The Nelson Lee Library

Issues 1 - 108 : For the sake of completeness, all numbers to are listed with an indication of authorship.
Issue Number Date Name Notes
1 12/06/1915The Mystery of Limehouse Reach A. C. Murray
2 19/06/1915 The Case of the Secret Room Mark Darren
3 26/06/1915 The Clue of the Straw Sailor's Hat W. M. Graydon
4 03/07/1915 The Case of the Interned Detective A.C. Murray
5 10/07/1915 The Great Submarine Mystery Unknown
6 17/07/1915 Stolen Property Unknown
7 24/07/1915 A Miscarriage of Justice Maxwell Scott
8 31/07/1915 The Convict's Dilemma Maxwell Scott
9 07/08/1915 Nelson Lee - Cracksman ? W. M. Graydon
10 14/08/1915 Shadowed by Two ? Mark Darren
11 21/08/1915 The War Factory Mystery Unknown
12 28/08/1915 British to the Backbone Unknown
13 04/09/1915 In Borrowed Plumes Maxwell Scott
14 11/09/1915 The King's Bad Bargain Unknown
15 18/09/1915 The Spendthrift G. H. Teed
16 25/09/1915 Twenty Fathoms Deep Edwy Searles Brooks
17 02/10/1915 The Black Wolf G. H. Teed
18 09/10/1915 The Case of the Duplicate Key G. H. Teed
19 16/10/1915 The Secret of the Swamp (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
20 23/10/1915 Not Guilty A. C. Murray
21 30/10/1915 The Terror of Troone Towers Edwy Searles Brooks
22 06/11/1915 Edges of Steel (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
23 13/11/1915 The League of the Green Triangle Edwy Searles Brooks
24 20/11/1915 The Case of the Tube of Radium (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
25 27/11/1915 The Specialist's Last Case (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
26 04/12/1915 The Crystal Urn (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
27 11/12/1915 The Gold Cavern (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
28 18/12/1915 The Forged Fingerprints (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
29 25/12/1915 The Three Millionaires (Green Triangle story)) Edwy Searles Brooks
30 01/01/1916 A Mystery of Venice (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
31 08/01/1916 The Frozen Man (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
32 15/01/1916 The Prison Breakers (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
33 22/01/1916 Amazement Island (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
34 29/01/1916 Robbery Wholesale (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
35 05/02/1916 The Mummy Mystery (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
36 12/02/1916 The Mystery Man Of Lhassa (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
37 19/02/1916 The House of Fear (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
38 26/02/1916 The President's Peril (Green Triangle story)) Edwy Searles Brooks
39 04/03/1916 The Lightning Clue (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
40 11/03/1916 The Red Menace (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
41 18/03/1916 The Buried Invention (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
42 25/03/1916 The Great Will Forgery (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
43 01/04/1916 The Robbery at Ponder's Bank G. H. Teed
44 08/04/1916 The 'Doctored' Racehorse (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
45 15/04/1916 The Forged Marriage Lines (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
46 22/04/1916 The Last of the Genghis G. H. Teed
47 29/04/1916 The Ship of Doom (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
48 06/05/1916 When Rogues Fall Out Maxwell Scott
49 13/05/1916 The Forged War Orders (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
50 20/05/1916 The Great Club Raid (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
51 27/05/1916 The Mystery of the Moor (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
52 03/06/1916 At Half Tide G. H. Teed
53 10/06/1916 Zingrave's Last Card (Green Triangle story) Edwy Searles Brooks
54 17/06/1916 The Mystery of the Mail Van (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
55 24/06/1916 The Man with Four Identities (Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
56 01/07/1916 The Case of the Fatal Flight ? A. S. Hardy
57 08/07/1916 Nelson Lee's Lady Assistant (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
58 15/07/1916 The Crimson Disc (Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
59 22/07/1916 The Ribbon of Light (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
60 29/07/1916 The Mystery of the Turret (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
61 05/08/1916 The Golden Boomerang (Black Wolf and Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
62 12/08/1916 The Amazing Case of the Lost Explorer (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
63 19/08/1916 The Spectre of Scarcroft (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
64 26/08/1916 The Plague Ship (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
65 02/09/1916 Against The Law (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
66 09/09/1916 The Mystery of the 10.20 Express (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
