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There was a detective character, not long after Doyle stopped writing Holmes stories, who was basically a carbon copy of Holmes. He was enormously popular in the UK and I believe generated more...

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Sexton Blake?

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YES!!! Thank you so much! That's been driving me batty for 2 days!

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“There was once a radio quiz in which a girl was asked to name a famous detective who lived in Baker Street. Her reply, ‘Sexton Blake,’ did not satisfy the B.B.C. quizmaster, though in thousands of...

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My only knowledge of Sexton Blake is the Tod Slaughter film. I had no idea he'd had so many stories written about him.

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I wish I could point you to the Blakiana website, but it was hacked last year and is offline while Mark Hodder rebuilds it.But, yes.  The sheer number of Sexton Blake stories out there is astounding....

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So they were continued by other authors. Were the British pulps (like THE SAHDOW or DOC SAVAGE) that were written by a variety of authors? I may have to peruse Amazin to see what's out there.

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Blake was originally published in the  Halfpenny Marvel, and was designed to appeal to those who craved fiction but could not afford the upper-class Strand.  Born out of the vacuum left by the death...

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As I toured through Amazon I noticed some Moorcock entries. They intrigue me. I also noted one more film (with David Farrar as the detective). This is interesting. From what you've written it seems...

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You could probably get these titles for cheap off http://www.abebooks.com/

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The Television series ran from 1967-1971.  50 episodes were produced.  Sadly these were victim of the infamous BBC videotape wiping massacre of the 1970s.  Only one episode is known to have survived....

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the print size is quite small Pretty much lets me out.

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