World’s Best Boys’ Annual (Allied Newspapers)	Ghost Riders of Death Gulch	E S Brooks
Young Airman’s Annual 1941	Drums of Dread	Berkeley Gray
Collins Girls Annual 1941	Little Miss Detective	Victoria Gray
The Splendid Book For Boys	The Clue of the Glass Stopper (Ironsides story)	Victor Gunn

BOYS’ BEST STORY PAPER

George Newnes Ltd

16 18-Dec-12 Heroes of the Circus

BOYS’ FRIEND LIBRARY

Amalgamated Press Ltd

1st series

(Note: For the sake of completeness, the St. Frank’s stories are included)

200	Aug-12	Canvas and Caravan		R W Comrade
398	Oct-17	The Stowaway’s Quest		R W Comrade (R/P from Boy’s Herald 415-425)
403	Nov-17	Scorned By The School		E S Brooks (R/P from Dreadnought 25-37)
405	Dec-17	The Cad of the School		E S Brooks (R/P from Dreadnought 37-48)
504	Apr-20	In Trackless Space		R W Comrade (R/P from NLL serial OS/220-241)
514	Jul-20	Nipper at St. Frank’s	St. Frank’s	R W Comrade
568	Aug-21	Curtis of the Fifth		R W Comrade (R/P from UJ serial 2/868-880)
633	Sep-22	The Idol of St. Frank’s	St. Frank’s	Not ESB, written by Balfour Ritchie
649	Jan-23	The Green Triangle	Nelson Lee	E S Brooks (R/P from Nugget Weekly 9-15)
656	Feb-23	The Return of Zingrave	Nelson Lee	E S Brooks (R/P from Nugget Weekly 16-22)
657	Mar-23	The Wonder Craft	Nelson Lee	E S Brooks (R/P from Nugget Weekly 28-34)
704	Feb-24	Pots of Money	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (original title “Handforth’s Golden Windfall”)
708	Mar-24	The Kidnapped School	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Pluck 3/26-35)
709	Apr-24	Phantom Island	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks
713	May-24	The New York Mystery	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks

2nd series

105	Aug-27	St. Frank’s On The Rocks	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm 2/323-331)
110	Sep-27	The Schoolboy Republic	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm 2/332-339)

Boy’s Friend Library - cont

213	Nov-29	Grit!		E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/1-13)
244	Jun-30	The Stuff to Give ‘em		E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/45-55)
253	Sep-30	The Golden Goalie	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/64-66)

257	Oct-30	The Cad of the Crusaders	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/67-69)
261	Nov-30	The Boss of the Blues	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/70-73)
265	Dec-30	The Haunted Team	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/74-76)
269	Jan-31	The Vanishing Footballers	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm NS/77-80)
277	Mar-31	Rivals of the Blue Crusaders	Blue Crusaders	E S Brooks (R/P from NLL 1NS/146-159)
435	Jun-34	The Schemer of St. Frank’s	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks
439	Jul-34	St. Frank’s on Broadway	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from BFL 1/713)
441	Aug-34	The Kidnapped Remove	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Pluck 3/26-35,cf BFL 1/708)
445	Sep-34	Waldo’s Wonder Team		E S Brooks
447	Sep-34	The St. Frank’s Castaways	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from BFL 1/709)
451	Oct-34	Crusoes of Surf Island	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm 2/323-331,cf BFL 2/105)
455	Nov-34	The Schoolboy Republic	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from Boy’s Realm 2/332-339,cf BFL 2/110)
459	Dec-34	The Crook of Mosquito Creek		E S Brooks (R/P from Dreadnought 84-98, cf SBL 1/13)
555	Dec-36	Peril Camp	St. Frank’s	E S Brooks (R/P from NLL 2NS/75-77)
615	Mar-38	The Imposter of the Fourth		R W Comrade (R/P from Dreadnought 25-37,cf BFL 1/403)
619	Apr-38	The League of Bullies		R W Comrade (R/P from Dreadnought 37-48,cf BFL 1/405)
670	May-39	The Schoolboy Magician		Anon (ESB) (R/P from Pilot 92-120)
674	Jun-39	Buffalo Bill’s Boyhood		E S Brooks (R/P from Pilot 121-131)

THE BOY’S FRIEND WEEKLY

Amalgamated Press Ltd

492	12-Nov-10	Hurled Through Space
534	02-Sep-11	From “Call Boy” to “Junior Lead”	R W Comrade
613	08-Mar-13	Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted	R W Comrade
633	26-Jul-13	At Four Minutes To Three	R W Comrade

THE BOY’S HERALD

Amalgamated Press Ltd

415 - 425	01-Jan-11 to 09-Sep-11	The Stowaway’s Quest (serial)	Norman Greaves
428	30-Sep-11	To Save the President	Norman Greaves
434	11-Nov-11	The Petrol Train	Norman Greaves
441	30-Dec-11	Flying to Victory	Norman Greaves

THE BOYS’ JOURNAL

Amalgamated Press Ltd

06-Jun-14

The Mystery of the Three Lamp Posts

BOYS MAGAZINE

Allied Newspapers (Manchester)