67 16/09/1916 The Crook (Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
68 23/09/1916 The Great Insurance Swindle (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
69 30/09/1916 The Mystery of Barron Hall G. H. Teed
70 07/10/1916 The House in the Hollow (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
71 14/10/1916 The Clue of the Raincoat (Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
72 21/10/1916 The Secret of the Martello Tower (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
73 28/10/1916 Blue Diamonds G. H. Teed
74 04/11/1916 The Caves of Silence (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
75 11/11/1916 The Night Before the Trial (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
76 18/11/1916 The Affair of the Nabob's Jewels (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
77 25/11/1916 The House of Hazard (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
78 02/12/1916 A Christmas of Peril (Eileen Dare/(Jim the Penman/Green Triangle) Edwy Searles Brooks
79 09/12/1916 The Mystery of the Closed Door (Mortimer Crane story) G. H. Teed
80 16/12/1916 A Mid-Atlantic Mystery (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
81 23/12/1916 The Plantation Mystery G. H. Teed
82 30/12/1916 Harlo the Hypnotist (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
83 06/01/1917 The Broken Vase G. H. Teed
84 13/01/1917 Tracked to the Trenches (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
85 20/01/1917 The Circle of Terror Edwy Searles Brooks
86 27/01/1917 The Great Air Mystery G. H. Teed
87 03/02/1917 Millions at Stake (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
88 10/02/1917 The Yellow Mask (Circle of Terror story) Edwy Searles Brooks
89 17/02/1917 A Stubborn Case ? G. H. Teed
90 24/02/1917 Monn the Miser (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
91 03/03/1917 The Mystery of the Footlights (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
92 10/03/1917 The Man Hunters G. H. Teed
93 17/03/1917 The Brass-Bound Box (Circle of Terror story) Edwy Searles Brooks
94 24/03/1917 The Monk of Montressor (Jim the Penman story) Edwy Searles Brooks
95 31/03/1917 The Secret of Crooked Reef (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
96 07/04/1917 Nipper's Note Book Edwy Searles Brooks
97 14/04/1917 The Manor House Mystery Edwy Searles Brooks
98 21/04/1917 Fangs of Steel (Circle of Terror story) Edwy Searles Brooks
99 28/04/1917 The Mystery of the Grey Car Edwy Searles Brooks
100 05/05/1917 The Clue of the Twisted Ring Edwy Searles Brooks
101 12/05/1917 Behind the Door (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
102 19/05/1917 The Secret of Melsey Island (Circle of Terror story) Edwy Searles Brooks
103 26/05/1917 The Sheriff of Blazing Gulch Edwy Searles Brooks
104 02/06/1917 The Hovering Peril (Circle of Terror story) Edwy Searles Brooks
105 09/06/1917 The Ivory Seekers Edwy Searles Brooks
106 16/06/1917 Cast on the Shore (Eileen Dare story) Edwy Searles Brooks
107 23/06/1917 Loot (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed
108 30/06/1917 The Kidnapped Stockbroker (Black Wolf story) G. H. Teed

From issue 109 onwards, all are by Edwy Searles Brooks unless indicated otherwise.
Issue Number Date Name Notes
109 07/07/1917The Case of the Crimson Feathers
110 14/07/1917 The Affair of the Duplicate Door
111 21/07/1917 The Yellow Shadow
112 28/07/1917 Nipper at St. Frank's First St. Frank's story Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 1
113 04/08/1917 The Abduction of Lady Marjorie (Circle of Terror story)
114 11/08/1917 The Boy from California (St Frank's story) Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 2
115 18/08/1917 Eileen Dare's Triumph (Eileen Dare story)
116 25/08/1917 Fullwood's Victory (St Frank's story) Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 3
117 01/09/1917 The Clue of the Decoy Letter (Circle of Terror story)
118 08/09/1917 The Verdict of the School (St Frank's story) Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 4
119 15/09/1917 The City of Burnished Bronze
120 22/09/1917 The Messages of Mystery (St Frank's story) Rewritten from Magnet 377, Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 5
121 29/09/1917 The Circle's Great Coup (Circle of Terror story)
122 06/10/1917 The Mystery of Bridge House (St Frank's story) Rewritten from Magnet 388, Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 6
ABCD
1
13215/12/1917The Mysterious Schoolboy132-135 The Circle of Terror
2
13322/12/1917The Case of the Japanese Schoolboy
3
13429/12/1917The Mystery of the Moor Quarry
4
13505/01/1918The Secret Menace
5
6
13612/01/1918The Mystery of the Unstamped Letter136-139 The arrival of Tom Burton
7
13719/01/1918The Flooded School
8
13826/01/1918The Bo'sun's Predicament
9
13902/02/1918Lost at Sea
10
11
14009/02/1918A Dread Secret140-141 De Valerie Reforms
12
14116/02/1918A Terrible Lesson
13
14
14223/02/1918A Mystery of the Night142-147 The Circle of Terror
15
14302/03/1918The Sign of the Purple Circle
