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STORY PAPER OLLECTORS'DIGEST No.616 APRIL 1998 ,:,, . i:.i 1,I .,.,; ~ - • . · . ,., . l -~ ~~f~&+.f?l@'~ N 340. Vol, 14. Week Ending February 1st, 1936, Ot11 of many 41tamaUc monief\lt JA U'llt WHk '• v h•id 1-a completeClilf .I. t101o11••S cbool 110,y; •• ~•l>r•"' •etaus Tomboy" ', COLIN CREWE COLLECTORS BOOKS 128 WES1WOOD ROAD. CANVEY ISLAND, ESSEX. SS!! OED TELEPHONE: 0126S-693735 EVENINGS BEST OW BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKS SOW. BOUGHT AND EXCHANGE:D WIT/I ENTIIUSIASM YOUR WANTS LIST WELCOME. SI ·11:1/11 /-. COI.U-:cnoss 11·.\ .\ 'Ft.I> THE COMPLETE MAGNET COMPANION 1.996 EDITOR GEORGE BEAL. MINT CO PIES@ £l\.50 EACH MAGNET & GEM FACSJMILE EDITIONS GUIDE & CA TA LOGUE TO ALL HOW ARD BAKER'S@ £4.50 EACH HOWARD-BAKER VOLUMES: SEND SAE FOR A COPY Of MY BUMPER LIST . OVER 2.000 AVACLABLE, lNCLUDING LOTS OF MINT UNREAD COPIES FROM WARE.HOUS E@ £10 EACH WITH 10% DISCOUNT ON ORDERS OF THREE OR MORE. HAPPY READING TO ALL COLIN. SC HOOLIIOYS' OWN UBRA.ltY 269 'In c Menace of Tang Wang WHO CAN RESIST THOSE DELIOOUS L Y APPEALING RED 271 The Terror of 1hc Tong Wl-llTE AND BLUE COVERS ? ALL ARE GR£YFRIARS ISSUES 273 The Mandarin's Vengeance BY FRANK RICHARDS TrlE MASTER S"i'ORYTEU.ER. ISSUES 275 The Beggar of Shan1ung FROM 300@ t:3.95 EACH BEFORE 300@ £4.95 EA. JO%- 277 ThcScallywag"f1heThirJ DISCOUNT ON ORDERS OF JO PLUS. 280 Capta.in and Tyra,11 11 "'11leDuffer of Grcyfrinrs 283 The Worsl f orm ai Oreyfriru-s 13 ThcTyrani o.f Grey friors 286 Billy Ilun1er C.,1s lhe 8001 RI Cock of1 he Walk 289 Harry Whnrton·s Rival Jack Peicr's Treasur.· 292 The Swi>Iof the Remove 157 The Grcyfnars ns1away, 95'"1lleruglll~cnooi·;;;;;_;================ 159 The Fool of1hc Firth 298 The Boy wi1h u Bad Name 165 NoboJy's Chum 30 1 Bunterur Bun1er Coun J6 7 The Bnuser of Greyfriars 304 Goodbye 10 Bunler Coun J69The Call of the Rmg 307 C'oker1he Champion Chump 177 The Cruise of 1he Silver Stud 310 The Schoolboy Cracksman 187 ML, Mnjcs1y. King Bun,er .1l 3 The Boy Who Knew Too Much I &9 The Schoolboy Mypno1i<1 316 The Boy frnm the Underworld 19 1 The Greyfriars Rebell ion 3'22 The Terror of the Form 195 ·11,eFoe from 1he Easl 325 Bold. Bad Bun1er 197 ·n,e Schemer of lhe Remove 328 Detective Bunler 201 Billy 1.lunlcr's Circu ~ 331 The Downr.111of lforry Wh>nl)n 203 Billy Sunier', Bodyguar d 334 Harl)' Wharlon Declares W:tr 209 llunter lho Ilenevolcn1 337 The Wor,;1 Boy a1 Greyfriars 2 11 Billy Bunter's Convic t 340 Nobody 's Pal 213 ThcSe cre 1 of Pcngarth 343 Harl)' Wharton & Co.'s African AdvcnlUrc 2 15 H•rtY Whanon & Co. in New Yorl 346 The Slave Trader's Vengeance. 2 17 From Schoot u,Hollywood 349 The Schoolboy Slaves 219 llilly Bun1cr •ln lhc Films 352 The Boot-lloy 's Lu,·ky Bre:lk 22 1 The Schoolboy Sheik 35~ Billy Bun1cr's Chn<1mas 223 f\ Film S1ar's Vengean ce 35~ 111c Mysiery Mosier 22.SThe Tyrom Prefect 361 The Ma.<terfrom Sco1l:md YarJ 227 The Tran of the Trike 164 The Greyfriars Crncksman 229 The HouseoFTermr 367 Billy Buo1cr' sC roise 231 The Boy Without a Friend 370 The Grcyfri.irs Touris1s 235 Coke r Comes a Cr<>pper 373 The Figh1in£ Fonn-Master 237 lluntcr. 11\eI.lad Lad 376 The Greyfriars Hikers 239 'TheShylock of Greyfri.u"'\ 37<) The Kidnapped H,ker 241 Kidm1ppersa1 Grcyfnars JR2 TI1eSecre1 or1he.HOUDAY ANNUAL 2~3 Pop o' the C in,us 385 The Tough Guy of Grcyfriars 245 Down whh the Tyrnn1 J88 The Schoo lboy Samson 247 Victory for lhc Rebel s 349 A Dupe of the Underworld 25 1 Foes of the Sahara 397 The Schoolboy Forger 253 Ragged Dkk 400 The Boy witb a Past 2S5 The Sw of the Circus 403 The Man from lhc Sky 257 Bun1er, lhc Mi~hicf·Mfikcr 404 The Secret oflhc Silver Bu~ 259 The Rebel of the Remove 406 Soulhward-Hol 261 The Downfall of HarryWharton 407 n,e Mys1ery of Study No. 1 265 The Voice of 1hc Templer 4-09The Lure of the Golden Scarab 267 The Amateur Rogut 410 Ridden Loot TERMS: PAYMENT ON YOUR SATISFACTORY R.ECl;IPT OF GOODS PLUS POSTAGE AT COST . 4 ROOMS OF STOCK. VISITORS MOST WELCOME BY APPOINTMENT. YOU WILL BE AMAZED. 2 STORY PAPER COLLECTORS' DIGEST Eclitor: MARY CADOGAN STORY PAPER COLLECTOR COLLECTORS ' DIGEST Founded in 1941 by Founded in 1946by W.H.GANDER HERBERT LECKENBY S.P.C.D. Edited and Published 1959 - January 1987 by Eric Fayne VOL. 52 No. 616 APRJL 1998 Price £1.30 EASTER GREETINGS As I write this editoria l, Spring js literally ' borsting out a]I over' . 