Collier's February 15, 1913
| The Story-Teller | Collier's | The Chicago Sunday Tribune | Chums (weekly) |
Chums (monthly) | Pearson's Weekly |
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| The Zayat Kiss | Oct 1912 (n° 67) |
15 Feb 1913 | 20 Jan 1918 |
8 Dec 1923 (n° 1630) |
Jan 1924 |
11 Dec 1926 (n° 1898) |
| The Clue of the Pigtail | Nov 1912 (n° 68) |
1 Mar 1913 | 27 Jan 1918 |
15 Dec 1923 (n° 1631) |
18 Dec 1926 (n° 1899) |
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| Redmoat | Dec 1912 (n° 69) |
15 Mar 1913 | 3 Feb 1918 |
22 Dec 1923 (n° 1632) |
Feb 1924 |
25 Dec 1926 (n° 1900) |
| The Green Mist | Jan 1913 (n° 70) |
29 Mar 1913 | 10 Feb 1918 |
29 Dec 1923 (n° 1633) |
1 Jan 1927 (n° 1901) |
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| The Call of Siva | Feb 1913 (n° 71) |
12 Apr 1913 | 17 Feb 1918 |
5 Jan 1924 (n° 1634) |
8 Jan 1927 (n° 1902) |
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| Karamaneh | Mar 1913 (n° 72) |
26 Apr 1913 | 12 Jan 1924 (n° 1635) |
15 Jan 1927 (n° 1903) |
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| Andaman---Second! | Apr 1913 (n° 73) |
10 May 1913 | 19 Jan 1924 (n° 1636) |
Mar 1924 |
22 Jan 1927 (n° 1904) |
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| The Golden Flask | May 1913 (n° 74) |
24 May 1913 | 26 Jan 1924 (n° 1637) |
29 Jan 1927 (n° 1905) |
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| The Spores of Death | Jun 1913 (n° 75) |
7 Jun 1913 | 2 Feb 1924 (n° 1638) |
5 Feb 1927 (n° 1906) |
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| The Knocking on the Door | Jly 1913 (n° 76) |
28 Jun 1913 | 9 Feb 1924 (n° 1639) |
12 Feb 1927 (n° 1907) |
The first Fu serial was called simply "Fu-Manchu" in The Story-Teller and Chums, and had no known overall series title in Collier's.
Curiously, The Chicago Sunday Tribune reprinted the first five installments with a running title that began as "This is the First of a Series of Stories of Fu-Manchu -- Tales of Thrill and Terror." Subsequent installments simply changed to "Second," "Third," "Fourth" and "Fifth." The second was titled "The Clew of the Pigtail" rather than the usual "Clue." When the February 24 issue was printed. The running title continued with "This is the First of a Series of Stories of Fu-Manchu -- Tales of Thrill and Terror" -- but the story was "The Wire Jacket," the first installment of the second series, The Return of Fu Manchu. Four subsequent issues continued the running titles with stories 2 through 5 of the second series. The tenth installment promises "(Another Fu-Manchu story will appear next Sunday)." It is not known if the eleventh installment was indeed published. Throughout the series, a variety of artists were used, including J. C. Coll.Chums was a weekly British boys' paper; groups of 4 or 5 consecutive issues were bound together (with a new cover) and reissued monthly. The year's issues were also released in an annual bound volume. Serial installments were printed in an 8-page center section of each weekly issue, paginated separately (with Roman numerals) from the rest of the issue. These serial inserts were included in the monthly reprints, but were generally omitted from the annual bound volumes.
"The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu" title was used in Pearson's Weekly for a 20-part serial comprised of BOTH of the first two Fu Manchu series. The serial was illustrated by Frank Wright. The first 10 parts (the actual "Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu) ran through Issue Nos. 1898-1907, 11 December 1926 - 12 February 1927. The second 10 parts (actually The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu) ran as Issue Nos. 1908-1917, 19 Feb 1927 - 23 Apr 1927.
Books: (Br.) The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, 26 Jun
1913;
(U.S.) The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, Sep 1913
Based on "The Early Chronicles of Fu-Manchu" in The Rohmer Review, No. 15, September 1976.
Additional information provided by Lawrence Knapp
Compiled by R. E. Briney Copyright © 1976, 1998-99 R. E. Briney
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