{"product_id":"2940149247875","title":"Mr. Wong - Complete Collection vol. 4 1940-55","description":"PERIL PRESS presents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollier’s, March 2 1940\u003cbr\u003eMR. WONG\u003cbr\u003eFOOTWORK\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003eillustrated by Irving Nurick\u003cbr\u003eFootwork. James Lee doing some fast thinking. \u003cbr\u003eThe killer of Radford was clever. But, as James Lee said, “A man can dig his grave with his tongue”\u003cbr\u003e2900 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollier’s, April 13th 1940\u003cbr\u003eMR.WONG\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROOM OF DEATH\u003cbr\u003e(later rewritten as Cigarette of Death - Saint Detective Magazine, April 1955)\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003eillustrated by Irving Nubick\u003cbr\u003eThe Room of Death. James Lee shoots it out. Page 23\u003cbr\u003eA telephone call at midnight and two shots from the dark start another exciting adventure for resourceful James Lee\u003cbr\u003e3900 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlue Book Magazine, May 1940\u003cbr\u003eMR WONG:\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOURTH MESSENGER\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003eillustrated by Austin Briggs\u003cbr\u003eThat Famous Chinese-American G-man known as James Lee here deals with a most spectacular crime.\u003cbr\u003e4800 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlue Book, June 1940\u003cbr\u003eMr. Wong:\u003cbr\u003eCOLD BLOOD\u003cbr\u003eA James Lee detective story—\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003eillustrated by Hamilton Greene\u003cbr\u003e6000 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlue Book, September 1941\u003cbr\u003eTHE JADE DAGGER\u003cbr\u003eA James Lee Detective story\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Austin Briggs\u003cbr\u003eHugh Wiley's famous Chinese-American detective James Lee deals in characteristic style with one of his strangest cases.\u003cbr\u003e4500 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Saint Detective Magazine, April 1955\u003cbr\u003eMR.WONG\u003cbr\u003eCIGARETTE OF DEATH\u003cbr\u003e(Originally published as The Room of Death – Collier’s, April 13th 1940)\u003cbr\u003eby Hugh Wiley\u003cbr\u003e“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.\u003cbr\u003eArmchair 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.\u003cbr\u003e(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.)\u003cbr\u003e4100 Words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes the illustrations and covers to Collier's magazine for all 6 stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.","brand":"Peril Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122353193200,"sku":"2940149247875","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149247875_p0.jpg?v=1763714323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149247875","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}