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THE ACE DETECTIVE CLUNG LIKE A FLY TO THE MOSSY STONE WALL .. ONE SLIP WOULD MEAN CERUltt DOOM!



A phantom highwayman had been
robbing travellers near
Hill Manor. The owner of the
eerie mansion, Silas Stokes, gave
ace detective Sexton Blake and his
assistant Tinker shelter one night.
But after finding the highwayman's
fiery clothes, BlaJ(e was struck
down from behind and Tinker was
dragged through a secret panel .
SEXTON 8UKERBiAINEO CONSCIOI/SNESS TO
INA DARK, DISMAL.
HEH, HEH! 8EfORE WE SrART
!.ST US SeE
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6UEST5ARE!COM:, BORIS...
tHi OOOR, /lUTIT IVA$"
SECtHi'Et.y t.()CKED. THEN THE
/'ittMOtlS' DeTEClIYE WAt.KED
flJ//ER-fO 1JIE WINPOW.. :
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HUH,HUH!
NOW WE'LL SEE .
WHETHEiO? MR.SEXTOI-/
BLAKE l-/AS LEAO?I-/ED
IT DOESI-/'T PAY TO
SNOOP AO?OUIJD HERE ..!
AND FANAWAY, ANVNtUNTN/,Y
CAt:K/./NG tAUtil(
TNIi'OV(;N COIi'Ii'IDON6 Or
. GAUOWI' HIll MANM/ .
CAN BLAKE AND TINKER ESCAPE FROM THIS FIENDISH TRAP? DON'T MISS NEXT WEEK'S THRILLlN<i INSTALMENT I
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tHE ACE DETECTIVE AND HIS ASSISTANT BURST THROUGH A SECRET DOOR - AND MADI A STAlMiNG DtSCOVEity r
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"A. phantoin horseman-sald to be the
of an evil hlJliwayman named
.Dashlng Jack r,obbing
who passed by Gallows Hill
Manor. Ace detective Sexton Blake
and his assistant Tinker took shelter
In the eerie mansion; which. was owned
by the sinis.ter SllasStQkes, and while
for the phal'\tom they became
trapped in a roOm;-,":Thentheceiling
bepn (0 .
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FIND AN HONEST
JOB
AND DON:T CRO!?!>
MY PATH A_GAIN,/
IS THERE NO ESCAPE FOR AND TINkER'? .FIND OUT, 'IN. MElT WEEK'S 'SPINE-CHILLING IN'STALMENT-!
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AS TINKER HAULED HIMSELF OUT OF THE.,PIT HtSWORST FEARS WERE REALISED!
A phantom highwayman, said to be the ghQst
of " Dashing Jack" Gunn, had roj)birig
travellers who passedby Gallows Hill Manor.
Ace detective Sexton Blake and his assistant
Tinker, who had taken shelter in the eerie
mansion, found the phantom's lair, but as they
appro:ached his bed in the centre.ola chamber
they fell into a pit. With onry the' sound of
the'sleeping .. ghost's" breaking
the silence, they struggled to escape ...
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A Pf,JNCHUP WlTH' ',';
THI5 HIGFlWAYMAtl, '
, ,JOKER YEU IF '
SOMETHING IAPPENS''fO
ME. NO-ONE'LL BE AROtlND
TO GET MR, BLAKE I
THAT PIT.
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1iNKEIi IrlANAGEO TO CONcEAl HIAfSElr tJElIlNO A lARGE 8EU_ -As. THE rAli,ING ,DLANI< silATTI!RI!O
. IIdsT AS' TilE '(;#05T' 6I.IOEO INTO TilE CIIAM8I!R 811TIN HIS /HI! SIL.ENCE, -iIIl! HIPHWAYMAN
IIASTI! HE A WOOt:U!N SPAR. . -L.OOK-EO-Ii'OlINO SNARPlY
1 LOCKED HIM IN
tHe I5ELFllY/ WE CAN
-GO AND TACKLE IIM
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ANY TIME YOU LIKE.
'WHAT AWAITS BLAKE BEHIND THE -LOCKED' DOOR? DON'T MIS-S THE NEXT JNSTALMENT!
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SMASHING DOWN AN ANCI'ENT DOOR, THE Ate DETECTIVE STAREI)"AGHAST AT THE -PITfPut SIGHT WITHIN I
NO-SOMEHOW I'Ve '
DeFieD HIM!ALTHOUGH
HE HA9 A PLAN OF
aVERY SECRET PASSAGe
IN THe aUILOING. THe
CHEST OF JEWELS' 19 .
H'OOEN IN A MAze
BELOW.THE HOUSl!
