Eerie
#9
(October-November 1952)
Avon,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
An Avon Publication
- Editing
- Sol Cohen (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Eerie (Superior, 1953 ? series) #9 -
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #28 (June 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5.
[contents page]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Everett Kinstler (signed as
Everett Raymond Kinstler) - Inks
- Everett Kinstler (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His evil hands played music...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Erik Dulan; John Morley
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Phantom Hitch-Hiker
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Inks
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I won't stop1
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Morley; Gail Gordon
- 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.
- Reprints
The Hands of Death!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Nodel (signed as Nodel)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed as
ALASCIA) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Life was worthless to Erik Dulan...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Erik Dulan; Dr. Necros
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #13 - in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #5 (1963 ?)
- in Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971) [with alterations] which is reprinted
-
The Thing from the Grave
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Disbrow (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Jay Disbrow (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I hadn't decided to major in archeology...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Richard Jones
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Small reproduction of cover art inset in story.
Death on Skis!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Joe Kubert ? (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High in the Bavarian Alps...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnson; Fritz
- 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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Drawn while Kubert was in the Armed Forces (per Kubert); artwork is signed "Joe Kubert, Sonthofen, Germany"
The Haunted Melody
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Nodel
- Inks
- Norman Nodel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What strange mystery was this...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Frederic Parker; Nona
- 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.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested John Rosenberger? for pencils.
The Haunted Cave
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The legend of the haunted cave was an old one...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Roger Nelson; Sam Jenkins
- Reprints
Princess of the Subway
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Inks
- Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the subway train was delayed...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dave Bartlet
- 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.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[contents page]
-
2.
The Phantom Hitch-Hiker
-
3.
The Hands of Death!
-
4.
The Thing from the Grave
-
5.
Death on Skis!
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6.
The Haunted Melody
-
7.
The Haunted Cave
-
8.
Princess of the Subway
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Tillmann Courth
- Kenneth English
- Dan Kurdilla
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
- Mike White
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