278-291	02-Jul-27 to 1-Oct-27	The Planet Schoolboys (serial)
495	29-Aug-31	The Crook with the Wireless Brain
496-508	05-Sep-31 to 28-Nov-31	The Shooting Sleuth (serial)	Falcon Swift story
504	31-Oct-31	Fortune of the Flames
521	27-Feb-32	Terrorland	Terrorland story
522	05-Mar-32	Vampires of Terrorland	Terrorland story
523	12-Mar-32	The Unlikely Holocaust	Terrorland story
524	19-Mar-32	Crime Castle
525	26-Mar-32	The Secret of the Boatrace Stroke
526	02-Apr-32	The Crime Spider’s Web	Terrorland story
529	23-Apr-32	The Visitation of Doom
530	30-Apr-32	The Runaway Planet
532	14-May-32	Fiends in the Flood	Terrorland story
538	25-Jun-32	The Ice Rays
551	24-Sep-32	The Headless Men of Droone	Devil Doctor story
552	01-Oct-32	Lured to Giant’s Fang	Devil Doctor story
553	08-Oct-32	Midnight at Moaning Buoy	Devil Doctor story
555	22-Oct-32	The Bottomless Pit	Devil Doctor story
556	29-Oct-32	The Castle of Nameless Fear	Devil Doctor story
559	19-Nov-32	The Devil Doctor’s Secret	Devil Doctor story
560	26-Nov-32	Behind the Skeleton Hands	Devil Doctor story
561	03-Dec-32	Zazarin the Sinister - Sky High	Devil Doctor story
564	24-Nov-32	Christmas in Terrorland	Terrorland story
570	04-Feb-33	Vengeance In Terrorland	Terrorland story
573	25-Feb-33	The Stadium of Spectres	Falcon Swift story
574	04-Mar-33	The Creature of the Crater	Falcon Swift story
575	11-Mar-33	Kidnapped at the Cup-tie	Falcon Swift story
576	18-Mar-33	The Football Raiders	Falcon Swift story
577	25-Mar-33	The X-Ray Footballers	Falcon Swift story
578	01-Apr-33	The Invisible Menace	Falcon Swift story
579	08-Apr-33	The House of Mocking Shadows	Bulldog Hamilton
580	15-Apr-33	The Werewolf of Blackston Hall	Bulldog Hamilton
582	29-Apr-33	Uncanny Castle Marooned on a Meteorite	Bulldog Hamilton
583	06-May-33	Lose Wembley - Or Die!	Falcon Swift story
584	13-May-33	Mystery Manor	Bulldog Hamilton
587	03-Jun-33	The Will O’ The Wisp Cracksman
589	17-Jun-33	Professor Bill - Science ’Tec
590	24-Jun-33	The Sky Car Raiders
593	15-Jul-33	The Millionaire Magician
595	29-Jul-33	The Stratosphere Trip
596	05-Oct-33	The Ship of a Thousand Mysteries
600	02-Sept-33	Lonehand Lambert - Cyclone Sleuth
601	09-Sep-33	The Stone Eater
605	07-Oct-33	The Mystery of the Mandarin’s Island
606	14-Oct-33	The Corsair Raiders	Corsair story
607	21-Oct-33	Caught in the Corsair’s Cage	Corsair story
608	28-Oct-33	Corsair Craft	Corsair story
609	04-Nov-33	The Crescent of Death Rocket Robbers	Falcon Swift story
613	01-Dec-33	The Castle of the Red Candles
617	30-Dec-33	Christmas at Terror Castle
619	13-Jan-34	The Cavern of Silent Men

BOY’S REALM

Amalgamated Press Ltd

2nd series

434	24-Oct-10	Billy Flip’s Benefit
442	19-Nov-10	Rivals of the Air

BOY’S REALM OF SPORT AND ADVENTURE

Amalgamated Press Ltd

New series

1 to	23-Jun-27	Grit	E S Brooks	Orig of BFL 2/213
13	15-Sep-27	- serial - not St. Frank's
45 to	26-Apr-28	The Stuff to Give 'Em	E S Brooks	Orig of BFL 2/244 and of
55	05-Jul-28	- serial - not St. Frank's		“Racketeers of the Turf”(1947)
				by Carleton Ross (ESB)

The Blue Crusaders Series

64	06-Sep-28	Fatty Fowkes' Fortune	E S Brooks	\|
65	13-Sep-28	The Golden Goalie	E S Brooks	\| Orig of BFL 2/253
66	20-Sep-28	The Spendthrift Crusader	E S Brooks	\|

67	27-Sep-28	Fatty Fowkes' Flag Day	E S Brooks	\|
68	04-Oct-28	The Team Without a Ground	E S Brooks	\| Orig of BFL 2/257
69	11-Oct-28	Boss o' the Blues	E S Brooks	\|

70	18-Oct-28	St. Frank's to the Rescue	E S Brooks	\|
71	25-Oct-28	In Hiding at St. Frank's	E S Brooks	\| Orig of BFL 2/261
72	01-Nov-28	Fatty Fowkes The Rebel	E S Brooks	\|
73	08-Nov-28	The Haunted Goalie	E S Brooks	\|

74	15-Nov-28	The Team of Ghosts	E S Brooks	\|
75	22-Nov-28	The Phantom of Bannington Grange	E S Brooks	\| Orig of BFL 2/265
76	29-Nov-28	The Haunted Crusaders	E S Brooks	\|


77	06-Dec-28	The Menace of the Green Triangle	E S Brooks	\|
78	13-Dec-28	In the Clutches of Zingrave	E S Brooks	\| Orig of BFL 2/269
79	20-Dec-28	The Vanishing Crusaders	E S Brooks	\|
80	27-Dec-28	The Triumph of the Crusaders	E S Brooks	\|

