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#OTD in 1893.
The first story featuring the private detective character Sexton Blake, "The Missing Millionaire", appears in Alfred Harmsworth's new boys' story paper The Halfpenny Marvel, written by Harry Blyth under the pen-name Hal Meredeth.
Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories by some 200 different authors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton_Blake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blyth
#books #pulpfiction
The first story featuring the private detective character Sexton Blake, "The Missing Millionaire", appears in Alfred Harmsworth's new boys' story paper The Halfpenny Marvel, written by Harry Blyth under the pen-name Hal Meredeth.
Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories by some 200 different authors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton_Blake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blyth
#books #pulpfiction