Eerie #7
(June-July 1952)

Avon, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1952-04-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avon Periodicals Inc.
Brand
An Avon Publication
Editing
Sol Cohen (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1953, page 50, registration number B392960.

Blood for the Vampire (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sid Check (sourced)
Inks
Sid Check (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Formerly credited to Wally Wood and Joe Orlando as per Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

[contents page] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Death came to disturb the nightly dreams...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Nathan Foxx

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Blood for the Vampire (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Norman Nodel (signed as Nodel)
Inks
Vince Alascia (signed as ALASCIA)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They say this happened many years ago...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Erik Lustveg; Rod Blair; Dot Blair; Johann Lustveg; Marta Lustveg
Synopsis
The small town of Ravennes in the Tyrolian alps is haunted by the vampire Erik Lustveg. When Rod and Dot Blair, descendants of the Lustveg family, come investigating their heritage, they find that the vampire legend is very much alive.
Reprints

Haunted Honeymoon (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos; ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Roy and Dot Evans certainly didn't believe in ghosts!
Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Characters
Roy Evans; Dot Evans
Synopsis
Roy and Dot Evans stay overnight at a weird old man's place. They find out that he keeps a boy, his ward, prisoner and plans to kill him, but is afraid that his ghost will haunt him after death.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Keith Chandler : While there is another hand at work here, there are some partial Roussos inks.

Hounds from Hell (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This curious story is a true one.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Belter; Ferris
Synopsis
In New Zealand, a man called Belter commands special abilities like being able to see in the dark. As a price for that he is haunted by ghostly apparitions every night.
Reprints

The Ghostly Diners (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert ? (spot illustration)
Inks
Joe Kubert ? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a certain house on Royal Street...
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A dining room in a New Orleans house is haunted and relives over and over a dinner from the past during which the guests were poisoned.
Reprints

Black Means Death! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lazarus
Inks
Harry Lazarus ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name is Harry Walters.
Genre
crime
Characters
Harry Walters; Karen Walters [aka Mara]; Keller
Synopsis
Harry Walters can't stand the nagging of his wife Karen anymore. At a bar he meets the lovely Mara, looking like Karen's twin. Walters falls in love with Mara, kills Karen and then realizes that they were the same person.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Nightmare (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Bob Bean ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Old Nathan Foxx -- famed playwright...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Nathan Foxx; Channey
Synopsis
Playwright Nathan Foxx writes a play which invokes the Devil's appearance.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Previous indexer suggested Joe Kubert for inks, too.

The Ghoul Walks! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What was it that Detective Dan Noren saw...
Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Characters
Detective Dan Noren; The Chief
Synopsis
Police detective Dan Noren investigates a murder spree, a feeling of foreboding driving him on. The fiend everybody's been looking for turns out to be himself.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blood for the Vampire
  2. 1. [contents page]
  3. 2. Blood for the Vampire
  4. 3. Haunted Honeymoon
  5. 4. Hounds from Hell
  6. 5. The Ghostly Diners
  7. 6. Black Means Death!
  8. 7. The Nightmare
  9. 8. The Ghoul Walks!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Keith Chandler
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Peter Croome
  • Bill Devine
  • Kenneth English
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walls