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Master Thriller [#12, Tales of Valour (April 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM]

· The Coward of the Legion · P. C. Wren · ss Stepsons of France, Murray, 1917
· Hell’s Half Mile · Sam Kemp · ss
· The Sahib with the Strong Liver · Scott Yorke · ss
· Pioneering by Motor-Car · T. C. Bridges & Hessel Tiltman · ss
· True Tales of the Jungle · George Hogan Knowles · ss
· Open Boats · Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C. · ss
· How Stanley Found Livingstone · Henry M. Stanley · ss
· Twentieth-Century Sailor-Men · E. Keble Chatterton · ss
· McKecknie’s Lion · Juba Kennerley · ss
· Scott [extracts from Scott’s diary] · Capt. Robert Scott, R.N. · ex (r)
Master Thriller [#13, Tales of the Levant (July 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Nick) [SH] · The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’30 · Fires of Baal · Sax Rohmer · ss Colliers Nov 9 ’29 · The Chronometer · A. E. W. Mason · ss (r) Tales of Old Constantinople: ___ · The Death Mother · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Sad Case of Princess Esme · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Millions of Arakelian · Chalmers Roberts · ss ___ · The Marrying of Murad Bey · Chalmers Roberts · ss Tales of the Balkans: ___ · Mrs. Proctor · David Footman · ss ___ · Dr. Mavro · David Footman · ss Laughs from the Levant: ___ · The Killing of Julius Caesar · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Turkish Bath · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Legend of the Seven Sleepers · Mark Twain · ss ___ · The Grave of Adam · Mark Twain · ss · The Unhappy Holy Land · Vincent Streean · ss · Safe Money · Ray Millholland · ss Short Stories Jun 25 ’36
Master Thriller [#14, Tales of the Air (September 1936)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · The Last Flights of a Famous Ace · Floyd Gibbons · ss · Demons of the Nullah · Arch Whitehouse · nv · Battles in the Air · Group-Captain A. J. L. Scott, C.B.,M.C.,R.F.C. · ss · A Busman’s Holiday · George E. Rochester · ss · The Last of the Sons of Heaven · Charles Gilson · nv Short Stories Feb 25 ’36 · The Stairway to the Sun · Herman Peterson · ss · Doc · Frank J. Leahy · ss Short Stories May 25 ’36 · Gone Missing · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories Aug 10 ’36
Master Thriller [#15, Tales of the Foreign Legion #4 (January 1937)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · Dead March in the Desert · W. B. Bannerman · ss · That Mob of Sergeant Beck’s · Bob Du Soe · ss · Satan’s Well · Leslie Webster · ss · Thanks to You, Yank · Bob Du Soe · nv Short Stories Nov 10 ’36 · Blood and Gold [Daughtery] · Lee Robinson · ss Short Stories May 25 ’30
Master Thriller [#16, Tales of Adventure (April 1937)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · Murder in Effigy · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories Feb 10 ’36 · Kill Creek Bridge · Carmony Gove · ss Short Stories Jan 10 ’36 · Foxing the G-Men · W. Wirt · ss Short Stories May 10 ’36 · The Senator’s Nerves · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories Oct 25 ’36 · The Ghost Comes Back · Clifford Knight · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’37 · Big Horn · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’37 · You’re Outa the Navy Now · Roy Horn · ss Short Stories Dec 10 ’33 · Chungo · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Short Stories Sep 25 ’33 · Chinaman’s Chance · Robert H. Rohde · nv Short Stories Feb 10 ’37 · All Square · H. S. M. Kemp · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’37
Master Thriller [#17, Tales of Terror (July 1937)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH]

3 · The Phantom Killer · C. V. Tench · na
46 · Cracky Miss Judith · Hector Bolitho · ss The House in Half Moon Street, Cobden-Sanderson, 1935
55 · The Ghost Ketch · Marlinspike · ss
62 · Young Jackson’s Discovery · John Creasey · nv
78 · The Third Hand · Edmund Snell · ss
88 · Dying Men Wanted · Walter Ripperger · na; as by Walter Rippinger on toc.
Master Thriller [#18, Tales of East and West (October 1937)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · The Red Moon · Tanjong · ss · Terror Island · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss · Black Pearls · R. de S. Horn · nv Short Stories Aug 10 ’27 · Under Cover · J. Allan Dunn · ss · The Unholy Family · Walter Ripperger · ss
Master Thriller [#19, Tales of the Underworld (January 1938)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · The Decon’s Shroud · W. Robert Mills · ss · A Man Must Risk · R. H. Watkins · ss · Pay Night in Ghost Town · Leslie McFarlane · nv Top-Notch Apr ’37 (+1)
Master Thriller [#20, Tales of the Uncanny #2 (April 1938)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) 3 · The Scarlet Girdle · R. Thurston Hopkins · ss 16 · Dead Men Do Tell Tales · Eric Allen · ss 21 · Devil Face · M. J. Ware · ss 31 · The House on the Marsh · Diana Rolfe · nv 47 · The Honour of the Sea · Francis H. Sibson · ss 54 · The Visitor · Jack Henderson · ss 57 · The Letter from Home · Francis Alcock · nv 73 · The Ghost of Drumlochy Castle · Arthur Duncan · ss 80 · Vengeance in the Fog · Douglas Newton · ss Tit-Bits Aug 28 ’37 86 · Villa Ceri · Digby Stone · ss 93 · The Curse of the Old Oak Chest · Malcolm Tarver · na; given as by Malcolm Turner on story.
Master Thriller [#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 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
Master Thriller [#22, Tales of the Grand Express (October 1938)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM]