THE BUZZER

George Newnes Ltd

Stories of the “Invisible Speedman” averaging 6000 words per story

1	16-Oct-37	The Invisible Speedman
2	23-Oct-37	The Phantom Fighter
3	30-Oct-37	The Ghost Car
4	06-Nov-37	The Avenging Flash
5	13-Nov-37	The Miser of Blackrock
6	20-Nov-37	The Boy the Sky Swallowed
7	27-Nov-37	Speedman’s Magic
8	04-Dec-37	Larry Makes the Sparks Fly
9	11-Dec-37	The Headmaster’s Pupil
10	18-Dec-37	A Drink of Dynamite
11	25-Dec-37	The Man Who Was Father Christmas
12	01-Jan-38	The Invisible Avenger
13	08-Jan-38	The Invisible Speedman - No 2
14	15-Jan-38	The Immovable Speedman
15	22-Jan-38	The Man Who Broke Windows
16	29-Jan-38	The Invisible Speedman’s Crash
17	05-Feb-38	Speedman’s Peril
18	12-Feb-38	The Ghost of Manor House
19	19-Feb-38	The Human Shark
20	26-Feb-38	The Pyramid of Mystery
21	05-Mar-38	The Invisble Speedman v The Demon King
22	12-Mar-38	The House of a Thousand Snares
23	19-Mar-38	The Secret Haunt of Dr X
24	26-Mar-38	On the Invisible Speedman’s Trail
25	02-Apr-38	The Casket of Mystery
26	09-Apr-38	The Sinister Scientist’s Secret
27	16-Apr-38	The Invisible Speedman’s Invisible Weapon
28	23-Apr-38	To Smash the Invisible Speedman
29	30-Apr-38	The Wailing Cave
30	07-May-38	Blown Sky High
31	14-May-38	The Invisible Joker
32	21-May-38	Condemned to the Furnace
33	28-May-38	The Return of the Invisible Speedman
34	04-Jun-38	Six Bullets Didn’t Hurt Him The Haunted Castle School	Haunted Castle School story
35	11-Jun-38	The Most Dangerous Man On Earth The Trouble Hunters	Haunted Castle School story
36	18-Jun-38	The Fangs of Dr X The Secret of Study No 1	Haunted Castle School story

The Buzzer finished with No 36 and the following stories already written did not appear

Dr X’s Unhappy Afternoon

The Haunted Castle School series No 4

Invisible Speedman story

Haunted Castle School story

Dr X’s Double

The Haunted Castle School series No 5

Invisible Speedman story

Haunted Castle School story

CHEER BOYS CHEER

Amalgamated Press Ltd

5	22-Jun-12	The Sunken Ruby	Clive Derring story
6	29-Jun-12	The President’s Peril	Clive Derring story
7	06-Jul-12	The Missing Messenger	Clive Derring story
8	13-Jul-12	Sir Randolph’s Ransom	Clive Derring story
10	27-Jul-12	A Seaside Mystery	Clive Derring story
11	03-Aug-12	The Bungalow Mystery The Malay Guide	Clive Derring story Norman Greaves
12	10-Aug-12	The Aeroplane Spy	Clive Derring story
13	17-Aug-12	Kidnapped	Clive Derring story
14	24-Aug-12	The Candlestick Clue	Clive Derring story
15	31-Aug-12	“On Tuesday at Eight”	Clive Derring story
30	14-Dec-12	The Submarine Invasion
59	05-Jul-13	The Yellow Terror - 1 : The First Brush With The Enemy
60	12-Jul-13	The Yellow Terror - 2 : Britain’s First Setback
61	19-Jul-13	The Yellow Terror - 3 : The Lion At Bay
62	26-Jul-13	The Yellow Terror - 4 : A Hero After All
63	02-Aug-13	The Yellow Terror - 5 : The Battle In The Air
64	09-Aug-13	The Yellow Terror - 6 : On the Footplate
65	16-Aug-13	The Yellow Terror - 7 : The Dragon’s Teeth
66	23-Aug-13	The Yellow Terror - 8 : The Seige of Ipswich
67	30-Aug-13	The Yellow Terror - 9 : In China’s Clutches
68	06-Sep-13	The Yellow Terror - 11 : The Dragon’s Last Chance
69	13-Sep-13	The Yellow Terror - 12 : The Dragon’s Downfall

COMIC CUTS

Amalgamated Press Ltd

2631	19-Oct-40	Crime Smasher	Kenton Steele story
2632	26-Oct-40	Gold Pirates	Kenton Steele story
2633	02-Nov-40	The Missing Rugger Blue	Kenton Steele story
2634	09-Nov-40	The Sea Tank	Kenton Steele story
2636	23-Nov-40	The House In The Pines	Kenton Steele story
2642	04-Jan-41	The Fatal Wire	Kenton Steele story
2643	11-Jan-41	The Doom Train	Kenton Steele story
2647	08-Feb-41	The Petrol Thieves	Kenton Steele story
2656	12-Apr-41	Secret Plan X24	Kenton Steele story

CYCLING

Temple Press

1013	15-Jun-10	How I Didn’t Commit Suicide
1028	27-Sep-10	At Dead of Night	E S Brodie

