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The REAL AVON book not the IW reprint

15-June-2012 8:49 am	\|
Username:	cameronfan
Comment:	Has a Kinstler inside cover, plus Kubert and above-average Hollingsworth. A good issue.

Issue: #9
Published: October-November 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	contents page
Synopsis:	Contains original art depicting each of the four stories within.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Erik Dulan John Morley

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Phantom Hitch-Hiker
Synopsis:	John Morley has been stealing money from the fortune of his ward, Gail. As she is about to find out, he lets her car crash down a bridge. Thinking he's in the clear, Morley gets haunted by the hitch-hiking phantom of Gail who causes him to drive off the bridge.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	John Morley Gail Gordon

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Hands of Death!
Synopsis:	Violinist Erik Dulan can’t use his hands anymore and would give anything to be able to play again. He meets with Dr. Necros who lets him chose a new pair of hands from a group of zombies he commands. Dulan has a terrible price to pay: the new hands have a will of their own and commit criminal acts.
Credits:	Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Erik Dulan Dr. Necros

Text Story (1 page)	The Thing from the Grave
Synopsis:	An archeology professor digs up an old American Indian grave and is killed by a vengeful spirit who turns him to dust.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Professor Richard Jones

Comic Story (3 pages)	Death on Skis!
Synopsis:	American tourist Johnson is on skiing holiday in the Bavarian Alps. A guide warns him to not take the Northern slope. The ghost of a suicidal father who lost his son to a careless ski racer is out there for revenge. Johnson does not heed the warning and has to race a skiing skeleton for his life.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Johnson Fritz

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Haunted Melody
Synopsis:	Frederic Parker is a promising young pianist haunted by the “raindrop” prelude of his namesake Frederic Chopin. Every time he plays it, the ghost of Chopin’s muse Nona appears. Parker falls in love with Nona and while chasing her fleeting form, falls out of a window to his death.
Credits:	Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Frederic Parker Nona

Text Story (1 page)	The Haunted Cave
Synopsis:	One night a man explores an alleged haunted cave. While in the dark cave he gets attacked and drowned by a huge black octopus living in a small pool of water.
Credits:	Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Colours: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Roger Nelson Sam Jenkins

Comic Story (6 pages)	Princess of the Subway
Synopsis:	On a subway train, Dave Bartlet gets into a fight with a mysterious woman and her company. They make the train halt and let fish people in who attack the passengers. Bartlet overpowers the woman and brings the subway back to safety. No one believes him until he removes the woman's sunglasses exposing her fish eyes.
Credits:	Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Dave Bartlet

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