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Was this connected to the radio series? I first learned about Harry Lime from a TV series with Michael Rennie and Jonathon Harris. Some years later when I saw the film I was surprised to discover Harry was a bad guy. |
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Each of these stories are adaptations of episodes of the Orson Welles radio show The Lives of Harry Lime that can be found in the Old Time Radio section. |
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Mr. Feckety in "Too Many Crooks" looks like S. Z. Sakall. I wonder if the resemblance is deliberate. Harry, on the other hand, looks more like Joseph Cotten than he does Orson Welles. |
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Publication | Price: 8d [0-0-8 GBP] | Pages: 1 | Frequency: first Thursday of each month |
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Cover | The Return of the Third Man |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Drama; Crime; Detective-mystery |
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Featuring | Bulldog Drummond |
Content | Characters: Bulldog Drummond |
Notes | Ad for No. 3. |
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Comic Story | The Secret of the Circus! (36 pages) |
Synopsis | Harry discovers what happened to Hans Hessel, Hitler's private treasurer, and his loot worth 33 million pounds. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Harry Lime; Kramner; Kranzel; Louisa; Geeko [Hans Hessel] (villain, dies) |
Notes | Art ID by scanner. |
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Comic Story | Too Many Crooks! (27 pages) |
Synopsis | Harry is hired by manager Fectety to forestall a bank robbery. He recognizes the flower shop owner across the street is Lili the Twister, often associated with the Corellis, "the best bank robbers in Central Europe". |
Featuring | The Third man |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Harry Lime; Lulu Hartz [Lili]; Feckety; Lodislaus Foder; Walter Corelli |
Notes | The mention of the pengő dates this story between 1927 and 1946. |
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Notes | Ad for No. 5 The Great Flying Saucer Mystery! (The Saint) and No. 6 The Door with Seven Locks!
(Edgar Wallace) on sale the first Thursday in June.
Indicia at the bottom of the page reads:
"Printed in England and published on the first Thusday in each month by The Amalgmated Press, Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farrington Street, E.C.4. Sole agents: Australia, Messrs. Gordon & Gotch, Ltd.; South Africa, Central News Agency, Ltd.; Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Messrs. Kingstons, Ltd. Subscription Rates: Inland and Abroad 19/- for 12 months, 9/6d for 6 months. Super Detective Library is sold subject tp the following conditions, that it shall not, without the written consent of the Publishers first given, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of Trade except at the full retail prices as shown on the cover; and it shall not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of in a mutilated condition, or in any unauthorizedcover by way of Trade; or affixed to or as part of any publication or adverstising, literary or pictorial matter whatsover. SS" |
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Notes | Ad for No. 1 The Contraband People (The Saint) and No. 2 The Riddle of Frensham Hall (The Armchair Detective). |
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Featuring | The Waverly Book Co., Ltd. |
Credits | Pencils: (photograph)? | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for Practical Knowledge for All, 6 volumes edited by Sir John Hammerton.
The Waverly Book Co., Ltd.
96 and 97 Farrington Street, London, E.C. |
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