DETECTIVE LIBRARY

Amalgamated Press Ltd

29	14-Feb-20	The Sealed Room		\| The
30	21-Feb-20	The Forged Treaty		\| Return of
31	28-Feb-20	The Death Chair	Manchester	\| Jim
32	06-Mar-20	Nelson Lee in the Potteries	Stoke	\| the
33	13-Mar-20	The Affair of the £10,000 Platignum Theft	Birmingham	\| Penman
34	20-Mar-20	The Golden Football Casket	Glasgow	\| collective
35	27-Mar-20	Nelson Lee in Lancashire	Lancashire	\| series
36	03-Apr-20	Nipper’s Coup	Hull
37	10-Apr-20	Jim the Penman’s Paris Coup	Paris	\|
38	17-Apr-20	The Last Bout	Deptford	\|

47	19-Jun-20	The Two Signals	\| Individual stories
48	26-Jun-20	The Ape’s Paw	\|
49	03-Jul-20	The Three Little Devils	\|

DETECTIVE WEEKLY (also see Sexton Blake stories)

Amalgamated Press Ltd

145	30-Nov-35	The Mystery of the Man in Mail	Waldo story. Rewritten as part of “The Spot Marked X”(1948) by Berkeley Gray
179	25-Jul-36	Cyclists’ Rest	“Grouser” Beeke & Cavendish story Rewritten as part of “Ironsides Sees Red”(1943) by Victor Gunn NOT
201	26-Dec-36	Ten Minute Trap	Waldo story. Rewritten as part of “The Spot Marked X”(1948) by Berkeley Gray SEXTON
210	27-Feb-37	The Mystery of the Wailing Pool	“Grouser” Beeke & Cavendish story Rewritten as part of “Ironsides Smells Blood”(1946) by Victor Gunn BLAKE
235	21-Aug-37	The Holiday Camp Mystery	“Grouser” Beeke & Cavendish story Rewritten as part of “Ironsides Sees Red”(1943) by Victor Gunn STORIES
252	18-Dec-37	The Fantastic Affair at Cloon Castle	“Grouser” Beeke & Cavendish story Rewritten as part of “Ironsides Sees Red”(1943) by Victor Gunn

“Grouser” Beeke serials in Detective Weekly

217 - 230	1937	Mr Nemesis		Rewritten as “Footsteps of Death” by Victor Gunn 1939. Would have been 3rd “Grouser” novel if ESB had not had difference of opinion with Harraps.
304 - 317	1939	The Strange Case of the Antlered Man			R/P from UJ 2/1357, & novel 1935
343 - 350	1939	The Grouser Investigates	R/P from 1935 novel

DIXON HAWKE LIBRARY

D C Thomson Ltd

116	10-Dec-23	Marko the Miracle Man		Marko story
119	21-Jan-24	The Glendale Lodge Mystery		Marko story
130	23-Jun-24	Marko’s Amazing Bid		Marko story
132	27-Jul-24	Marko at Wembley		Marko story
153	11-May-25	Marko’s Double		Marko story
165	28-Oct-25	Marko’s Lucky Dip		Marko story
182	21-Jun-27	Marko, the Bluffer		Marko story
199	30-Jul-27	Marko - You’re a Wonder		Marko story
224	30-Jun-28	Marko’s Day of Thrills		Marko story
241	23-Feb-29	The Trail of the Mandarins Double		Marko story
253	10-Aug-29	Bully Doyle’s Tattooed Trunk
254	24-Aug-29	The Fourth Victim
258	19-Oct-29	The Midget of Mystery		The Microbe story
268	08-Mar-30	Marko’s Surprise Item from 2LO	Marko story
290	10-Jan-31	The Riddle of the Rajah’s Sword	Rewritten as “The Gretton Murder Case” by Carleton Ross, 1942 Unpub.
297	18-Apr-31	Dixon Hawke’s Desert Patrol
301	13-Jun-31	The Circle of Silence	Rewritten from UJ 2/917, Rewritten as NLL 2NS/10 and as “Nice Day for a Murder” by Victor Gunn 1945
366	09-Dec-33	Mr Dexter’s Mystery Field	Based on UJ 2/1357, Rewritten as “The Strange Case of the Antlered Man” by E S Brooks 1935, and DW serial 304-317
380	23-Jun-35	The Frozen Man’s Double	Rewritten from UJ 2/1364, Rewritten as part of “The Dead Man Laughs” by Victor Gunn 1944
385	01-Sep-34	The Miracle Man’s Lucky Day	Marko story
397	16-Feb-35	Marko’s Hanging Witness	Marko story
406	22-Jun-35	The Clue of the Crimson Eye
412	14-Sep-35	The Amazing Marko	Marko story
426	14-Mar-36	The Man of Terror
457	05-Jun-37	When the Gaunt Dog Howled	Rewritten as part of “Murder On Ice” by Victor Gunn 1951
466	09-Oct-37	The Return of Marko, the Miracle Man	Marko story. Half book-length story.

Note: (i) A second story “The Miser of Mortlake” concerning the character the Microbe who appeared in no. 258 was written and paid for but never published.

(ii) The character of Marko made further appearances with Dixon Hawke in D C Thomson’s The Adventure, but it is extremely unlikely that ESB played any part in the writing of these stories.

