 651 · Dec. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE SECRET OF THE SNOWS by Gilbert Chester (H. H. Clifford Gibbons) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: This is a reprint of THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY 2nd series issue 124 (1927). Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 2nd series · Issue 652 · Dec. 1938 · Amalgamated Press · 4d THE CLUE OF THE TATOOED MAN by J. G. Brandon · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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