Walter Webb celebrates Sexton Blake's fiercely loyal and remarkably resourceful assistant.
In Tinker, Sexton Blake was blessed with a very faithful and capable sidekick, but Tinker was neither the first nor the detective's only helper. Blake "auditioned" a number of assistants in his early years, and even after finally discovering Tinker, he went on to gather further allies. Most notably, he acquired the remarkable bloodhound, Pedro. He also earned the friendship and loyalty of talented Scotland Yard men, of male and female adventurers (the latter usually smitten with him), and even of crooks whose crimes he overlooked due to their having an element of honour and justice about them.
Walter Webb celebrates Sexton Blake's fiercely loyal and remarkably resourceful assistant.
Pedro joined Blake and Tinker in 1905 and was immensely popular. However, by the 1940s, the faithful hound was appearing with considerably less frequency. Walter Webb here looks back on the canine prodigy's heyday.
Before Tinker arrived on the scene, Sexton Blake worked with a number of assistants. Here, they are introduced.
The men from Scotland Yard weren't always happy to see Blake solving the cases that baffled them. S. Gordon Swan takes a look at those who resented the great detective ... and those who befriended him.
At the dawn of his career, Sexton Blake went into business with a French detective. Derek Hinrich examines that brief partnership.
A young woman wronged sets out on a trail of revenge. Her activities may be crooked ... but she has a heart of gold.
A mild-mannered and eccentric oddity ... and a courageous vigilante!
Tinker's lover interest ... but she is in the grip of her wicked sister!
Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan look at the career of the adventuress who almost claimed Sexton Blake's heart!
As is typical of the period, the Blake saga is replete with female victims. Unusually, though, there are also plenty of strong and feisty women, many of whom ran circles around Sexton Blake! Walter Webb here introduces some.
Though at heart a decent man, Captain Dack often regards the law as an inconvenience. He frequently ends up on the right side of it ... but usually by accident!
A New York confidential agent, Ruff Hanson is as tough as nails and prefers to do his talking with his two six-shooters, Willy and Wally.
A man who "fought his way all around the world among the toughest crews and rottenest ships that ever sailed!"
A very capable young adventurer of the First World War era who's forever getting himself into a tangle and calling upon Sexton Blake to help.
Sexton Blake's best friend since childhood, Sir Richard now roams Africa with his Zulu chieftain companion ... and, of course, they regularly encounter troublesome circumstances!