THE DREADNOUGHT

Amalgamated Press Ltd

25 - 37	16-Nov-12 to 08-Dec-12	Scorned by the School (serial)	R W Comrade
37 - 48	08-Dec-12 to 26-Apr-13	The Cad of the School (serial)	R W Comrade

(It is worth noting that the basic idea of these two series were the same as the Castleton Twins series that appeared concurrently in NLL and Gem in 1927)

63	09-Aug-13	The Passing of the King	R W Comrade
84 - 98	03-Jan-14 to 11-Apr-14	The Heir from Nowhere (serial)	Sexton Blake story R/P in SBL 1/13

THE GEM

Amalgamated Press Ltd

Frank Kingston Stories written as R W Comrade

144 -

163

12-Nov-10 to

25-Mar-11

The Iron Island (serial)

164 -

182

1-Apr-11 to

05-Aug-11

The Brotherhood of Iron

180 -

186

22-Jul-11 to

02-Sep-11

The Alliance of Three (serial)

The Gem - Frank Kingston stories - cont

197	18-Nov-11	Caught Red-handed
206	20-Jan-12	The Chained Death Not ESB, written by A M Burrage
207	27-Jan-12	The Green Envelope
208	03-Feb-12	Skill Against Cunning
209	10-Feb-12	At Turn of Tide
211	24-Feb-12	The Maimed Hand
212	02-Mar-12	Frank Kingston’s Grim Race
213	09-Mar-12	Cheating the Flames
214	16-Mar-12	The Stolen Biplane
215	23-Mar-12	The Black Chasm
216	30-Mar-12	The Submarine Spy
217	06-Apr-12	The Crimson Thread
218	13-Apr-12	The Masted Three
219	20-Apr-12	Kidnapped
220	27-Apr-12	The Band of Steel
221	04-May-12	The Red Grange Mystery
222	11-May-12	At the Mercy of the River
223	18-May-12	The Broken Message
224	25-May-12	The Fateful Ball
225	01-Jun-12	The 11.12 Express
226	08-Jun-12	The Shadwell Opium Den
227	15-Jun-12	100 Degrees
250	23-Nov-12	The Hound of the Moor

St. Jims Stories written as Martin Clifford

146	26-Nov-10	The Terrible Three’s Sub
258	18-Jan-13	Tom Merry’s Promise
264	01-Mar-13	Fatty Wynn - Professional
265	08-Mar-13	Ashamed of his Name
268	29-Mar-13	Hidden Treasure at St. Jim’s
273	03-May-13	The Schoolboy Informer
281	28-May-13	Coward or Hero?
285	26-Jul-13	Misunderstood
314	14-Feb-14	D’Arcy’s Mysterious Present
319	21-Mar-14	The Housemaster’s Peril
333	27-May-14	Ordered Off
343	05-Sep-14	The Housemaster’s Bodyguard
374	10-Apr-15	A Waster’s Reward
391	07-Aug-15	A Captured Chum
411	25-Dec-15	True Blue
429	29-Apr-16	A Mission of Mystery
994	05-Mar-27	Inventors All
995	12-Mar-27	Skimpole’s Thought Reading Machine
996	19-Mar-27	Rival Inventors
997	26-Mar-27	The Bogus Inventor
1008	11-Jun-27	Baggy Trimble’s Charity	Rewritten as Schoolboy Pocket Lib 8
1022	17-Sep-27	Under Gussy’s Wing	Rewritten as Schoolboy Pocket Lib 17
1023	24-Sep-27	The Boy Who Held His Tongue
1024	01-Oct-27	The Changeling of St. Jim’s
1025	08-Oct-27	Under False Colours
1050	31-Mar-28	Cardew - Knight Errant	Rewritten as Schoolboy Pocket Lib 4
1054	28-Apr-28	Japing the Fifth	Rewritten as Schoolboy Pocket Lib 6
1059	02-Jun-28	Handforth at St. Jim’s
1060	09-Jun-28	Playing for the Fourth
1061	16-Jun-28	Handforth’s Third Test
1062	23-Jun-28	Handforth’s Triumph

The Gem - St Jim’s stories - cont

1063	30-Sep-28	The Boy They Couldn’t Sack
1082	10-Oct-28	The Sports Crank
1147	08-Feb-30	£100 Reward	Rewritten as Schoolboy Pocket Lib 10
1449	23-Nov-35	Under Suspicion		R/P from Gem 258
1455	04-Jan-36	The Boy With Big Ideas		R/P from Gem 265
1466	31-Mar-36	Rivals on the Treasure Trail		R/P from Gem 268
1478	13-Jun-36	They Called Him a Coward		R/P from Gem 285
1512	06-Feb-37	The Housemaster’s Peril		R/P from Gem 319
1541	28-Aug-37	The Boy Who Spoofed St. Jim’s		R/P from Gem 391

THE HOME CIRCLE

23 Bouverie Street

269	18-Mar-11	Saved at the Altar
280	03-Jun-11	Righting a Wrong

THE MAGAZINE PROGRAMME

This magazine was issued as a programme for the Grand Theatre, Swansea. Apart from the programme and adverts, it contained a short story, one or two articles and a page of jokes. At this period, the manager of the theatre was ESB’s elder brother, Edward Oswald. The editor was another brother, Arthur.

