leslie charteris – SMB Noir

Arrest the Saint x 4

It was first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and by the Crime Club in the United States.

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1948, issue no. 4 – cover art by Matt Baker

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

1948 Doubleday hardcover in the US, 1949 Hodder and Stoughton hardcover from the UK, a collection of Simon Templar short stories

1954 Avon reissue

cover art by Ray Johnson

cover art by Samuel Cherry?

cover art by Fred Craft

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June 1938 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

~ Leslie Charteris, “The Invisible Millionaire”, 1^st of 2 Saint stories in BM, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007)

~ Joseph Csida, “Strike Three”, ‘baseball player killed in the field’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Steve Fisher, “Hollywood Party”, last of 2 stories with Tony Key in Hollywood, 6^th of 9 stories in BM

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Venom”, 6th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida

~ Lawrence Treat, “A Night’s Work”, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

cover art by Willard Downes

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