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The Master Thriller Series [#21, Tales of Crime and Punishment (July 1938)] (London: The World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp+, pulp) The Enthroned Goat of Ballycarry · F. W. Murray · ss Nightmare · James Braby · ss Egyptian Episode · Eric Frank Russell · ss Black Magic · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss The Shot That Told · Arlton Eadie · ss The 20-Story Magazine Sep 1930 The Spot Marked X · Edward Arlington · ss Hugh Cleans Up · Geoffry Herbert Clark · ss The Trophy · Frederick Graves · ss Don Roberto, A Prisoner in Morocco · A. F. Tschiffely · ss Hand of Glory · Benson Herbert · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#22, Tales of the Grand Express (October 1938)] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Secret Agent and the Dancing Spy [from Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · ex Heinemann 1928 One Way Ticket to Monte Carlo · Geoffrey Hopkins · ss The Train in the Balkans [from Stamboul Train] · Graham Greene · ex Heinemann 1932 Born Lucky · W. Reginald Fairweather · ss The Hand of Allah · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Red Lights on the Taurus Express · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Smoke from the East · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss Fortune What She Wills · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss At the Editor’s Desk · Anon. · ed

The Master Thriller Series [#23, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (January 1939?)] (World’s Work (1913) Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp) Subtitled “Daring Adventures of the World-Famous Canadian Force”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Wilderness Voices · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Nov 1927 12 · Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss 26 · White Fear · C. V. Tench · ss The Story-teller May 1929 39 · The Missing Finger · C. V. Tench · ss 46 · Swinton’s Folly · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr 1927 53 · The Super’s Strategem · C. V. Tench · ss The 20-Story Magazine Oct 1931 63 · The Uncounted Factor · C. V. Tench · ss 71 · For the Honour of the Force · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr 1928 77 · A Happy Christmas · C. V. Tench · ss 83 · The Tact of Sergeant Keen · C. V. Tench · ss Adventure Trails Jan 1929 87 · Thirst · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine Dec 1938 97 · Without Protection [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss 104 · Constable Keron’s Tactics · C. V. Tench · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Aug 1928, as “Constable Keron’s Stratagem” 109 · Panic · C. V. Tench · ss All Star Western & Frontier Magazine Mar 1933 115 · A Northern Skin Game [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss 120 · Lame Evidence [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine May 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#24, Tales of Outlawry, April 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Man Who Came Back · W. Robert Mills · ss The Moon Lady · J. C. Bristow-Noble · ss Hi-Jackers of the Hooghli · M. J. Ware · ss The Dupe · Noel Bowes · ss Red Sky at Night · George Gibson · ss Sergeant Farrel of Singapore · Robert Murray · ss High Tension · W. G. Curtis · ss The Dreaming Death [Dan Brice] · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy Oct 2 1937

The Master Thriller Series [#25, Tales of the Grand Dominion, May 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Goblin Trail · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy Jun 15 1935 Fool of Fool’s Creek · Francis Fox · ss The Simple Savage · Bernard Aylwin · ss When the Clock Struck [Minturn] · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 12 1932 Sea Triumph · Robert E. Pinkerton · ss Murder Without Motive · Eric Frank Russell · ss You Never Know Tomorrow · Francis Dickie · ss Double Cross · Richard Aston · ss War Notes of a Canadian Nurse · M. B. Olint · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#26, Tales of the Far Frontiers, June 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Soul of Peshawar · W. J. Blackledge · ss Crackshot Joe · Michael Terry · ss Yellow Sparks · Richard Howell Watkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 4 1938 Jungle Terror · Robert Murray · ss Murder at Lone Wolf · Leslie McFarlane · ss Golden Lilies · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Sep 1922 Out of the Storm · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss General Average · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#27, Tales of the Underworld #2, July 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. Madhouse in the Rain · Walter Ripperger · ss Juda · Nicholas Stewart · ss Inverse Justice · W. Robert Mills · ss Seven and Sociable · J. F. Laurence · ss The Will · N. Trevor Williams · ss The Temple of the Goddess · Robert Murray · ss No Time · John Storme · ss The White House · Rhona Thomsett · ss A Bit Queer · J. B. Henderson · ss The Fate of Five · Richard Howells Watkins · nv Argosy Jul 30 1938

