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Re: The Thriller 503

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crashryan

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Re: The Thriller 503
« on: April 28, 2014, 01:32:06 AM »

Surely this wasn't the first appearance of this Saint story. Or was it? I always thought Simon Templar was originally intended for general audiences.

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paw broon

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Re: The Thriller 503
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, 07:15:06 PM »

To all intents and purposes he did.   Hodder published a few books prior to this, but as a series, The Saint started in The Thriller.  Not sure about this one  - I'd have to ask my pal Russell who is a bit of an expert.
As an aside, other characters started in Thriller incl. The Toff, the long lived John Creasey character, and Mr. J.G. Reeder, the Edgar Wallace  hero.                         
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