Avon Fantasy Reader (1947-1952 Avon Book Co.) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Feb 1947 by Avon Books.$35.00
View scansFebruary, 1947. "The Power Planet!" Written by Murray Leinster. Featuring work by H.G. Wells, Lord Dunsany, and H.P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #2
Published May 1947 by Avon Books. -
Issue #3
Published Jul 1947 by Avon Books.$35.00
View scans- Water damage. Price sticker on first page.
$22.00
View scans- Laminate peeled from back cover and spine.
$17.50
View scans- Laminate on exterior cover.
July, 1947. "The Silver Key!" Written by H.P. Lovecraft. Featuring work by August Derleth, Ray Bradbury, and H.G. Wells. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #4
Published Sep 1947 by Avon Books.$63.00
View scans$26.50
$17.50
View scan- Water damage.
September, 1947. "The Arrhenius Horror!" Written by P. Schuyler Miller. Featuring work by Thomas Burke, Ray Bradbury, and A. E. van Vogt. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #5
Published Nov 1947 by Avon Books.$35.00
View scans- Centerfold detached at one staple, staple rust.
November, 1947. "The Scarlet Dream!" Written by C.L. Moore. Featuring work by Robert Bloch, Clare Winger Harris, and Carl Jacobi. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #6
Published Mar 1948 by Avon Books.$17.50
View scan- Cover detached.
$4.30
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Brittle pages.
March, 1948. "The Crawling Horror!" Written by Thorp McClusky. Featuring work by H. P. Lovecraft and Henry S. Whitehead. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #7
Published Jul 1948 by Avon Books.$15.75
View scans- Cover and last page anchored with tape. Tape on exterior and interior of cover. Water damage.
July, 1948. "The Curse of a Thousand Kisses!" Written by Sax Rohmer. Featuring work by Robert E. Howard, Lord Dunsany, and Fritz Lieber. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #8
Published Nov 1948 by Avon Books.$31.00
View scans- Water damage. Staple rust.
$22.00
$4.30
- INCOMPLETE. Pages missing, interrupts art and story. Water damage.
November, 1948. "The Queen of the Black Coast!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, Algernon Blackwood, and 'The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #9
Published Mar 1949 by Avon Books.$22.00
View scan- Staple rust.
$22.00
March, 1949. "The Flower-Women!" Written by Clarke Ashton Smith. Featuring work by Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, and Lord Dunsany. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #10
Published Jul 1949 by Avon Books. -
Issue #11
Published Nov 1949 by Avon Books.$35.00
View scans- Tape.
$26.50
View scan$17.50
November, 1949. "Glamour!" Written by Seabury Quinn. Also featuring works by Ray Bradbury, Frank Owen, and Francis Flagg. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #12
Published Dec 1950 by Avon Books.$13.00
March, 1950. "The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sogoth!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Also featuring works by M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, and Sax Rohmer. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #13
Published Jul 1950 by Avon Books.$50.00
View scans$25.00
View scans- 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Full-taped spine.
July, 1950. "The Love Slave and the Scientists!" Written by Frank Belknap Long. Also featuring works by August Derleth, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, and Julius Long. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #14
Published Nov 1950 by Avon Books.$56.00
View scans- Tape on spine.
$44.00
View scans- Water damage. Staple rust.
$31.50
View scan- Centerfold detached.
November, 1950. "Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Also featuring works by Ray Bradbury, Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #15
Published 1951 (est.) by Avon Books.$39.50
View scans- Water damage. Staple rust.
$39.50
View scans$35.00
View scans- Water damage.
$31.00
View scans- Staple rust. Writing on inside cover.
November, 1948. "The Queen of the Black Coast!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, Algernon Blackwood, and 'The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #16
Published 1951 (est.) by Avon Books.$56.00
View scans- Cover loose at staples. Staple rust.
$50.00
View scans- Water damage.
November, 1948. "The Queen of the Black Coast!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, Algernon Blackwood, and 'The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #17
Published 1951 by Avon Books.$35.00
View scan$35.00
$8.70
- 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
1951. "Sapphire Siren" Written by Nictzin Dyalhis. 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.35.
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Issue #18
Published 1952 (est.) by Avon Books.$39.50
View scans- Water damage.
$13.00
View scan- Mold. Water damage. Staple rust. Rust migration.
November, 1948. "The Queen of the Black Coast!" Written by Robert E. Howard. Featuring work by Ray Bradbury, Algernon Blackwood, and 'The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft. Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 132pages, Text with B&W illustations. Cover price $0.35.
