Editing Sexton Blake (section)

===Comic strips: 1939–1979===

Blake comic strips featured in ''The Knock-Out Comic'' (later ''Knock-Out Comic & Magnet'' and, finally, simply ''[[Knockout (UK comics)|Knockout]]'') from 1939 to 1960. The Blake strip was illustrated originally by artist [[Jos Walker]] and then by [[Alfred Taylor (comics)|Alfred Taylor]], who illustrated Blake's adventures for ten years. The undoubted highlight of Blake's 21-year run in ''Knockout'' was a 14-part 1949 strip drawn by Blake's greatest illustrator [[Eric Parker (illustrator)|Eric Parker]], entitled ''The Secret of Monte Cristo''. This was Parker's only contribution to Blake's comic strip adventures.

There was one ''[[Super Detective Library]]'' story about Blake: issue 68 (published November 1955), featuring a comic strip entitled ''Sexton Blake's Diamond Hunt''.

A final Sexton Blake comic strip (initiated to tie in with the 1967–1971 television show) featured in [[IPC Media|IPC]]'s weekly boys' anthology [[Valiant (comic)|''Valiant'']], from January 1968 to May 1970.

A seven-part Blake comic strip featured in [[IPC Media|IPC]]'s comic ''[[Tornado (comic)|Tornado]]'' from March 1979 to May 1979. A contract dispute (subsequently resolved in [[IPC Media|IPC]]'s favour) caused the ''Tornado'' editorial team to rename Blake "Victor Drago" (and Tinker & Pedro "Spencer & Brutus") for the duration of this strip.