The Master Thriller Series [#28, The Far-Flung Coasts of Crime, August 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. The Man from the Sea · John Moffat · ss The Sunset Fish · M. C. Watson · ss Home in Ballast · Walter Havighurst · ss The Stronger Ju-Ju · John Hugoe · ss Derelict · Frederick Graves · ss Sea Payment · W. T. M. Hughes · ss Among Rumrunners and Hijackers · Terence McGovern · ss Death Flings a Gauntlet · Percy Joseph Delanoye · ss The Mate of the Rawlmoor · George Holmes · ss Shooting the Works · Alan Raymond · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#29, Tales of the Foreign Legion #5, September 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Legion Strikes Back · Buddleigh Netton · ss Sands of Destiny · Francis A. Waterhouse · ss Memoirs of an ex-Legionnaire · Major J. Dempsey · ss The Fountain of Blood · Ex-Legionnaire 75.345 · ss The Lost Company · Raoul Dulac · ss Escape from the Penal Battalion · Roy Baker · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#30, Tales of the Jungle #2, October 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. In Peril from Rogue Elephants · George Hogan Knowles · ss No Return Ticket · Eric Allen · ss Kismet · P. K. Sen-Gupta · ss Mirage · M. C. Watson · ss Tabarmaq · Merton Gould · ss Lord of the Outback · Beatrice Parsons · ss Paws of the Leopard · Kenneth Walker · ss Tiger Woman · B. E. Henderson · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#31, Tales of Gangsters and ‘G’-Men, November 1939] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Holland. The Mystery of the Saratoga · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss The Rat’s Bequest · C. H. L. Cramer-Roberts · ss Poacher’s Doom · Harrison McElwaine · ss Guesswork · Maurice Lincoln · ss Yellow Men · G. D. Skelton · ss The Light Must Burn · B. M. Parsons · ss Antonio the Audacious · Geo. James · ss The Jest of Asaf Khan · Edward Ross · ss I’ll Get the Picture · Rence Featherstone · ss A Man of Great Honour · Frederick Growes · ss The Left-Handed Rat · Walter Ripperger · ss

The Master Thriller Series [#32, Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, December 1939] (1/-, 96pp+, pulp) 3 · The Curator Chats · J. Ennarke · na 36 · Revanoff’s Fantasia · Henry Rawle · ss 41 · The Man Tiger · Juba Kennerley · ss 52 · The Corpse Sat Up · G. D. Skelton · ss; given as by G. D. Shelton in the Table of Contents. 58 · Vigilance at Night · W. M. Cole · vi 61 · Verge of the Two Worlds · Roland Armitage · ss 72 · Long Grey Fields · Paul Rorke · ss 76 · “Except He Be Sent for...” · A. J. Bull · ss 85 · The Flute · Roger Graham · ss 90 · The Woman with the Scythe · Robert E. Nicholson · ss

Masters of Adventure    (about)

Masters of Adventure [#1, 2010] ed. G. W. Thomas & M. D. Jackson (Dark Worlds Club) Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor Oct 19 1833 Smith and the Pharaohs · H. Rider Haggard · na The Strand Magazine Dec 1912 (+2) The Brazilian Cat · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1898, as “The Story of the Brazilian Cat” The Grove of Ashtaroth · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine Jun 1910 Tarzan Rescues the Moon [Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · ss The Blue Book Magazine Aug 1917 A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899 A Tropical Horror · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Grand Magazine Jun 1905 Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine Feb 1917 The People of the Pit · Abraham Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly Jan 5 1918; original version. Wings in the Night [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Jul 1932

The Match!    (about)

The Match! [#87, Summer 1992] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.50, 80pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. 50 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ? of ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 61 · The Two Sisters [Part ? of ?] · Iris Lane · sl; chapters 11-13.

