Sexton Blake was “perhaps the world’s longest-running detective hero [with] One of Blake’s greatest adversaries [being Monsieur] Zenith the Albino”. ‘The Affair Of The Seven Virgins’ features (in homage to Blake) the metatemporal detective Sexton Begg, thus cross-linking the story with those of various other members and generations of the Family von Bek and their curious relationships with both Lucifer and the Holy Grail.
First appearance: The Time Centre Times Vol. 3 No. 2
London: The Nomads Of The Times Streams magazine, October/November 1994;
edited by D.J. Rowe, Ian Covell and John & Maureen Davey;
price: £2·50 (subscription only [“£10.00 for 4 issues”]);
40 pages;
I.S.S.N.: 1351-9190;
cover artist: “E.R.P.” (Eric [Robert] Parker).
First collected appearance: Fabulous Harbours
London: Millennium, 1995 (August 21st) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
sub-titled “A Sequel To Blood” on title page;
original prices: £15·99 (h/c), £8·99 (p/b);
x + 192 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 1-85798-408-0 (h/c) & 1-85798-409-9 (p/b);
cover artist: Gustave Moreau (Dead Poet Borne By Centaur).
Other appearances:-
Amherst, N.Y.: Pyr hardcover (q.v.), 2007 (October);
edited by Linda Moorcock (credited on copyright page);
original price: $25·00;
327 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-59102-596-2;
cover artist: John Picacio;
‘The Affair Of The Seven Virgins’: pp. 9–35 (featuring Seaton [rather than Sexton] Begg).
in The War Amongst The Angels (omnibus);
London: Gollancz trade-sized paperback (q.v.), 2014 (September 11th);
edited by John Davey;
original price: £10·99;
xx + 798 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-09273-0;
cover artist: Gustave Moreau (St. George And The Dragon);
‘The Affair Of The Seven Virgins’: pp. 397–427 (featuring Seaton Begg).
Foreign (i.e. non-English language) appearance:-
In Второй Эфир [The War Amongst The Angels (omnibus)], Russia (2023).
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