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“The Flickering Torch Mystery”
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Original: 1943 Leslie McFarlane (212 pages)
Revised: 1971 Vincent Buranelli (181 pages) – For Sale
Revised Outline: Andrew Svenson
Revision: Completely Different
Art: 1943 Paul Laune
Art: 1962 John Leone
Art: 1971 Rudy Nappi
Notes: In a 10/5/42 letter to the Syndicate, McFarlane thanked them for their check and apologized for the story, stating it had been written “under awkward circumstances… getting settled into a new city”. McFarlane received the outline on 7/25/42 and completed the story by mid-September. He received $165 for this story.
Another source indicates Andrew Svenson as author of the revised edition.
PC editions lacking the white over-printing on the back cover are scarce.
The Hardy Boys solve the mystery of Asa Grable’s missing silk moths and the theft of construction materials.
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