Roger Harris Presents

MODERN BOY – NEW SERIES

ISSUES 1 TO 87

A tribute to “MODERN BOY” Magazine, (for the “new series” the word “THE” was dropped!)

Each issue of the “new series” contained work by W. E. Johns, either “Biggles” stories or his column “Let’s Look Around”. See information below each issue for full details.

Just click on the individual magazine cover below to enlarge it and see it in more detail

Issue 1 (24 pages) 19^th February 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 1 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – £30,000,000 Secret Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 2 (24 pages) 26^th February 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 2 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – Island of Creeping Terror Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 3 (24 pages) 5^th March 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 3 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – Calico Jack’s Haul Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 4 (24 pages) 12^th March 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 4 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – The Lake of Gold Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 5 (24 pages) 19^th March 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 5 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – The Ship With the Golden Keel Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 6 (24 pages) 26^th March 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 6 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – The Black Emperor’s Hoard Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 7 (24 pages) 2^nd April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 7 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – The World’s Greatest Hidden Wealth Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 8 (20 pages) 9^th April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles on the Treasure Trail (Biggles Flies South) Part 8 of 8 True Tales of Treasure – The Two Million Pound Explosion Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 9 (20 pages) 16^th April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue True Tales of Treasure – Spoils of the Civil War Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 10 (20 pages) 23^rd April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue True Tales of Treasure – Where is the Lutine Gold? Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 11 (20 pages) 30^th April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 12 (20 pages) 7^th May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 13 (20 pages) 14^th May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 14 (20 pages) 21^st May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 15 (20 pages) 28th May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 1 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 16 (20 pages) 4^th June 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 2 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 17 (20 pages) 11^th June 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 3 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 18 (20 pages) 18^th June 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 4 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 19 (20 pages) 25^th June 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 5 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 20 (20 pages) 2^nd July 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 6 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 21 (20 pages) 9^th July 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 7 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 22 (20 pages) 16^th July 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Champion of the Main Part 8 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 23 (20 pages) 23^rd July 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 1 of 9 Champion of the Main Part 9 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)	Issue 24 (20 pages) 30^th July 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 2 of 9 Let’s Look Around (untitled)
Issue 25 (24 pages) 6th August 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 3 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 1 of 8 Let’s Look Around – 13,000 Miles by Toy Balloon!	Issue 26 (24 pages) 13th August 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 4 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 2 of 8 Let’s Look Around – Where Man Has Never Trod	Issue 27 (24 pages) 20^th August 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 5 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 3 of 8 Let’s Look Around – The Cause of Our Power
Issue 28 (24 pages) 27^th August 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 6 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 4 of 8 Let’s Look Around – Shall We All Fly at 600 M.P.H.?	Issue 29 (24 pages) 3^rd September 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 7 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 5 of 8 Let’s Look Around – Biggles on the Films?	Issue 30 (24 pages) 10^th September 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 8 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 6 of 8 Let’s Look Around – Who’s Strongest in the Air?
Issue 31 (24 pages) 17^th September 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles Flies North Part 9 of 9 They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 7 of 8 Let’s Look Around – A Load of Clay - by Air!	Issue 32 (24 pages) 24^th September 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue They Flew the Jolly Roger Part 8 of 8 Let’s Look Around – The Worst Voyage	Issue 33 (24 pages) 1^st October 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 1 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – Seen On My Holiday . .
Issue 34 (24 pages) 8^th October 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 2 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – When Fountain-Pens Fly	Issue 35 (24 pages) 15^th October 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 3 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – These Boys Were Tough!	Issue 36 (24 pages) 22^nd October 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 4 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – Smuggling Doesn’t Pay
Issue 37 (24 pages) 29^th October 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 5 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – Plane Flies for an Hour – The Pilot Asleep!	Issue 38 (24 pages) 5^th November 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 6 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – I was Seven Hours in a Gas-Mask!	Issue 39 (24 pages) 12^th November 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 7 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – Fireworks I Shan’t Forget!
Issue 40 (28 pages) 19^th November 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 8 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – My 2,000 Air Books	Issue 41 (28 pages) 26^th November 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 9 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – I Flew in the Ensign	Issue 42 (28 pages) 3^rd December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Rescue Flight (The Rescue Flight) Part 10 of 10 Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – I was a Christmas Ghost!
Issue 43 (36 pages) 10^th December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – I Wanted to be a Conjurer!	Issue 44 (24 pages) 17^th December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Winged Wanderer by “Bill” (believed to be by Johns) Let’s Look Around – 600 M.P.H. Planes are Coming!	Issue 45 (24 pages) 24^th December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – When I had a Passion for Pets
Issue 46 (24 pages) 31^st December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – You’re Taller in the Morning!	Issue 47 (24 pages) 7^th January 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Biggles’ Fledging (Uncollected for many years until published in a special edition of only 300 books in Biggles – Air Ace) Let’s Look Around – No Resolutions for Me!	Issue 48 (24 pages) 14^th January 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Rustlers are Motorised Now!
Issue 49 (24 pages) 21^st January 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 1 of 11 Let’s Look Around – They Girdle the World	Issue 50 (24 pages) 28^th January 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 2 of 11 Let’s Look Around – If You Want To Fly!	Issue 51 (24 pages) 4^th February 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 3 of 11 Let’s Look Around – Prison Reduced My Weight
Issue 52 (24 pages) 11^th February 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 4 of 11 Let’s Look Around – A Secret I Mustn’t Tell	Issue 53 (24 pages) 18^th February 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 5 of 11 Let’s Look Around – All Because We Went Birds’ Nesting	Issue 54 (24 pages) 25^th February 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 6 of 11 Let’s Look Around – Alone He Did It!
Issue 55 (24 pages) 4^th March 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 7 of 11 Let’s Look Around – Cut Out Those Family Squabbles	Issue 56 (24 pages) 11^th March 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 8 of 11 Let’s Look Around – When I Prayed for a Penknife	Issue 57 (24 pages) 18^th March 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 9 of 11 Let’s Look Around – Cats That Fish for their Living
Issue 58 (24 pages) 25^th March 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 10 of 11 Let’s Look Around – Digging Up the Doubloons!	Issue 59 (24 pages) 1^st April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Wings Over Spain (Biggles in Spain) Part 11 of 11 Let’s Look Around – When All London Was ill	Issue 60 (24 pages) 8^th April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – The Outcast of the Jungle
Issue 61 (24 pages) 15^th April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – I Climbed Up Here!	Issue 62 (24 pages) 22^nd April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Pom-Pom’s for Luck!	Issue 63 (24 pages) 29^th April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Next Stop – Where?
Issue 64 (24 pages) 6^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – The Flying Goldfish	Issue 65 (24 pages) 13^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – The Deadliest Liquid Ever!	Issue 66 (24 pages) 20^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Where You Can Be Alone!
Issue 67 (24 pages) 27^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Time Marches On!	Issue 68 (24 pages) 3^rd June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Tall Stories	Issue 69 (24 pages) 10^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – The Greatest Fight Ever
Issue 70 (24 pages) 17^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Panda-Monium!	Issue 71 (24 pages) 24^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – All These Names	Issue 72 (24 pages) 1^st July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Those Evil Eyes
Issue 73 (24 pages) 8^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Baghdad’s Getting Nearer!	Issue 74 (24 pages) 15^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – Bad News for Bathers	Issue 75 (24 pages) 22^nd July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue This Was Adventure – Mutiny on the Hermione Let’s Look Around – Disappearing Cities
Issue 76 (24 pages) 29^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – These Customs Never Die	Issue 77 (24 pages) 5^th August 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Let’s Look Around – “How’s Biggles?”	Issue 78 (28 pages) 12^th August 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 1 of 10 Let’s Look Around – World’s Most Expensive Diet!
Issue 79 (28 pages) 19^th August 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 2 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Britain’s Bravest King	Issue 80 (28 pages) 26^th August 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 3 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Engines Built to Go on For Ever!	Issue 81 (28 pages) 2^nd September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 4 of 10 Let’s Look Around – This Plane’s Worked Hard!
Issue 82 (28 pages) 9^th September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 5 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Amazing Atlantic Courage	Issue 83 (28 pages) 16^th September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 6 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Lion That Didn’t Forget	Issue 84 (28 pages) 23^rd September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 7 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Canada Was Top in Air Aces
Issue 85 (28 pages) 30^th September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 8 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Believe it or Not!	Issue 86 (28 pages) 7^th October 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 9 of 10 Let’s Look Around – Thrilling Spy Adventures	Issue 87 (28 pages) 14^th October 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 10 of 10 Let’s Look Around (untitled)

