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The Purple Heart of Erlik

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Catalogue facts

Published dateNovember 1936
WrittenDecember 1935

Introduction

This is the published textual state of The Purple Heart of Erlik, a Shanghai adventure featuring Arline Ellis, Duke Tremayne, Woon Yuen and Wild Bill Clanton. Howard used the pseudonym Sam Walser for its publication in Spicy-Adventure Stories.

Otto Binder, Kline’s New York representative, sold the story to Trojan Publishing circa December 1935 for $26. A separate untitled synopsis also survives.