PERIL PRESS presents: Collier’s, March 2 1940 MR. WONG FOOTWORK by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Irving Nurick Footwork. James Lee doing some fast thinking. The killer of Radford was clever. But, as James Lee said, “A man can dig his grave with his tongue” 2900 Words Collier’s, April 13th 1940 MR.WONG THE ROOM OF DEATH (later rewritten as Cigarette of Death - Saint Detective Magazine, April 1955) by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Irving Nubick The Room of Death. James Lee shoots it out. Page 23 A telephone call at midnight and two shots from the dark start another exciting adventure for resourceful James Lee 3900 Words Blue Book Magazine, May 1940 MR WONG: THE FOURTH MESSENGER by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Austin Briggs That Famous Chinese-American G-man known as James Lee here deals with a most spectacular crime. 4800 Words Blue Book, June 1940 Mr. Wong: COLD BLOOD A James Lee detective story— by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Hamilton Greene 6000 Words Blue Book, September 1941 THE JADE DAGGER A James Lee Detective story by Hugh Wiley Illustrated by Austin Briggs Hugh Wiley's famous Chinese-American detective James Lee deals in characteristic style with one of his strangest cases. 4500 Words The Saint Detective Magazine, April 1955 MR.WONG CIGARETTE OF DEATH (Originally published as The Room of Death – Collier’s, April 13th 1940) by Hugh Wiley “One cigarette before I die!” was James Lee’s plea. To the Russian it seemed unlikely that a smoke ring could tighten into a noose. Armchair adventure may be quite beguiling enchanting and remote from reality, or it may be so harsh, frightening and immediate that it seems to be happening right before your eyes in a room hazy with gunsmoke. But when a story is written with unsparing honesty the very harshness takes on an exciting quality we wouldn’t trade for all the security on earth. Hugh Wiley who ruggedly realistic crime yarns featuring the spirited James Lee have appeared frequently in COLLIER’S scores here a veritable double bull’s-eye. (Publisher’s note: This is a Cold War rewrite of a World War II story. See “The Room of Death” for the original. References to Japan have changed to Russia/The Soviet Union. Also, numerous conversational transitions have changed.) 4100 Words This edition includes the illustrations and covers to Collier's magazine for all 6 stories. With the success of Fox's Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies, Monogram decided they wanted a piece of that action and hired Boris Karloff to play Hugh Wiley's Detective James Lee in a series of Mr. Wong movies.

PERIL PRESS presents: Collier’s, February 13, 1937 Mr. Wong: HANGMAN’S KNOT by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Irving Nurick Another adventure of James Lee, wherein he demonstrates how a lamp cord can kill a man Hangman’s Knot. James Lee, in defense of a Chinese. Page 25 5000 Words Collier’s, November 6 1937 NO SMOKING by Hugh Wiley Illustrated by Irving Nurick Another adventure of James Lee, wherein the suave detective finds a cigarette good for his health Smugglers' cover 4800 Words Collier’s, January 8 1938 THE EYE OF HEAVEN by Hugh Wiley Illustrated by Irving Nurick In which James Lee, Chinese-American undercover man, brilliantly proves that the cleverest crook cannot walk two roads at once Detective James Lee gives a memory test 5200 Words Collier's, March 26, 1938 Mr. Wong: THE BELL FROM CHINA A James Lee detective story— by Hugh Wiley Illustrated by Irving Nurick James Lee reads an inscription and reaches for a gun. That Suave detective, James Lee, goes after another killer who fails to leave his card 4300 Words Collier's, June 25, 1938 Mr. Wong: THE FEAST OF KALI A James Lee detective story— by Hugh Wiley illustrated by Irving Nurick James Lee, uninvited guest page 20 “Death rides this land,” Chew Lim telephoned. “My master is in deadly peril. You must help me.” And James Lee, master detective, took the danger trail once again 4300 Words Collier’s, February 17 1940 THE HEART OF KWAN YIN by Hugh Wiley Illustrated by Irving Nurick A broken statue reveals a fabulous treasure—and the secret of a murder James Lee finds an emerald—and a killer 3900 Words This edition includes the illustrations and Collier's magazine covers to all 6 stories. With the success of Fox's Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies, Monogram decided they wanted a piece of that action and hired Boris Karloff to play Hugh Wiley's Detective James Lee in a series of Mr. Wong movies.

