Detective Weekly

Detective Weekly was a British story paper of the 1930s

Overview

Detective Weekly was a continuation of the Union Jack, the storypaper which had begun in 1894 and which had for most of its life been famous as "Sexton Blake's own paper". Issue 1 of Detective Weekly was released in 1933, a week after the last Union Jack. It was a larger, tabloid-sized paper, and had less use of colour on the cover than its predecessor.

The first series of stories concentrated on Sexton Blake, and his family history, with a wayward brother turning up. However in later issues the character could be dropped entirely. He returned to the paper in the late 1930s, but most of the stories were reprints of earlier Union Jack stories from the 1920s.

The paper was discontinued in 1940, following the introduction of paper rationing in the World War II. This left The Sexton Blake Library as the only publication containing stories of the detective, aside from the comic strips in Knockout.

References

External links

• Detective Weekly Covers