Vol 2

17 - 21	26-Apr-09 to 24-May-09	The Plague of Weeds (serial)
23	07-Jun-09	The Plague of Weeds (reprinted complete)
27 - 32	05-Jul-09 to 9-Aug-09	The Golden Jaguar (serial)
33 - 38	16-Aug-09 to 20-Sep-09	A Lucky Smash	Merrick E. Maynard

Vol 3

7	14-Feb-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 1
8	21-Feb-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 2: He Builds an Aeroplane
9	28-Feb-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 3: A Cross Country Flight
10	07-Mar-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 4: He Starts for the Zoo
11	14-Mar-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 5: He Visits the Zoo
12	21-Mar-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 6: He Goes to the Theatre
13	28-Mar-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 7: A Lively Easter Monday
14	04-Apr-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 8: An April Fool
15	11-Apr-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 9: He Receives a Few Callers
16	18-Apr-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 10: He Writes a Poem
17	25-Apr-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 11: He Goes Cycling
18	02-May-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 12: Spring Cleaning in Full Swing
19	09-May-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 13: At the Skating Rink
20	16-May-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 14: The Burglar Trap
21	23-May-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 15: The Great Flood
	30-May-10	Magazine not issued (Theatre closed?)
22	06-Jun-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 16: A Distant Relative
23	13-Jun-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 17: He Visits the White City
24	20-Jun-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 18: He Goes Motoring
25	27-Jun-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 19: A Day at Cromer Laughter - On Cycling
26	04-Jul-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 20: He Attends an Aviation Meeting Laughter - Made In Britain	Merryfellow
27	11-Jul-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 21: He Goes In For Photography Laughter - At the Seaside Laughter In Verse
28	18-Jul-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 22: The Cricket Match Laughter - On Ghosts Laughter In Verse
29	25-Jul-10	The Chronicles of Claude Crankimore No 23: A Serious Illness Laughter - About Travellers
30	01-Aug-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp Laughter - On London Life	Edser Rivers Llundain Cymru
31	08-Aug-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 2: The Empty House Laughter - On London Life	Edser Rivers Llundain Cymru
32	15-Aug-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 3: The Clothes on the Beach Laughter - On London Life	Edser Rivers Llundain Cymru
33	22-Aug-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 4: An Adventure by Night	Edser Rivers
34	29-Aug-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 5: Mouldy’s Narrow Escape	Edser Rivers
35	05-Sep-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 6: The Perriot Twins	Edser Rivers
36	12-Sep-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 7: The Journey by Train	Edser Rivers
37	19-Sep-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 8: A Sleepless Night	Edser Rivers
38	26-Sep-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 9: Mouldy on the Track	Edser Rivers
39	03-Oct-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 10: Mouldy - Aviator	Edser Rivers

The Magazine Programme - cont

40	10-Oct-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 11: The Rabbit Exhibition	Edser Rivers
41	17-Oct-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 12: The Motor Accident	Edser Rivers
42	24-Oct-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 13: In the Fog	Edser Rivers
43	31-Oct-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 14: Fireworks	Edser Rivers
44	07-Nov-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 15: More Fireworks	Edser Rivers
45	14-Nov-10	Jerimiah Jenks - Tramp No 16: Mouldy Goes Home	Edser Rivers
46	21-Nov-10	The Test. A Tale of the Road
47	28-Nov-10	No Story
48	05-Dec-10	The Test -continued
49	12-Dec-10	The Test -continued

Vol 4

1	2-Jan-11	The Test -continued
2	9-Jan-11	The Test -continued
3	16-Jan-11	The Test -continued
4	23-Jan-11	The Test -continued
5 - 7	30-Jan-11 to 13-Feb-11	The Cave of Spiders (serial)	C. B. Chambers
9 - 10	27-Feb-11 to 6-Mar-11	The Cave of Spiders (serial) - continued	C. B. Chambers
11 - 12	13-Mar-11 to 20-Mar-11	The Three Avenger (serial)	Edser Rivers
14 - 16	3-Apr-11 to 17-Apr-11	The Three Avenger (serial) -continued	Edser Rivers
18 - 28	1-May-11 to 10-Jul-11	The Three Avenger (serial) - continued	Edser Rivers

After Vol 4 / 28 no more stories were published

THE MAGNET

Amalgamated Press Ltd

256	4-Jan-13	The Greyfriars Pantomime	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 91
259	25-Jan-13	Left In The Lurch	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 86
260	1-Feb-13	Harry Wharton & Co.’s Rescue	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 86
313	13-Jan-14	The Factory Rebels	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 68
317	7-Feb-14	Blundell’s Prize	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 69
321	4-Apr-14	April Fools All	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 70
347	3-Oct-14	Changed by Adversity	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 74
377	1-May-15	The Mystic Circle	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 80 (Rewritten as NLL OS/120)
388	17-Jul-15	The Mystery of the Gables	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 81 (Rewritten as NLL OS/122)
411	25-Dec-15	The Bounder’s Relapse	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 85
427	15-Apr-16	False Evidence	As Frank Richards
448	9-Sep-16	The Great Bat Mystery	As Frank Richards	(Rewritten as NLL OS/125)
495	4-Aug-17	On the Wrong Track	As Frank Richards	Facs Greyfriar’s Book Club 93

MODERN BOY

Amalgamated Press Ltd

432-435

16-May-36 to 6-June-36

The Hidden World of Everest (serial)

Rewritten as “The Lost World of Everest”, by Berkeley Gray, Collins novel

NELSON LEE LIBRARY SERIALS

Amalgamated Press Ltd

Old Series (First Series)

220 - 241	23-Aug-19 to 17-Jan-20	In Trackless Space	R W Comrade (R/P as BFL 1/504)
485 - 490	20-Sep-24 to 25-Oct-24	The Green Triangle’s Prisoner
491 - 496	1-Nov-24 to 6-Dec-24	The Return of Jim the Penman
497 - 502	13-Dec-24 to 17-Jan-25	The Hollowdene Manor Mystery
503 - 512	24-Jan-25 to 28-Mar-25	The Invisible Grip

1st New Series (Second Series)