This study examines the way Americans of Chinese descent were portrayed in American literature between 1850 and 1940. Their depictions are compared to historical events that were occurring at the time the works of literature were published. This edition has additions and corrections compared to the original hardback edition published in 1982. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ My purpose in writing this work has been to explore the depiction of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in American fiction, from the mid-nineteenth century entry of the first Chinese immigrants in significant numbers, to the eve of World War II. I consider both the immigrant Chinese and the American-born generations that followed them to be Chinese Americans, but will sometimes identify the groups separately in recognition of the fact that the historical experience and treatment of the immigrants in fiction has been different from that of their descendants. The fiction treated in this study includes short stories and novels both by white Americans and Asian Americans. I am defining the term Yellow Peril as the threat to the United States that some white American authors believed was posed by the people of East Asia. As a literary theme, the fear of this threat focuses on specific issues, including possible military invasion from Asia, perceived competition to the white labor force from Asian workers, the alleged moral degeneracy of Asian people, and the potential genetic mixing of Anglo-Saxons with Asians, who were considered a biologically inferior race by some intellectuals of the nineteenth century. The Chinese immigrants were the first target of this attention, since they were the first Asian immigrants to reach the United States in large numbers. This study will focus on American fiction about Chinese Americans in an attempt to analyze the growth and development of attitudes about them. My thesis is that the Yellow Peril is the overwhelmingly dominant theme in American fiction about Chinese Americans in the years with which this study is concerned. It is expressed through the variety of images of the Chinese Americans that appear, especially in their relation to, and their role as part of, the United States. The historical causes and literary subject matter change, but the theme neither disappears nor abates. Each work of fiction has been studied individually for the images it contains. Prior to the turn of the century, the Yellow Peril is perceived only as stemming from the Chinese. In the twentieth century, especially in the pulps, the Japanese joined the Chinese as a perceived menace to Europe and North America. The overall process of evaluation relies primarily on detailed analyses of the characters under consideration. This has been done with an awareness that the American public as a whole sometimes did not distinguish carefully among Asian ethnic groups, so that events involving one Asian ethnic group often affected the image of another. Some works are obscure and these have been quoted at greater length than more available ones. Relatively few critical sources have been cited; this is due to a dearth of relevant studies. The less important works of fiction have naturally received little critical attention and, often, when such attention was concerned with pertinent stories, the authors had little or nothing to say about the depiction of Chinese Americans. This observation is intended only as an explanation, and not as a value judgement of earlier scholarship with different goals.

Sky Raiders, February, 1943 THE CLOUD WIZARD by David Goodis They were all in awe of Bersbee, because the man was more than just a genius–he was a veritable sorcerer in the clouds. And no one dared to ask him how he did it, until one day... 5600 Words The Lone Eagle , February 1941 KILLER ACE by David Goodis Dane Kern Scours the Bullet-Torn Heavens to Match Machine-Gun Slugs with a Cowardly German That Can't Fight on the Level! 5100 Words RAF Aces (Canadian) December, 1944 KID BROTHER by David Goodis Allan Darwood Had Soldiering in His Blood—but He Denied His Own Heritage of Glorious Combat! 5400 Words Fighting Aces, May 1944 CLOUD BUSTER A DRAMATIC SKY-WAR STORY by David Goodis as Ray P. Shotwell “I may fail this squadron in a lot of ways, but there’s one thing you can be sure of. A Hun knocked my brother out of the skies—I’m sticking around until I even the score!” 5500 Words This edition includes the original illustrations to the stories.

Mystery Tales, March 1940 BLOOD FOR THE VAMPIRE DEAD by Robert Leslie Bellem Author of “Curse of the Lovely Torso,” etc. Was this then the horrible price Tim Croft must pay for his disbelief in devil-magic philtres?—forfeiture of his own lovely fiancee’s life-blood to the undead corpse of Haunted Hollow! 4800 Words

PERIL PRESS presents: Collier's, March 20 1937 GHOST AT HIS SHOULDER by Alan Lemay Illustrated By Irving Nurick A Short Short Story Complete On This Page He was knowing himself for the coward that he was 1300 Words Collier’s, June 26 1937 REVOLT OF A COWGIRL by Alan LeMay Illustrated by Ronald McLeod A Short Short Story Complete On This Page “I was born and raised in a cattle family,” Colette said. “And cattle talk is all I’ve heard all my life” 1000 Words Collier's, July 3 1937 MAN WITH A FUTURE by Alan LeMay Illustrated By George Howe Short Short Story Complete On This Page The man was standing on the dynamite itself, sprinkling about him with a slender line of hose 1200 Words Collier’s, August 7 1937 NIGHT BY A WAGON TRAIL by Alan LeMay Illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers A SHORT SHORT STORY COMPLETE ON THIS PAGE Sometimes he waited on her during that long night, but she stayed with Ernie Ewell now and they did not talk again 1300 Words Collier's, February 26 1938 PINTO YORK by Alan LeMay Illustrated By Frank Street A SHORT SHORT STORY COMPLETE ON THIS PAGE “Why, that's old man Clipp,” Henry says, speaking kind of pale 1300 Words Collier's, July 16 1938 SUNDOWN CORRAL by Alan LeMay Illustrated By George Howe A Short Short Story Complete On This Page 1300 Words Collier’s, August 20 1938 IMPERSONATION by Alan LeMay Illustrated By Donald Teague A Short Short Story Complete On This Page The three drew up to face the two. Abe Conn said mildly, “Looking for someone, Bud?” 950 Words Collier’s, September 2 1939 ACES IN HIS HAIR by Alan LeMay Illustrated By Harry Morse Meyers Short Short Story Complete On This Page “I don’t know why I go on trying,” the deputy brooded. “Last year I couldn’t do anything wrong. This year I can’t do anything right.” 1000 Words This edition includes the illustrations to all 8 stories as well as a gallery of Cartoons from the issues of Colliers that first published these stories.