16
14409/03/1918The Lighthouse Prisoners
17
14516/03/1918The Secret Mission
18
14623/03/1918Twixt Sunset and Midnight
19
14730/03/1918The Clue of the Fancy Vest
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14806/04/1918The New Housemaster 148-157 Hunter the Hun Reprinted as Nelson Lee Library 3rd New Series 9-18
22
14913/04/1918Hunter The Hun
23
15020/04/1918The Remove in Revolt
24
15127/04/1918The Barring-Out at St. Frank's
25
15204/05/1918The Rebel Remove
26
15311/05/1918Sticking to their Guns
27
15418/05/1918A Scrap of Paper
28
15525/05/1918Turning the Tables
29
15601/06/1918At The End Of His Tether
30
15708/06/1918The Fall of the Tyrant
31
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15815/06/1918Captain Burton's Quest158-165 The Schoolboy Adventurer Reprinted as Monster Library No 1 - “The Schoolboy Treasure Seekers" (Nov 1925)
33
15922/06/1918The Schoolboy Stowaways
34
16029/06/1918S.O.S. or Tricked By Wireless
35
16106/07/1918The Island of Fire
36
16213/07/1918The Valley of the Unknown
37
16320/07/1918Marooned
38
16427/07/1918The Fight For Mastery
39
16503/08/1918A Bid For Gold
40
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16610/08/1918By General Request
166-169 The Circle of Terror
42
16717/08/1918The Moor House Mystery
43
16824/08/1918The Cottage on the Moor
44
16931/08/1918Handforth - Detective
45
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17007/09/1918The Coming of the Serpent
170-177 The Arrival of Reggie Pitt Reprinted as Monster Library No 2 - “The Black Sheep of the Remove” (December 1926)
47
17114/09/1918The Boat Race Mystery
48
17221/09/1918Nipper in Disgrace
49
17328/09/1918Expelled From St. Frank's
50
17405/10/1918The Remove On Strike
51
17512/10/1918Poor Old Handforth!
52
17619/10/1918The Closing of the Net
53
17726/10/1918The Serpent's Redemption
54
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17802/11/1918The Boy From Bermondsey
178-186 The Boy From Bermondsey Reprinted as Monster Library - “The Boy from Bermondsey" (February 1926
56
17909/11/1918The Remove Against Him
57
18016/11/1918The Golden Locket
58
18123/11/1918Going to the Bad
59
18230/11/1918The Ancient House Burglary
60
18307/12/1918The Arabs of El Safra
61
18414/12/1918The Secret of the Gold Locket
62
18521/12/1918Jack Mason's Luck
63
18628/12/1918The Mystery of Grey Towers
64
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18704/01/1919The Soldier Housemaster
187-194 Colonel Clinton Reprinted as Monster Library No 3 "The Tyrant of St Frank's" (January 1926)
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18811/01/1919The Freak of St. Frank's
67
18918/01/1919Discipline Let Loose
68
19025/01/1919Under the Heel
69
19101/02/1919Dr. Stafford's Ordeal
70
19208/02/1919Who Killed the Colonel?
71
19315/02/1919The Schoolboy Sleuth
72
19422/02/1919The Colonel's Secret
73
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19501/03/1919The Mysterious X
195-204 The Bullies League Reprinted as Monster Library No 5 "The Bullies of St Frank's" (March 1926)
75
19608/03/1919The College House Martyrs
76
19715/03/1919Schemers of the Sixth
77
19822/03/1919The Bullies' League
78
19929/03/1919The Breaking Point
79
20005/04/1919The Council Of Eight
80
20112/04/1919The Spy of the Remove
81
20219/04/1919The Treachery of Study A
82
20326/04/1919The Rascal of the Sixth
83
20403/05/1919Free From Bondage
84
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20510/05/1919Faked Evidence
205-212 Nipper Expelled Reprinted as Monster Library No 6 "Expelled" (April 1926)
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20617/05/1919Expelled from St. Frank's
87
20724/05/1919Under False Colours
88
20831/05/1919The Mystery of the Blue-Grey Car
89
20907/06/1919The Duffer of St. Frank's
90
21014/06/1919Bowled Out
91
21121/06/1919The Trapping of Starke
92
21228/06/1919The Prefect's Revenge
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21305/07/1919The Schoolboy Adventurers
213-220 The Treasure of El Safro Reprinted as Monster Library No 7 "'Neath African Skies" (May 1926)
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21412/07/1919Neath African Skies
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21519/07/1919Into the Arid Desert
97
21626/07/1919The Treasure of El Safra
98
21702/08/1919The River of Fire
99
21809/08/1919Castaway Island
100
21916/08/1919The Prisoner of the Cavern
101
22023/08/1919The Sea of Doom
102
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22130/08/1919Alexis the Mysterious
221-228 Titus Alexis & the Great Fire/St. Frank's in London Reprinted as Monster Library No. 8 - “St. Frank's in London” (Jun-26)
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22206/09/1919The Great Fire at St. Frank's
105
22313/09/1919St. Frank's in London
106
22420/09/1919The Yellow Band
221-224 Reprinted as Schoolboy's Own Library 279
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22527/09/1919Sir Montie's Ordeal
108
22604/10/1919The Mystery of Reed's Wharf
109
22711/10/1919The Haunted School
110