1 ·········=---~·········1 Tbjs year''s very ear ly daffodils, hyacinth s and crocuses seem to have survived the few sudden frosts which thre:atened them, and many flowering trees are now in full array. Every yea:r one is moved by the promi se of new and vital life in this Spring and Easter season. I send you alJ my warm Easter greetings, and I hope you will like the seasonable Teddy Tail pictures which a C.D. reader sent to me. Like 1LheSpring season, our ever-resilient C.D. constantly renews itself. As I have so often said before, there is no shortage of interesting contributions , and new facts and comments are constantly coming up about the old books and papers which we so much relish. Happily too I am now receiving more articles on Sexton Blake and on E.S.. Brooks than in the past, and of course the Hamiltonian section of the C.D. remains vigorous, so that a good balance of articles can be published . It would be good to receive more items on the D.C. Thomson papers: whenever we are able to print one, I receive letters asking for more. There is also a strongly growing interest in the girls' papers. I look forward to a brimming-ov er ma.iJ-bag of contributions! Hmppy reading - and writing. MARY CADOGAN ************************************************************** 3 ************************************************************** A GREYFRIARS STALWART by Ted Baldock Mr Prout stood staring after him, purple with indignation. It was not easy for him to believe his portly ears. He , Prout, master of the Fifth-form had been told to mind his own business , by the master of a junior form. Prout did not know how often other members of the staff had been tempted to tell him that very thing. Quelch , at long last, had fallen to the temptation , that was all. But to Prout it really seemed that it was time for the skies to fall. F. Richards. Banishing of Billy Bunter. PauJ Pontifex Prout, M.A., master of the Fifth-form at Greyfriars school. Disciplinarian extraordinary. One-time big game hunter (according to unimpeachable authority - himself). Epitome of rotundity and pomposity. To some a figure of fun, to many more a bore of the first water - brutum fa/men - but to the greater number of masters and boys at the school a decent, well meaning old boy. Rather given to the shooting of 'tall staries' perhaps. but at bonom a stalwart, dependable champion not only of his own boys in the Fifth form, but also of the traditions of the school at Large. A gentleman mellowed by long experience of endeavouring to direct boys in the right direction. Of impaning crumbs of knowledge to receptive minds (a pleasure this) and unreceptive ones (a tedious task). Expert in the practice of observing the changing shades of character in fellows as they pass through his hands and rub shoulders with a 4 wide spectrum of 'types ' in the form-room and on the playing field. With a sure ·feel' of the preci se moment to encourage or chide. or, in tbe case of fellows of Horace Coker 's calibre, when to cry halt and, if need be, administer corporal punishment. When to deflate. and wben, and to what degree, to praise. Mr Prout, in common with his colleagues, has to be - as indeed he is - a master of all the arts of discriminati on and tact, and possessed of Job-like patience (especially i.nd ealing \\dth Coke,r). lf ever a master at a public school had the great misfortune of having an albatross firmly affixed round his neck- that gentleman's name is Paul Pontifex Prout. In his yo•un,gerday s. so it is alleged, chiefly by Mr Prout himself, he was entitled to the sobriquet of ·Mighty Hunter' and cunning tracker, having hunted ' big game' in appropriate parts of the 1globe. Tigers in the jungles of Bengal, Jaguar in the upper reaches of the mjghty Amazon river, great apes in the remote recesses of the African Congo. Prout, however , had a distinct penchant for U1e Canadian Rockies, those mountains where the intrepid seek.er can find the grizzly bear. Mr Prout is only too willing, given the opportunity , of expounding to an intenninabl.e length on such encounters. In the now far distant days of his youth it would seem that nothing, .however feroc ious, in the animal kingdom was safe from the attentions of the mighty hunter Prout. Age, perhaps, and the ·l'\O C"C"Ot't&> n.f t;r1"\A ha \/~ ~ nh onr>Ar l h; c, T'l'1i!l no'\ri.