Peril Press presents: The Frontier Justice Tales of Judge Steele vol 5 by Lon Williams Western Action, March 1957 Judge Steele Story #27 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR by Lon Williams The case against Edward Slocum looked as airtight as Judge Steele could hope for—but somehow, he was worried. Slocum's lawyer was a real tricky-looking gent, and didn't seem at all disturbed by the fact that the prosecution had a signed confession from the accused. 5300 Words Western Action, May, 1957 A Judge Steele Story #28 THE MORTAL BLOW by Lon Williams The whole question was, could a man be charged with murdering another man who was but moments away from death? And consarn it, if he couldn’t, then as mean a scoundrel as Judge Steele had ever glared at in his court room would walk out free! Is it murder to deliver the death-blow to a man who’s dying? 5000 Words Western Action, September 1957 Judge Steele Story #30 DEATH’S SERENADE by Lon Williams What had happened to prosecuting, attorney Wade Claybrook, Judge Steele wanted to know. Why here this consarned lawyer, supposed to be on the side of justice, was doing his dangest to discredit his own best witness. How did you get to hang a murderer that way? 6000 Words Western Action, January 1958 Judge Steele #32 A YEAR AND A DAY by Lon Williams Judge Steele was ready to chew nails. Be-consarned, but if it turned out that this victim had died more than a year and a day after he'd been shot, then the monkey who shot him couldn't be tried for murder! 5100 Words Western Action, March 1958 Judge Steele story #33 POINT OF NO RETURN by Lon Williams The question was: if William Shore had been involved in a conspiracy to rob the stage coach - a robbery which resulted in murder - and had renounced the role, had he nonetheless changed his mind too late? 4900 Words

PERIL PRESS presents: Real Western Stories, June 1955 ABLE CAIN AND THE GRIZZLY by A. A. Baker Judge Cain thought he’d been real clever in the way he got rid of a chicken-thief, but when this man turned out to have been the sole witness to a murder… Judge Cain was to regret the way he disposed of a chicken-thief 5200 Words Real Western Stories, June 1955 JESSE JAMES' ATTEMPTED SUICIDE by James Hines Special Feature 600 Words More info about Jesse James in-law Allen Parmer 600 Words Real Western Stories, June 1955 THE OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS by Lauran Paine Special Feature 1200 Words Real Western Stories, June 1955 ROUGH JUSTICE by Lee Thomas Special Feature 1100 Words Real Western Stories, June 1955 PETE AND RE-PETE by Cliff Webb Special Feature 600 Words

PERIL PRESS presents: Western Action, February 1955 BORDER GUADIANS by Gordon D. Shirreffs Guy Horne had no business in Mexico; he knew that, and the Arizona Rangers knew it. Horne was here unofficially. But his execution by the ruales would be quite official, unless he could give a satisfactory reason for being here! It would be an even swap—Horne could have his man if he'd get another. 6300 Words PLUS BONUS! Western Action, February 1955 EASY SHOOTING Feature by Mat Rand 180 Words Western Story, March 1945 TOUCH SYSTEM verse by S. Omar Barker A Cow Country Poem 350 Words Western Story, March 1945 RANGE SAVVY Feature by Gene King 300 Words This edition includes 15 images between story/feature illustrations, in-house ads, mastheads and pulp covers.

PERIL PRESS presents: Texas Rangers, March 1954 PAINTED DEATH by Gordon D. Shirreffs The valley swarmed with Apaches, and with two women survivors on his hands, Al Teach knew he'd carried his last mail pouch Al Teach figured he had carried his last mail pouch 5100 Words PLUS BONUS! Texas Rangers, March 1954 DONNER PARTY RENEGADE Feature by Lauran Paine The true tale of an outcast with a big durable heart 2000 Words Texas Rangers, March 1954 A TALL TEXAS TALE Money Talks by Al Sprong 150 Words Texas Rangers, March 1954 A TALL TEXAS TALE The Wet Flame by Hazel Holst 140 Words Texas Rangers, March 1954 SAGEBRUSH SAVVY Feature by S. Omar Barker A Quiz Corral Where a Westerner Answers Readers' Questions About the West 570 Words This edition includes 10 images between story/feature illustrations, cartoons from the issue, and in-house ad, the masthead and the cover to the issue of Texas Rangers that published these stories/features.