The Match! [#88, Summer 1993] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.50, 76pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. 40 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ? of ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 49 · The Two Sisters [Part ? of ?] · Iris Lane · sl; chapters 14-15.

The Match! [#89, Summer 1994] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 76pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. 42 · The Two Sisters [Part ? of ?] · Iris Lane · sl; chapter 16. 48 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ? of ?] · Kent Winslow · sl

The Match! [#90, Summer 1995] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 116pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. 70 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ? of ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 76 · The Two Sisters [Part ? of ?] · Iris Lane · sl; chapter 17.

The Match! [#91, Winter 1996-97] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 92pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. 34 · The Two Sisters [Part ? of ?] · Iris Lane · sl; chapter 18. 40 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ? of ?] · Kent Winslow · sl

Maverick    (about) A digest based on the TV series of same name was allegedly published by Great American in 1959 or thereabouts, but no trace of this has been found and the magazine may not exist.

Mavericks:

Mavericks

Mavericks [v1 #1, September 1934] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) Details supplied by John Locke. [illustrations] · A. Leslie Ross · il 6 · Riders of the Long Trails · [The Editor] · ed 8 · Five Against the Law [The Five Mavericks] · Kent Thorn · na 74 · Butch Cassidy—Sheriff Maker · Walt Coburn · ss 94 · Hangman’s Hostage · Ray Nafziger · nv 116 · One-Man Posse · Max Brand · nv 140 · Where the Owl Hoots · Anon. · cl

Mavericks [v1 #2, October 1934] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) Details supplied by John Locke. [illustrations] · Don Hewitt · il [illustrations] · A. Leslie Ross · il 6 · Outlaw Debt · Longrider · ed 8 · Mesquite Manhunters [The Five Mavericks] · Kent Thorn · na 78 · The Wild Bunch Rides On · Walt Coburn · ss 96 · Sleeper Pays a Debt · Max Brand · nv 120 · Guns of the Owlhoot Pack · Ray Nafziger · nv 141 · Where the Owl Hoots · Anon. · cl

Mavericks [v1 #3, November 1934] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) Details supplied by John Locke. [illustrations] · A. Leslie Ross · il 8 · Too Tough to Kill · Longrider · ed 10 · Bait for the Lobo Pack [The Five Mavericks] · Kent Thorn · na 80 · Law Meets Outlaw · Walt Coburn · ss 96 · Satan’s Gun-Rider · Max Brand · nv 120 · Bullets for Breakfast · Ray Nafziger · nv 142 · Where the Owl Hoots · Anon. · cl

Mavericks [v1 #4, December 1934] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) Details supplied by John Locke. [illustrations] · A. Leslie Ross · il 8 · Pistol Payment · Longrider · ed 10 · Doc Grimson’s Outlaw Posse [The Five Mavericks] · Kent Thorn · na 84 · Wild Bunch Orphan · Walt Coburn · ss 100 · Billy the Kid—Gun-Friend · Ray Nafziger · ss 118 · Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief · Max Brand · nv 141 · Where the Owl Hoots · Anon. · cl

Bull’s-Eye Western Stories Title changed from Mavericks.

Bull’s-Eye Western Stories [v1 #1, February 1935] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) Details supplied by John Locke. [illustrations] · Don Hewitt · il [illustrations] · A. Leslie Ross · il 8 · Dead Center! · [The Editor] · ed 9 · Where the Owl Hoots · Anon. · cl 10 · Charlie Parr’s Gunsmoke Cure [The Five Mavericks] · Kent Thorn · na 74 · Butch Cassidy—Blizzard Buster · Walt Coburn · nv 88 · Riders of Retribution · Harry F. Olmsted · nv 108 · Billy the Kid Plays Santa Claus · Ray Nafziger · nv