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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: Sol Cohen
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Sid Check \| Inks: Sid Check
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	contents page
Credits:	Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) \| Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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. Morley, however, is haunted by the hitch-hiking phantom of Gail.
Credits:	Pencils: Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed) \| Inks: Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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:	Pencils: Norman Nodel (signed) \| Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) \| Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Text Story (1 page)	The Thing from the Grave
Credits:	Pencils: Sid Check \| Inks: Sid Check \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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.
Credits:	Script: Joe Kubert? \| Pencils: Joe Kubert (signed) \| Inks: Joe Kubert (signed)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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, but she’ll be his undoing.
Credits:	Pencils: Norman Nodel \| Inks: Norman Nodel \| Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Text Story (1 page)	The Haunted Cave
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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 unmasks the woman.
Credits:	Pencils: Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed) \| Inks: Alvin C. Hollingsworth (signed) \| Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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