And issue 87 was the last ever issue of “Modern Boy” ………..

On 21^st October 1939 it merged with “Boy’s Cinema” as below

The outbreak of the Second World War led to paper shortages that would be the demise of many periodicals.

In the last issue of Modern Boy, 14^th October 1939, readers were told that Biggles stories would continue with “BIGGLES’ SOUTH SEA ADVENTURE” in

“THE GEM” next Wednesday, October 11^th 1939. This would be issue 1652 dated “week ending 14^th October 1939” and “THE GEM” itself would only last until

30^th December 1939 before it merged with “The Triumph”

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MODERN BOY MAGAZINE

The Modern Boy Magazine was first published in February 1928 by the Amalgamated Press

The copyright in the magazine is presumably held by the original company or it’s successors although some 80 years have passed since first publication

and some 70 years have passed since it ceased publication

All pictures are taken from my own collection of “The Modern Boy” Magazine.

A few internal pictures have been used to illustrate the Biggles content and other interesting articles and these are deemed to be fair use.

The copyright in all of W.E. Johns work is owned by the estate of W.E. Johns as represented by his literary agent, Ms Linda Shaughnessy of A. P. Watt.

This is a non profit making fan based web site purely for the information of fellow fans - no infringement of copyright is intended.

The intention of this web site is to encourage people to collect and read The Modern Boy Magazine and particularly the works of William Earl Johns, one of the great authors of the 20th Century.

Don’t forget to visit Biggles.Com and W. E. Johns.Com for information about W. E. Johns books

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THIS WEB SITE WAS BUILT DURING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE 2010 AND COMPLETED ON 21^st JUNE 2010 – THE 42^nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF W.E. JOHNS