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

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~IIHOSToIHreH_ A phantom highwayman had been robbing travellers near G~lIows

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 ~/NDNlMSEt~ INA DARK, DISMAL. ~OOM. ••

HEH, HEH! 8EfORE WE SrART WO~J< TONI~HT, !.ST US SeE

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NETE$T~D tHi OOOR, /lUTIT IVA$" 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( ~CN08D TNIi'OV(;N TN~ 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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~8I106qfHreHIG.AYM. "A. phantoin horseman-sald to be the ,,~ost of an evil hlJliwayman named • .Dashlng Jack "~unn-had.beenr,obbing traV~lIers who passed by Gallows Hill Manor. Ace detective Sexton Blake and his assistant Tinker took shelter In the eerie mansion; whi·ch. was owned by the sinis.ter SllasStQkes, and while se~inB for the phal'\tom they became trapped in a roOm·;-·,":·Thentheceiling

bepn (0 descei14:l~o",thern~ • • . ( ..... ~~.

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~/GHT/YOUCANGO! FIND AN HONEST •

JOB 50MEWH~E, AND DON:T CRO!?!>

MY PATH A_GAIN,/

IS THERE NO ESCAPE FOR BLA~E· AND TINkER'? .FIND OUT, 'IN. MElT WEEK'S 'SPINE-CHILLING IN'STALMENT-! 11

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 b~en 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" bre~t~lng breaking

the silence, they struggled to escape ...

I CAN'T~ISI( _ A Pf,JNCH·UP WlTH' ',';

THI5 HIGFlWAYMAtl, ' , ,JOKER YEU IF ' SOMETHING IAPPENS''fO

ME. NO-ONE'LL BE AROtlND TO GET MR, BLAKE I O~TTA 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 OIS~OOPI!O-A WOOt:U!N SPAR..•• -L.OOK-EO-Ii'OlINO SNARPlY•••

1 LOCKED HIM IN tHe I5ELFllY/ WE CAN ­-GO AND TACKLE IIM

1ANY TIME YOU LIKE.

'WHAT AWAITS BLAKE BEHIND THE -LOCKED' DOOR? DON'T MIS-S THE NEXT NERVE~TINGUNG JNSTALMENT! 11

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 TREASlJ~e

. IS STILL SAfE / fOLLOW M~l _

ON THE OTHER, 'lNEIRMOVEMENTS CAUFEP A 5IDEO.FTHE .FLOCK Q.'" SAT$' TO 1'4(/~kY ~NrRANCEWA$' . A.8QUT THEIR HEAD$:._~· A. DEEp, dLOOIII~ $N~PT, 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 THE~EXT NERVE·TINGlING 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!

A phantom highwayman hadbeen robbing travellers whopassed by Gallows HillManor. While search.t:1gthe gloomy old mansion forthe owner, Edward Grimes,who had been kidnapped bythe phantom, ace detectiveSexton Blake becameseparated from his assistantTinker. Then. as the youngcockney· was trying to findhim, a suit ofarmour moved i

1HAi'S JUST WHAT 1WANT HIM TO DO, 11NKER ...

aUT WE'Ll BE FOLLOWING HIM/HE'LL LEAD us To HIS SECRET

LAIr<'- ANO THAT'$' WHeRElVeu· ;:lNOepWARO 6RIME$

DON:! -MISS~NEXT .WEEK'S SPINE-CHILLING EPISODE!

wrtH NE.RVES tAUT, rHE'ACE' DEtECTIVE L~D 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 'Blak~and 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 p~antom. Later, ­after the villain had committed a robbery,

, . Blake and Tinker followed hIm •••

, COI.i_IT'S PITCH BLACK.'O')t)U

, ;. :rHINK,~'U. ' BE WAITIN', fO~ 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 by­G,lIlows Hill Manor._ ACe-detective Sexton Blake and his assistant Tinker released Edward Grimes, the owner of the mansion, who was being held captive ~y thephtlntom. Later,theydiscovered that-th~ ghost had stolen the old man's.family treasure. __ Then Blake -mounted. a - spare horse and pu:rsued the. -eerie _fi~re across

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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 H~GHWAYMAN WAS AT LAST REVEALED !

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THE TWO OETECTIVES WERE SO INTEIJT ON LlSTENIN/;10 GRIMES'S STORY THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ZACHARY'S EYES fLUTTE~ OPEN /' .

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UNAWARE THAT THE VILLAIN-HAP RECOVEREO CON6C..t:7(,.SNE~ SlAKE EXAMINBJ HIS" C057t/ME•••

A NEW SPINE-CHILLING ADVENTURE FEATURING' SEXTON BLAKE AND. TINKER- S1ARTS NEXT WEEK -'- DON'T MISS IT'