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Issue: Super Detective Library #4
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #4 of 154 Issues (157 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAmalgamated Press
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Indicia Publisher: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
On Sale Date: 05/07/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 8.0 pence GBQ 0-0-8
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Sticker placed over the price lists 1/- [0-1-0 AUP].
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: digest
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Return of the Third Man

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Genres: adventure, crime, drama, mystery
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Feature(s): Bulldog Drummond
Character(s): Bulldog Drummond
First Line: Have you seen this month's other issue of Super Detective Library?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for No. 3.
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The Secret of the Circus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Peter Sutherland ?
Inker(s): Peter Sutherland
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): The Third Man
Character(s): Harry Lime; Kramner; Kranzel; Louisa; Geeko [Hans Hessel] (villain, dies)
Synopsis: Harry discovers what happened to Hans Hessel, Hitler's private treasurer, and his loot worth 33 million pounds.
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Pages: 36
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Too Many Crooks!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): The Third man
Character(s): Harry Lime; Lulu Hartz [Lili]; Feckety; Lodislaus Foder; Walter Corelli
Synopsis: Harry is hired by manager Fectety to forestall a bank robbery. He recognizes the flower shop owner across the street is Lili the Twister, often associated with the Corellis, "the best bank robbers in Central Europe".
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Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: The mention of the pengő dates this story between 1927 and 1946.
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First Line: Coming next month!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for No. 5 The Great Flying Saucer Mystery! (The Saint) and No. 6 The Door with Seven Locks!
(Edgar Wallace) on sale the first Thursday in June.
Indicia at the bottom of the page reads:
"Printed in England and published on the first Thusday in each month by The Amalgmated Press, Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farrington Street, E.C.4. Sole agents: Australia, Messrs. Gordon & Gotch, Ltd.; South Africa, Central News Agency, Ltd.; Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Messrs. Kingstons, Ltd. Subscription Rates: Inland and Abroad 19/- for 12 months, 9/6d for 6 months. Super Detective Library is sold subject tp the following conditions, that it shall not, without the written consent of the Publishers first given, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of Trade except at the full retail prices as shown on the cover; and it shall not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of in a mutilated condition, or in any unauthorizedcover by way of Trade; or affixed to or as part of any publication or adverstising, literary or pictorial matter whatsover. SS"
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First Line: Did you see Nos 1 and 2 of Super Detective Library?
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Disclose Notes: Ad for No. 1 The Contraband People (The Saint) and No. 2 The Riddle of Frensham Hall (The Armchair Detective).
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Waverly Book Co., Ltd.
First Line: Sent to your home FREE on approval for 7 days
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Practical Knowledge for All, 6 volumes edited by Sir John Hammerton.
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