· The Secret Agent and the Dancing Spy [from Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · ex (r)
· One Way Ticket to Monte Carlo · Geoffrey Hopkins · ss
· The Train in the Balkans [from Stamboul Train] · Graham Greene · ex (r)
· 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
Master Thriller [#23, Tales of the North-West Mounted Police (January 1939?)] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) “Daring Adventures of the World-Famous Canadian Force” [Denny Lien] 3 · Wilderness Voices · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Nov ’27 12 · Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 26 · White Fear · C. V. Tench · ss Adventure Trails May ’29 39 · The Missing Finger · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 46 · Swinton’s Folly · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr ’27 53 · The Super’s Strategem · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 63 · The Uncounted Factor · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 71 · For the Honour of the Force · C. V. Tench · ss The Danger Trail Apr ’28 77 · A Happy Christmas · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 83 · The Tact of Sergeant Keen · C. V. Tench · ss Adventure Trails Jan ’29 87 · Thirst · C. V. Tench · ss Complete Northwest Magazine Dec ’38 97 · Without Protection [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 104 · Constable Keron’s Tactics [“Constable Keron’s Stratagem”] · C. V. Tench · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine Aug ’28 109 · Panic · C. V. Tench · ss Real Western Feb ’38 115 · A Northern Skin Game [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss (r) 120 · Lame Evidence [William Brockie] · C. V. Tench · ss (r)
Master Thriller [#24, Tales of Outlawry, April 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · 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 · Sinclair Gluck · nv Argosy Oct 2 ’37
Master Thriller [#25, Tales of the Grand Dominion, May 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · Goblin Trail · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy Jun 15 ’35 · Fool of Fool’s Creek · Francis Fox · ss · The Simple Savage · Bernard Aylwin · ss · When the Clock Struck · J. Allan Dunn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 12 ’32 · 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
Master Thriller [#26, Tales of the Far Frontier, June 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · 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 ’38 · Jungle Terror · Robert Murray · ss · Murder at Lone Wolf · Leslie McFarlane · ss · Golden Lillies · Oscar Cook · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Sep ’22 · Out of the Storm · Geoffrey H. Clark · ss · General Average · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss
Master Thriller [#27, Tales of the Underworld #2, July 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · 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 ’38
Master Thriller [#28, The Far-Flung Coasts of Crime, August 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [STM] · 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 · Derlict · 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
Master Thriller [#29, Tales of the Foreign Legion #5, September 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · 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-Legionaire 75.345 · ss · The Lost Company · Raoul Dulac · ss · Escape from the Penal Battalion · Roy Baker · ss
Master Thriller [#30, Tales of the Jungle #2, October 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · 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
Master Thriller [#31, Tales of Gangsters and ‘G’-Men, November 1939] (1’-, 128pp+, pulp) [SH] · 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
Master Thriller [#32, Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, December 1939] (1’-, 96pp+, pulp) 3 · The Curator Chats · J. Ennarke · na Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 36 · Revanoff’s Fantasia · Henry Rawle · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 41 · The Man Tiger · Juba Kennerley · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 52 · The Corpse Sat Up · G. D. Skelton · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939; as by G. D. Shelton on toc. 58 · Vigilance at Night · W. M. Cole · vi Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 61 · Verge of the Two Worlds · Roland Armitage · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 72 · Long Grey Fields · Paul Rorke · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 76 · “Except He Be Sent for....” · A. J. Bull · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 85 · The Flute · Roger Graham · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939 90 · The Woman with the Scythe · Robert E. Nicholson · ss Tales of Ghosts and Haunted Houses, 1939
Match!
The Match! [No. 87, Summer 1992] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.50, 80pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. [PSP] 50 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 61 · The Two Sisters [chapters 11-13] · Iris Lane · sl
The Match! [No. 88, Summer 1993] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.50, 76pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. [PSP] 40 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 49 · The Two Sisters [chapters 14-15] · Iris Lane · sl
The Match! [No. 89, Summer 1994] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 76pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. [PSP] 42 · The Two Sisters [chapter 16] · Iris Lane · sl 48 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ?] · Kent Winslow · sl
The Match! [No. 90, Summer 1995] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 116pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. [PSP] 70 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ?] · Kent Winslow · sl 76 · The Two Sisters [chapter 17] · Iris Lane · sl
The Match! [No. 91, Winter 1996-97] ed. Fred Woodworth (Fred Woodworth, $2.75, 92pp, 6.75" x 9.5" s/s) Only fiction listed. [PSP] 34 · The Two Sisters [chapter 18] · Iris Lane · sl 40 · Landmarks in the Desert [Part ?] · Kent Winslow · sl
Mavericks
Mavericks [v1 #1, September 1934] ed. Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by J. Clinton Shepherd) [JL]

· illustrations · A. Leslie Ross · il
6 · Riders of the Long Trails · Anon. · ed
8 · Five Against the Law · Kent Thorn · n.
74 · Butch Cassidy—Sheriff Maker · Walt Coburn · ss
94 · Hangman’s Hostage · Ray Nafziger · ss
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) [JL]

· illustrations · Don Hewitt · il
· illustrations · A. Leslie Ross · il
6 · Outlaw Debt · Longrider · ed
8 · Mesquite Manhunters · Kent Thorn · n.
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 · ss
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) [JL]

· illustrations · A. Leslie Ross · il
8 · Too Tough to Kill · Longrider · ed
10 · Bait for the Lobo Pack · Kent Thorn · n.
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) becomes Bull’s-Eye Western Stories. [JL]

· illustrations · A. Leslie Ross · il
8 · Pistol Payment · Longrider · ed
10 · Doc Grimson’s Outlaw Posse · Kent Thorn · n.
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

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