Super Detective Library was a black and white British graphic novel, picture library series
originally published by Amalgamated Press in 1953. The anthology series featured a rotating cast of
popular literary detective characters that were popular with British audiences including The
Saint, Bulldog Drummond, Blackshirt and Sherlock Holmes.
Blackshirt was the nom de guerre of best selling crime novelist Richard Verrell. He starts out as a gentleman
crook and eventually turned into a crime buster over the course of his adventures. Blackshirt was featured
in a series of short stories and novels penned by Graham Montague Jefferies using the pen name Bruce
Graeme. The character was very popular in Britain from the mid 1920s through 1940s.
SUPER DETECTIVE PICTURE LIBRARY produced nine issues staring Blackshirt, all of which are presented here.
Blackshirt and the Golden Horse Blackshirt and the Secret of the Sahara
Blackshirt Treasure Hunt Blackshirt and the jewels of Death
Blackshirt and the Island of Fear Blackshirt and the case of the Murdered Matador
Blackshirt and the Secret of the Devil's Ravine Blackshirt and the Faceless Man
Blackshirt Marked for Murder