Badger Books
As well as publishing the SF, SN & SS Series (please see my other Badger Blog) John Spencer & Co also dipped their toe into the crime & spy genre and sporadically published the Mystery Series (series 1 & 2) and a Crime , Adventure and a Spy series!
Mystery MS series! (series1)
MS 1 - Assignment New York - Mike Lantry (E.C. Tubb) - Feb 1956
MS 2 - A Gunman Close Behind - Mike Lantry (A.A. Glynn) Nov 1956
MS 3 - Blood On My Shadow - A.J. Merak (John S. Glasby) Nov 1956
MS 4 - Wreath For A Lady - Max Baroni (John S. Glasby) May 1957
MS 5 - This Time Forever - A.J. Merak (John S. Glasby) May 1957
MS - 02 - A Gunman Close Behind - Mike Lantry (A.A.Glynn) - Nov 1956 .
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| Art by Ray Theobald |
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| Back cover |
MS - 03 - Blood On My Shadow - A.J. Merak (John S. Glasby) - Nov 1956 .
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| Art by Ray Theobald. |
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Mystery MS series! (series2)
1 - White Lightning - Pel Torro (Cobra Books) - Oct 1957.
2 - Hood's Incorporated - Peter J. Andrews - Jan 1958.
MS # 2 - Hood's Incorporated - Peter J. Andrews - Jan 1958.
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| Art by Stan Nicholson |
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| Back cover |
See below for the original mock up artwork for 'Hood's Incorporated! (notice the colophon is a 'Cobra')
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| Mock up original artwork |
Spy SP series! Here are all six books that follow the exploits of top spy 'Steve Carradine'
SP - 01 - Seek and Destroy - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1965 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox |
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SP - 02 - The Secret Enemy - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1966 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox. |
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SP - 03 - Blueprint For Destruction - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1966 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox |
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| Back cover |
SP - 04 - Night Passage To Kano - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1967 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox. |
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| Back cover |
SP - 05 - Pattern For Survival - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1967 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox |
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SP - 06 - Twelve Hours To Destiny - Manning K. Robertson (John S. Glasby) - 1967 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox |
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Now Let's check out the Crime CS series!
CS1 Play For Keeps - Harry Whittington (Oct 1958)
CS2 Murder Be My Mistress - Max Storm (Oct 1958)
CS3 The Long Silence - Paul Costello (Jan 1959)
CS4 The Tight Corner - Sam Ross (Sept 1959)
CS5 Death Has Three Lives - Brett Halliday (Nov 1959)
CS6 The Wanton Hour - Lewis Clay (March 1960)
CS7 The Tobacco Auction Murders - Robert Turner (March 1960)
CS8 The Big Frame - J.K. Baxter (June 1960)
CS9 The Pay-Off - J.C. Barton (Oct 1960)
CS10 Rackets Incorporated - A.D. Brent (Oct 1960)
CS11 The Savage City - A.J. Merak (March 1961)
CS12 The Corrupt Ones - J.C. Barton (Oct 1961)
CS13 The Set Up - J.K. Baxter (Jan 1962)
CS - 02 - Murder Be My Mistress - Max Storm (Sydney J. Bounds) - Oct 1958 - Art by Ed Blandford
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| Art by Ed Blandford |
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| Back cover |
CS - 04 - The Tight Corner - Sam Ross - Sept 1959 - Art by Ronald W. Smethurst.
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| Art by R.W. Smethurst |
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CS - 05 - Death Has Three Lives - Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser) - Nov 1959 - Art by Ronald W. Smethurst.
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| Art by Ronald W. Smethurst |
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CS - 06 - The Wanton Hour - Lewis Clay - March 1960 - Art by Rudy Nappi.
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| Art by Rudy Nappi |
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CS - 08 - The Big Frame - J.K. Baxter - June 1960 - Art by Bernard Barton.
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| Art by Bernard Barton |
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CS - 09 - The Pay-Off - J.C. Barton - Oct 1960.
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| Back cover |
CS - 10 - Rackets Incorporated - A.D. Brent (John S. Glasby) - Oct 1960 - Art by Rudy Nappi.
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| Art by Rudy Nappi |
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| Back cover |
CS - 11 - The Savage City - A. J. Merak (John S. Glasby) - March 1961- Art by Raymond Johnson.
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| Art by Raymond Johnson |
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CS - 12 - The Corrupt Ones - J.C. Barton - Oct 1961 - Art by John H. Fay.
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| Art by John H. Fay |
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CS - 13 - The Set Up - J.K. Baxter - Jan 1962 - Art by Henry Fox.
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| Art by Henry Fox |
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| Back cover |
Now Let's check out the AS (Adventure series) & TA (True Adventure) books!
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| Art by Dimmock |
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| Back cover |
TA - 1 - White Horizon - Dougals Liversidge - Sept 1956
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| White Horizon |
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| Back cover |
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