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PERIL PRESS presents:
Collier's, November 6 1937
NO SMOKING
By Hugh Wiley
Illustrated by Irving Nurick
Another adventure of James Lee, wherein the suave detective finds a cigarette good for his health
Smugglers' cover
4800 Words

This edition has both of the illustrations plus a gallery of 10 cartoons and ads from the issue of Collier's.

In an attempt to cash in on the success of the Charlie Chan and Mr Moto movies, Monogram hired Boris Karloff to play Hugh Wiley's Detective James Lee Wong character from Collier's magazine. Boris Karloff played the character in 5 movies. Keye Luke (famous for playing Charlie Chan's #1 son) played the character in the 6th movie.

Hugh Wiley wrote short stories for The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Argosy, Blue Book and many others. As well as a few novels.
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