AND 1'OOI.l'T .THINK ,
He'S fOUND IT YeT.
- Ai-l! THeN
NOW IS OUR'
CI;IANCE TO CHECl<
WHETHEI" THE
. IS STILL SAfE /
fOLLOW _
ON THE OTHER, 'lNEIRMOVEMENTS CAUFEP A
5IDEO.FTHE
.FLOCK Q.'" SAT$' TO
WA$' . A.8QUT THEIR
A. DEEp,
PLUNGING , Ol/NARK IT!IboN'T
$/ifEPLY DOWN ' FANCY GETTIN' AN-Y
ItYro THE/NKY O' YOU lOT IN
""4,'IiCKNE$'$" _ ME 'AIR/
IS JHERENO POSSIBLE WAY OF ESCAPE FOR BLAKE AND-liNKER'? SEE NERVETINGlING INSTALMENTI
-lHf:GLOOM OF THE CHAMBER WAS SUDDENLY LIGHTENED BYA WEIRD AND FORBIDDING MESSAGE!
JIH8SToIHreHlGIIWAfMAI
A phantom highwayman f1ad been robbing
travellers who passed by Gallows .. l1iU
Manor. -Ace detective Sexton Blake and
his assistant Tinker - released Edward
Grimes, who had been held prisoner b.y
the ghost while it tried to find a famity
fortune. But as Grimes _was gtliding
them through a maze of tunnels under the
house, the highwayman recaptured him !.
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HEY! SOMETHIN'
FUNNY'S:4PPENfOJ lHfRE
WERE ONLY Five SUITS OF
ARMOUR WHEN WE CAME IN...
_ BUTNOW THel!i'e ARe,/x/
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T KER IN DEADLY DANGER? .-.FIND.OUT IN THE NEXT SPINE-CHILU'NG EPISODE!
Aphantom highwayman had
been robbing travellers who
passed by Gallows Hill
Manor. While search.t:1g
the gloomy old mansion for
the owner, Edward Grimes,
who had been kidnapped by
the phantom, ace detective
Sexton Blake became
separated from his assistant
Tinker. Then. as the young
cockney was trying to find
him, a suit ofarmour moved i
1HAi'S JUST WHAT1
WANT HIM TO DO, 11NKER ...
aUT WE'Ll BE FOLLOWING HIM/
HE'LL LEAD us To HIS SECRET
LAIr<'- ANO THAT'$' WHeRE
lVeu ;:lNOepWARO 6RIME$
DON:! -MISS~NEXT .WEEK'S SPINE-CHILLING EPISODE!
wrtH NE.RVES tAUT, rHE'ACE' DEtECTIVE THE WAY INTO THE FORBIDDING DARKNESS!
A phantQin highwaymacn was rObbing travellers
in the vicinity of Gallows HiJlManor. While
investigating the mY-stery, ace detec:tive Sexton
I\ls assistant, Ti,nker rescued the
mansion's owner, Edward Grimes" who had
been held c:aptive by, the ghost while it tried
to find the family treasure. Unfortunately,
Grimes ,was recaptured bY the Later,
after the villain had committed a robbery,
, . Blake and Tinker followed hIm
, COI.i_IT'S PITCH
BLACK.' O')t)U
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BE WAITIN',
us..!
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IS BLAKE RIDING INTO DEADLy"PERIl?' . DON'T MISS NEXT WEEK'S NERVE-..TINGLING INST-ALMENT!
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A phantom highwayman had been
robbing travellers who 'passed by
G,lIlows Hill Manor._ ACe-detective
Sexton Blake and his assistant Tinker
released Edward Grimes, the owner of
the mansion, who was being held
captive thephtlntom. Later,they
discovered ghost had stolen
the old man's.family treasure. __ Then
Blake -mounted. a - spare horse and
pu:rsued the. -eerie across
the dark countryside: -
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-THIS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR BLAKE ? WATCH OUT FOR SH()(KS IN THE,NEXT EXCITING EPISqDE!
GRIMES STARED AGHAST AS THE IDENTITY OF THE PHAN.TOM WAS AT LAST REVEALED !
. A . phantom
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THE TWO OETECTIVES WERE SO INTEIJT
ON LlSTENIN/;10 GRIMES'S STORY
THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ZACHARY'S
EYES OPEN /' .
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UNAWARE THAT THE VILLAIN-HAP
RECOVEREO SlAKE
EXAMINBJ HIS" C057t/ME
A NEW SPINE-CHILLING ADVENTURE FEATURING' SEXTON BLAKE AND. TINKER- S1ARTS NEXT WEEK -'- DON'T MISS IT'