Pulp Fiction, 1939 · page 93 of 116
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# Phantom Looter This is an interior story page from a pulp fiction magazine featuring the beginning of "Phantom Looter" by Eric Lennox. The page includes an illustration showing a well-dressed man in formal attire and a decorative header image, followed by story prose. The narrative introduces amateur criminologist Mr. Winston Keith and his valet Quirt as they prepare for an encounter with an elusive phantom thief who has been stealing valuables; Scotland Yard has arranged a trap this time to catch the criminal.
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ek BE hh en, OD Dee ee seas pS //// ioe toe — 3 . NC’ ZG By Eric Lennox 5 — — Author of “Killer of the Cragland,” ete. the swag. For the elusive marauder always warned the police of b itl his plunder plans. And this time headquarters prepared a— phantom reception. | The phantom thief had to runa Scetiand Yard gaunilet to snare : LT @R. WINSTON KEITH, ama- the raging elements outside. He a/ ia teur criminologist, smoothed seemed oblivious to the gusting how] s V 2. out a furrow in his tastefully of the wind, and the patter of the myri- trimmed ricket’s dressing gown. An_ ad, tiny drops of rain that beat against inquisitive frown pursed his high the windows like a haunting tattoo forehead as he raised deep, gray eyes from the nether-worlds. to his attentive valet. A flickering light gleamed momen- “Yes, Quirt,” said Winston Keith. tarily in the depths of Quirt’s somber His voice was low and well modulated, eyes, and the brief flicker was not lost yet it carried clear and distinct against on Keith, for Quirt had been Keith’s 91 Comicoooks (C@