Boys Cinema ran every week from Dec 1919 (n1) to May 1940 (n1063). Houdini appeared in 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923 issues:

1. Jan 17, 1920. v1 n6. “Houdini the Handcuff King”  cover & p26.  (HHCE Collection)
2. Feb 21, 1920. v1 n11. “Houdini”  p12+.  (HHCE Collection)
3. Jan 8, 1921. v3 n57. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
4. Feb 5, 1921. v3 n61. photo p26. (HHCE Collection)
5. Feb 19, 1921. v3 n63. photo  p5. (HHCE Collection)
6. May 7, 1921. v3 n74. “The Grim Game”  p14. (HHCE Collection)
7. May 14, 1921. v3 n75. “Terror Island”  cover & p2+.  (HHCE Collection)
8. June 25, 1921. v4 n81. “The Grim Game”  p14+. (HHCE Collection)
9. July 30, 1921. v4 n86.  “The Marvelous Houdini” (photo feature)  p14+.  (HHCE Collection)
10. March 4, 1922. v5 n117. Houdini card on cover.  (HHCE Collection)
11. March 25, 1922. v5 n120. Houdini cover with Famous Heroes Card # 4 insert. (Missing)
12. Jan 13, 1923. v6 n162. “Houdini In The Man From Beyond”  p14+.  (Arthur Moses Collection)

This week I share Houdini’s appearance in Boys Cinema May 14, 1921. v3 n75 from my personal collection.

This extremely rare issue of Boys Cinema takes The Terror Island Film Script (which I have seen, read and studied at the Margaret Herrick Library) and adapts it to a story paper format. It is broken up into 8 parts, which you can read below.

1. A Prisoner Among Salvages.
2. A Wonderful Submarine.
3. An Offer Refused and One accepted.
4. The Sham Fire.
5. A Life in the Balance.
6. Sent to a Watery Grave.
7. The Rescue.
8. On the Cannibal Island.