Norman Conquest in The Thriller
The Norman Conquest stories written as Berkeley Gray found their first home in The Thriller, Amalgamated Press's flagship story paper of the 1930s. These first stories were used as the basis of the first few novels.
Mr Mortimer Gets the Jitters
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 417 | 30/01/1937 | Mr Mortimer Gets The Jitters (written as E S Brooks not Berkeley Gray) | 417/423/435 rewritten as "Mr Mortimer Gets the Jitters" (1938) |
| 423 | 13/03/1937 | The Room Upstairs | |
| 435 | 27/03/1937 | Sabotage |
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Vultures Ltd
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 452 | 02/10/1937 | Vultures Ltd | 452/458/458 rewritten as "Vultures Ltd." (1938) |
| 458 | 13/11/1937 | The Dictator | |
| 467 | 15/01/1938 | The Dictator’s Victim |
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Miss Dynamite
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 475 | 12/03/1938 | The Case of the Curious Cop | 475/480/485 rewritten as "Miss Dynamite" (1939} |
| 480 | 16/04/1938 | Miss Dynamite | |
| 485 | 21/05/1938 | Conquest Takes the Count |
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Conquest Marches On
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 490 | 25/06/1938 | Leave It To Conquest | 490/495/502 rewritten as "Conquest Marches On" (1939} |
| 495 | 30/07/1938 | The Fatal Circle | |
| 502 | 17/09/1938 | No Flowers By Request |
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Leave It To Conquest
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 508 | 29/10/1938 | The Phantom Train | 508/513/517 rewritten as "Leave it to Conquest" (1939) |
| 513 | 03/12/1938 | The Man Who Glowed in the Dark | |
| 517 | 31/12/1938 | The House of a Thousand Lights | 517 reprinted in Thrilling Detective (Jan 1949} |
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Conquest Takes All
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 518 | 07/01/1939 | Find the Lady | 518/522/525 rewritten as "Conquest Takes All" (1940) |
| 522 | 04/02/1939 | Crime Castle | |
| 525 | 25/02/1939 | A Crook in Armour |
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Meet the Don
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 527 | 11/03/1939 | Crime Marches on | 527/530/533 rewritten as "Meet the Don" (1940) |
| 530 | 01/04/1939 | A Present from Conquest | |
| 533 | 22/04/1939 | The Trap |
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Six To Kill
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 536 | 13/05/1939 | Rubber Face | 536/538/545 rewritten as "Six to Kill" (1940) |
| 538 | 27/05/1939 | Rough House | |
| 545 | 15/07/1939 | Zero Hour |
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Convict "1066"
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 550 | 19/08/1939 | Convict “1066” | 550/553/554 rewritten as "Convict 1066" (1940) |
| 552 | 02/09/1939 | With Conquest’s Compliments | |
| 554 | 16/09/1939 | Arrest Conquest |
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Thank You, Mr Conquest
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 567 | 16/12/1939 | Thank You! Mr Conquest | 567/569 rewritten as "Thank You, Mr Conquest" (1941) |
| 569 | 30/12/1939 | Happy Christmas Crooks! |
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Six Feet of Dynamite
| Issue Number | Date | Name | Notes |
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| 588 | 11/05/1940 | Front Line Cameraman | 588/590 were not originally a Conquest story, but were rewritten Six Feet of Dynamite” (1941) Note: Issue 590 of The Thriiler was advertised but never appeared |
| 590 | Not published | One Man Blitzkreig | Note: Issue 590 of The Thriiler was advertised but never appeared |