62 - 66	9-Jul-27 to 6-Aug-27	Bucking Up Old Algy
67 - 72	13-Aug-27 to 17-Sep-27	Trackett Grim’s Greatest Case
73 - 77	24-Sep-27 to 22-Oct-27	Pride of the Circus
78 - 81	29-Oct-27 to 19-Nov-27	Joker Jones’ Legacy
146 - 159	16-Feb-29 to 18-May-29	Rivals of the Blue Crusaders

3rd New Series (Fourth Series)

11 - 17

6-May-33 to 17-Jun-33

The Lost Islands

THE NOVEL MAGAZINE

C A Pearson Ltd

Jun-09

Jim Goodwin’s Homecoming

NUGGET WEEKLY

Amalgamated Press Ltd

1 - 8

17-Jul-20 to 4-Sep-20

The Honour of St. Frank’s

(R/P in Nugget 3d Lib 35)

Sexton Blake and the Crescent of Dread series

1	17-Jul-20	The Crescent of Dread	\| Series based on
2	24-Jul-20	The Raid on Carters Bank	\| The Circle of Terror
3	31-Jul-20	CD38 or A Bid For Power	\| series
4	07-Aug-20	Check to the Crescent	\| NLL OS (1917)
5	14-Aug-20	On the Wings of the Air	\|
6	21-Aug-20	The Winning Hand	\|
7	28-Aug-20	The Grey Phantom of Beechwood	\|

Nelson Lee V. The Green Triangle series

9	11-Sep-20	Episode 1: In the Hands of the Unknown	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
10	18-Sep-20	Episode 2: Half a Million in Gold	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
11	25-Sep-20	Episode 3: The Defeat of Zingrave	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
12	02-Oct-20	Episode 4: The Mad Detective	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
13	09-Oct-20	Episode 5: A Bid for Two Million	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
14	16-Oct-20	Episode 6: The House of Lost Hopes	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
15	23-Oct-20	Episode 7: At the Cost of His Liberty	(R/P in BFL 1/649)
16	30-Oct-20	Episode 8: The Prisoner of the Tower	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
17	06-Nov-20	Episode 9: Nelson Lee’s Smashing Blow	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
18	13-Nov-20	Episode 10: The Captured Crusaders	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
19	20-Nov-20	Episode 11: The Mystery Footballers	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
20	27-Nov-20	Episode 12: The Kidnapped Centre-Forward	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
21	04-Dec-20	Episode 13: The Capture of Zingrave	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
22	11-Dec-20	Episode 14: The Green Triangle’s Revenge	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
23	18-Dec-20	Episode 15: The Spectre of Fenninghollow	(R/P in BFL 1/656)
24	25-Dec-20	Episode 16: Zingrave’s New Ally	Jim the Penman
25	01-Jan-21	Episode 17: Blue Glass and a Bootlace	Jim the Penman
26	08-Jan-21	Episode 18: The Exploit of Zingrave’s Army	Jim the Penman
27	15-Jan-21	Episode 19: The Adventure at Henford Grange	Jim the Penman

The Wonder Craft series

28	22-Jan-21	The Wonder Craft	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
29	29-Jan-21	The Quest of the Wonder Cavern	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
30	05-Feb-21	The Land of Amazement	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
31	12-Feb-21	The Forest of Peril	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
32	19-Feb-21	The Fountain of Fire	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
33	26-Feb-21	The People of the Swamp	(R/P in BFL 1/657)
34	05-Mar-21	The End of the Trip	(R/P in BFL 1/657)

THE PILOT

Amalgamated Press Ltd

92 - 120	3-Jun-37 to 15-Jan-38	Houdini, Magic Maker No. 1 (serial)
106	9-Oct-37	Will Hay at Bendover
107	16-Oct-37	Will Hay at Bendover
108	23-Oct-37	Will Hay at Bendover
109	30-Oct-37	Will Hay at Bendover
121 -131	22-Jan-38 to 2-Apr-38	Buffalo Bill, King of Scouts (serial)

PLUCK

Amalgamated Press Ltd

1st Series

405

3-Aug-12

Marjorie Drummond’s Secret

Will Spearing story

THE POPULAR

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(a) Reprints of St. Jim’s stories By Edwy Searles Brooks

1st Series

251	1917	Kept in the Dark	(R/P from Gem 258)
256	1917	Hidden Treasure at St. Jim’s	(R/P from Gem 268)
258	1917	Ashamed of his Name	(R/P from Gem 265)
267	1918	The Schoolboy Informer	(R/P from Gem 273)
281	1918	Fatty Wynn - Professional	(R/P from Gem 264)
283	1918	Coward or Hero?	(R/P from Gem 281)

2nd Series

6	1919	Branded a Coward	(R/P from Gem 285)
7	1919	Misunderstood	(R/P from Gem 285)
277	1924	The Hooded Man	(R/P from Gem 319)
278	1924	In Deadly Peril	(R/P from Gem 319)
301	1924	The Mystery of the Pines	(R/P from Gem 333)
302	1924	In Merciless Hands	(R/P from Gem 333)

(b) Reprints of Greyfriars stories by Edwy Searles Brooks

2nd Series

149	1921	Forestalled	(R/P from Magnet 260)
150	1921	Burned Out	(R/P from Magnet 260)
210	1923	The Reward of Valour	(R/P from Magnet 317)
250	1923	Waking Up Mauly	(R/P from Magnet 347)
251	1923	Mauly, Swot	(R/P from Magnet 347)
265	1924	Loder’s Treachery	(R/P from Magnet 377)
266	1924	Saved From Disgrace	(R/P from Magnet 377)
272	1924	April Fools Day	(R/P from Magnet 321)
278	1924	A Callous Customer	(R/P from Magnet 388)
279	1924	The Secret of the Pump	(R/P from Magnet 388)

