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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
417 30/01/1937Mr 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
452 02/10/1937Vultures 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
475 12/03/1938The 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
490 25/06/1938Leave 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
508 29/10/1938The 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
518 07/01/1939Find 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
527 11/03/1939Crime 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
536 13/05/1939Rubber 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
550 19/08/1939Convict “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
567 16/12/1939Thank 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
588 11/05/1940Front 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
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  • Biography
  • Norman Conquest
    • The Norman Conquest Novels
    • Conquest in The Thriller
  • Ironsides Cromwell
    • Grouser Beeke
    • The "Ironsides" Cromwell novels
    • "Ironsides" Cromwell in The Thriller
  • Sexton Blake
  • Nelson Lee
    • Nelson Lee Library
    • St Franks' in Other publications
    • Professor Zingrave
    • Eileen Dare
    • Jim the Penman
  • Other Stories
    • Waldo the Wonder Man
    • Dixon Hawke
    • Falcon Swift
    • Frank Kingston
    • The Invisible Speedman
    • The Saint
    • Westchester and Whitelands
    • Other
  • Contact