The Strange Case of the Antlered Man by Edwy Searles Brooks

Nipper was a street urchin who made his first appearance in A Dead Man’s Secret ten years earlier.

In Nelson Lee's Pupil he acquired an assistant: Richard Hamilton, better known as 'Nipper'. In 1903 Nelson Lee's life changed forever. The boy-detective: The creation of a new sub-genre Some of the popular Nelson Lee serials from this era include: Nelson Lee Serials Staniforth listed these as his favourite Nelson Lee tales. It was followed by The Silver Dwarf (Dec 7th 1901 to March 15, 1902) and The Missing Heir (March 29-August 9, 1902). The era of the great Nelson Lee serials began with Birds of Prey a 20-part serial that ran in The Boys' Friend from July 27 to December 7, 1901. Towards the end of the 19th century Staniforth had a falling out with his editor and switched to publishing in other story papers. Tales from this era include: Nelson Lee's Solo Adventures During this period Lee worked alone for the most part, accepting cases from his office on Gray’s Inn Road. The two would team up repeatedly over the next 40 years. The tale, Christmas Clues, established Lee and Blake as friends. In the 1895 Christmas issue of Pluck he starred alongside detectives Sexton Blake and Gideon Barr. That summer he also appeared in The Mystery of the Malton Moors published in the Comic Home Journal.

From May 1895 he began appearing in Pluck featuring in 18 tales over the next three years.

He made his third appearance in The Adventures of Nelson Lee, in Union Jack Library #35, in December 1894 then made a final appearance in The Halfpenny Marvel in The Jewel Thief in issue #74. Lee was an immediate success and made his second appearance in Nelson Lee, Detective six issues later.

The Strange Case of the Antlered Man by Edwy Searles Brooks