Eerie (1947 Avon One-Shot) comic books 1947

Cover by Bob Fujitani. Edited by Sol Cohen. Stories by Henry Kuttner (credited as Edward Bellin). Art by Bob Fujitani, Jon Small, George Roussos, Fred Kida and Joe Kubert. This is the legendary comic book that started the horror comics trend of the 1940s-50s, as well as the first horror comic with original content, long before the Comics Code was introduced. A man is haunted by the ghost of a stuffed tiger; An island is populated with flesh-eating lizards; A man disposes of his nagging wife with a subway train, but then is haunted by visions and hallucinations. The backup story is a humorous tale starring Goofy Ghost. Stories by sci-fi legend Henry Kuttner, working under one of his many pseudonyms. This was the only issue of this run, but the title returned as a regular series with Eerie (1951 Avon Series) #1. The Eyes of the Tiger; Dead Man's Tale; The Man-Eating Lizards; Goofy Ghost; Proof; Mystery of Murder Manor; The Strange Case of Henpecked Harry, aka The Subway Horror! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.