22818/10/1919The Fat Boy of St. Frank's
225-228 Reprinted as Schoolboy's Own Library 282
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22925/10/1919Back to the Old Home
229-236 Barring-Out of Mr Martin Reprinted as Monster Library No 11 - “The Barring Out at St Frank;s" (Sep 1926
113
23001/11/1919The Sack for Nelson Lee
114
23108/11/1919The Tyrant's Understudy
115
23215/11/1919The St. Frank's Rebellion
116
23322/11/1919Barring Out the Bully
| Facs: Howard Baker Nelson Lee
117
23429/11/1919The Siege of the West Wing| Vol 1 (1972)
118
23506/12/1919Victory for the Rebels
| 229-232 R/P as SOL 285
119
23613/12/1919Exit the Tyrant
| 233-236 R/P as SOL 288
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23720/12/1919Dorrie's Christmas Party| 237-239
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23827/12/1919A Yuletide Mystery| Christmas with
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23903/01/1920The New Year Heroes| Lord Dorriemore
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24010/01/1920The Spendthrift of St. Frank's| 240-249
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24117/01/1920On the Downward Grade| The Spendthrift
127
24224/01/1920The Waster's Progress
| R/P as ML No 10 - “The Spendthrift
128
24331/01/1920Singleton in London
| of St. Frank’s” (Aug-26)
129
24407/02/1920Deeper in the Mire
| 240-242 R/P as SOL 291
130
24514/02/1920Up Against the Head
| 243-246 R/P as SOL 294
131
24621/02/1920Singleton's Rival School
| 247-249 R/P as SOL 297
132
24728/02/1920Taking the Plunge|
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24806/03/1920On His Uppers|
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24913/03/1920A Lesson Well Learnt|
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25020/03/1920The Schoolboy Agitators| 250-255
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25127/03/1920The School on Strike| The Servant's
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25203/04/1920April Fools| Strike
139
25310/04/1920St. Frank's at 'Appy 'Ampstead|
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25417/04/1920A Shock for St. Frank's|
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25524/04/1920The Prisoner of the Island|
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25601/05/1920The Remove Master's Delusion| 256-263
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25708/05/1920The Master of Mystery| Handforth's
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25815/05/1920Handforth's Handful| Brother-In-Law as
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25922/05/1920The Riddle of Bellton Wood| Form-Master
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26029/05/1920The Diamond of Fate| R/P as ML No 12 - “The
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26105/06/1920The Split in Study D
| Mystery Master” (Oct-26)
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26212/06/1920The Spy of St. Frank's
| 256-259 R/P as SOL 300
150
26319/06/1920The Claws of the Count
| 260-263 R/P as SOL 303
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26426/06/1920Lord Dorriemore's Quest| 264-274
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26503/07/1920Bound for Brazil| El Dorado
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26610/07/1920The River of Wonders| R/P as ML No 13 - “The
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26717/07/1920The Dream City
| Voyage of the Wanderer” (Nov-26)
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26824/07/1920The White Giants
| 264-267 R/P as SOL 306
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26931/07/1920The Modern El Dorado
| 268-270 R/P as SOL 309
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27007/08/1920Abandoned Among the Arzacs
| 271-274 R/P as SOL 312
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27114/08/1920The Traitor King|
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27221/08/1920The Battle of the Giants|
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27328/08/1920The Return of the Wanderer|
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27404/09/1920The Lake of Gold|
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27511/09/1920The Study of Mystery| 275-283
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27618/09/1920The Lancashire Lad| The Arrival of
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27725/09/1920The Secret of the North Tower| Dick Goodwin
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27802/10/1920Missing From School
| R/P as ML No 15 - “The Boy Who
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27909/10/1920The Clue of the Oil Trail| Vanished” (Jan-27)
169
28016/10/1920The Ruined Lighthouse
| 275-279 R/P as SOL 315
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28123/10/1920The Schoolboy's Patent
| 280-283 R/P as SOL 318
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28230/10/1920Nipper & Co. in Lancashire|
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28306/11/1920Handforth's Great Triumph|