THE RANGER

Amalgamated Press Ltd

12 - 16

2-May-31 to 30-May-31

Chums of the Carribean (serial)

THE ROVER

D C Thomson Ltd

767 - 778

26-Dec-36 to 13-Mar-37

A Zulu Against the Redskins (Serial)

SCHOOLBOY’S ALBUM

Gerald G Swan Ltd

1945	Rebels of the Third	R Browne
	Westchester Sees Red	E Thornton	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/20)
1946	Andy’s Prize Jape	R Browne
	The Fourth Flies High	E Thornton
1947	Getting the Goods on Old Motty	R Browne	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/22)
	Danger, Schoolboys At Work	E Thornton
1959	The Shadow of Expulsion	E S Brooks	(R/P from Schoolboys Pocket Library 3 )

SCHOOLBOY’S POCKET LIBRARY

Gerald G Swan Ltd

1	1941	The Rival Schools	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/124)
2	1941	The Schoolboy Home Guard	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/102)
3	1941	The Ghost of Whitelands	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/60)
		The Shadow of Expulsion	E S Brooks		(R/P in Schoolboys Album 1959)
4	1941	Bill Smith of Westchester	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from Gem 1050)
5	1941	The Rotters of Greendale	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/59)
6	1941	The Prefect’s Predicament	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from Gem 1054)
7	1941	The Trapped Schoolboys	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/127)
8	1941	The Schoolboy Racketeer	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from Gem 1008)
9	1941	Monkey Business at Whitelands	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/158)
10	1941	The Schoolboy with a Bankroll	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from Gem 1147)
11	1941	The Snowed-up Schoolboys	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/165)
12	1941	“Little Tough Guys” of Westchester	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/55)
14	1941	Schoolboys All At Sea	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/108)
16	1941	The Aunt from Bar-Z	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 1NS/126)
17	1941	The New Boy at Westchester	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from Gem 1022)
18	1941	The Snoop of the Sixth	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	Based on unpub St. Frank’s story “Cousin Calamity”
22	1941	Wally Davenport’s Dizzy Blonde	Edward Thornton	Westchester story	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/33)
23	1941	Mr Fit-it of the Fourth	Reginald Browne	Whitelands story	(Rewritten from NLL 2NS/35)

SCHOOLBOY’S 1/- LIBRARY

Gerald G Swan Ltd

No date

The Mystery of Pirates Cove

Reginald Browne

SCHOOLBOY’S SHORT STORIES

Gerald G Swan Ltd

2nd Collection

	1944	Bill Smith’s Birthday	E Thornton	Rewritten from NLL 2NS/40
	1944	Goody’s Lovely Weekend	R Browne

3rd Collection

1946

Old Motty Sees Red

R Browne

Rewritten from NLL 2NS/18

4th Collection

1946

Good Gracious Goodman!

R Browne

Rewritten from NLL 2NS/47

SCHOOLGIRL’S POCKET LIBRARY

Gerald G Swan Ltd

1942

Slim Girls Slim

Pamela White

Rewritten from NLL 1NS/157

SCOOPS

C A Pearson Ltd

9	7-Mar-33	Submarine Tank No 1
10	14-Apr-34	The Iron Woman
15	19-May-34	The March of the Beserks

SCORCHER NOVELS

Charles Shurey

9		“Two-Punch” Bob	Walter G Saxon	Rewritten as “Rogues of the Ring”
10		Sharp-Shooter Sam	Walter G Saxon	Rewritten as “Footbal Foes”

THE SCOUT

C A Pearson Ltd

233	28-Sep-12	The People of the Peak	Basil Norman
273 -281	5-Jul-13 to 30-Aug-13	In Quest of Millions (serial)	Basil Norman
313		A Desperate Hour	Basil Norman

SCRAMBLE

Gerald G Swan Ltd

40 - 47

Dick Turpin - The Avenger (serial)

Carleton Ross

THE SKIPPER

D C Thomson Ltd

Mrs Frances Brooks has stated (to W O G Lofts) that E S Brooks contributed at least one story to this paper, but could not recall any titles. As D C Thomson stories were anonymous and subject to editorial rewriting it is impossible to identify them.

THE THRILLER

Amalgamated Press Ltd

See under entries for Berkeley Gray and Victor Gunn

UNION JACK (see also Sexton Blake stories)

Amalgamated Press Ltd

Serials

868 - 880	29-May-20 to 21-Aug-20	Curtis of the Fifth	R W Comrade
919 -929	21-May-21 to 30-Jul-21	In Peril at St. Elmer’s	E S Brooks
930 - 954	06-Aug-21 to 21-Jan-22	The Worst House at St. Walstan’s	R W Comrade

YES AND NO

Charles Shurey

174	13-Jul-07	Mr Dorian’s Missing £2,000	This story deserves a special mention as it was the very first by ESB that was accepted and published
191	09-Nov-07	The Lone House on the Moor
232	22-Aug-08	For the Sake of Gold
244	14-Nov-08	The Phantom Volcano
	Sep-14	Your King and Country Need You
	Sep-14	The “Spitfire’s” Last Fight
556	Nov-14	Snake in the Grass

N.B. No copies of this paper, for this period, are in the British Museum. The first three were seen by Bob Blythe but the latter three are from references in ESB’s letters of the period.