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Emp, H. H. Emp was created by Sydney Horler (Brett Carstairs, Bunny Chipstead, Brian Fordinghame, Rex Hartley, Martin Huish, Gerald Lissendale, Justin March, George Meatyard, Nighthawk, Sebastian Quin, Tiger Standish, Baron Veseloffsky, Dr. Paul Vivanti) and appeared in Horror’s Head (1932), Master of Venom (1949) and Murderer at Large (1951).

H. Emp is a working class British private detective. He is a big man, over eighteen stone and 6'6" tall. He’s very genial, and uses common sense and the lessons of detective novels to solve crimes. His friends and clients call him “Rope,” and he is assisted by his secretary Ermyntrude Pitt.

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