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.

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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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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? Lets Look Around (untitled)	Issue 11 (20 pages) 30^th April 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around (untitled)	Issue 12 (20 pages) 7^th May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around (untitled)
Issue 13 (20 pages) 14^th May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around (untitled)	Issue 14 (20 pages) 21^st May 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Where Man 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Shall We Fly at 600 MPH?	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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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) Lets 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) Lets 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) Lets 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) Lets 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) Lets Look Around – Plane Flies for an Hour – 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) Lets Look Around – I Was Seven Hours in a Gasmask	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) Lets 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) Lets Look Around – My 2000 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) Lets Look Around – I Flew in the Emigu	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) Lets 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) Lets Look Around – I Wanted to by 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) Lets Look Around – 600 MPH Planes are Coming	Issue 45 (24 pages) 24^th December 1938 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets 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) Lets Look Around – No Resolutions for Me	Issue 48 (24 pages) 14^th January 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Cats That Fish for a 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – I Climbed Up Here!	Issue 62 (24 pages) 22^nd April 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Next Stop – Where?
Issue 64 (24 pages) 6^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – The Flying Goldfish	Issue 65 (24 pages) 13^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – The Deadliest Liquid Ever	Issue 66 (24 pages) 20^th May 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Time Marches On!	Issue 68 (24 pages) 3^rd June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – Tall Stories	Issue 69 (24 pages) 10^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – The Greatest Fight Ever
Issue 70 (24 pages) 17^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – Panda-monium!	Issue 71 (24 pages) 24^th June 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – All These Names	Issue 72 (24 pages) 1^st July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – Those Evil Eyes
Issue 73 (24 pages) 8^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – Baghdad’s Getting Nearer!	Issue 74 (24 pages) 15^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Disappearing Cities
Issue 76 (24 pages) 29^th July 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets Look Around – These Customs Never Die	Issue 77 (24 pages) 5^th August 1939 W. E. Johns content includes No Biggles in this issue Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Engines Built to Go on Forever	Issue 81 (28 pages) 2^nd September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 4 of 10 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around – Canada Was Top in Air Aces
THIS IS THE ONE ISSUE THAT I AM MISSING FROM THIS SET OF 87 ISSUES. THIS IMAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS TEMPORARY UNTIL I AM ABLE TO PURCHASE A COPY. IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS ISSUE THAT YOU WANT TO SELL TO ME THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME.
Issue 85 30^th September 1939 W. E. Johns content includes Biggles in Castle Sinister (Biggles – Secret Agent) Part 8 of 10 Lets 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 Lets 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 Lets Look Around (untitled)

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

The outbreak of the Second World War had led to paper shortages that would be the demise of many periodicals. Readers were told that Biggles stories would continue with “Biggles’ South Sea Adventure” in “The Gem” next Wednesday, October 11th 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