Priceless relics of a lost civilization have been hidden for centuries in a glacier. An ancient manuscript describes an operation which transforms the victim into a robot. Can the Avenger halt the collapse of the modern world once these discoveries have fallen into evil hands? Warner Paperback Library #74-134, 1973. Stated First Printing in fine condition. Cover by George Gross.

Three scientists die violently One in Paris, one in Berlin, and one in Montreal. Each exhales fire as he dies, like some ancient dragon. Coincidence? Hardly! The Avenger races to halt an international conspiracy that threatens to consume the planet in flames. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

A beautiful woman trapped on the deserted shores of Lake Michigan. A murderous gunman hidden within a car hidden within a truck tracking her down with intent to kill. deaths galore! The Avenger races to the rescue before there are too many victims to count. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Suspense and murder lurk at the house of Mr. Death. Three gold crowns and a dentist's forceps are clues that lead from blackmail to a grisly death on a railroad track. The Avenger now stalks his victim like a black panther. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Few families in the world were more powerful. Yet, even the Haygars were powerless to halt the horror hidden in the set of gold medallions. The coins were summoning the clan and the Avenger to a rendezvous with death. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Knarlie,a twisted dwarf, worked for the candidate for the white house. Or was it the other way around? The Avenger had to find out in order to save America. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Warner Paperback Library #74-391, 1973. Stated First Printing in fine condition. Cover by George Gross.

This is a series book...an oldie but goodie! 1973 Warner Book, 158 pages.

Cunning thieves smuggle stolen art into the country. But their crimes are only "act one" in a giant scenario of destruction. Can the avenger discover the link between smugglers and saboteurs in time to avert disaster? In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

A dread disease that contorts men into ape-like creatures brings a stranger to the Avenger's lab. He asks for an antidote, but will the cure do more harm than the disease? Will it mean death for the Avenger himself? In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Who was this devil, the leader of the Black Wings Cult, who could kill from afar? The Avenger himself would receive the black orchid of death before he found out. In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

A scuffling sound - then gruesome death. The Wilder Curse strikes another victim down! Can The Avenger unmask the killer whose plan for revenge upon the guilty is becoming wholesale murder of the innocent? In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human. It was so with Dick Benson. He had been a man. After the dread loss inflicted on him by an inhuman crime ring, he became a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all other crime rings. He turned into the the person we know now: A figure of ice and steel, more pitiless than both; A mechanism of whipcord and flame; A symbol to crooks and killers; A terrible, almost impersonal force, masking chill genius and super normal power behind a face as white and dead as a mask from the grave. Only his pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at the deadliness of the scourge the underworld heedlessly invoked against itself when crime's greed turned millionaire adventurer Richard Benson into The Avenger.

Book # 24 in the series of The Avenger.

A man turns green and dies clutching an ancient medalion. Is it the key to a world of barbarism? Can the Avenger use it to stop the forces of Evil?

In an outbreak of bloody killings, all the victims bear the marks of attack by wolves. Instead of investigating, the government seems anxious to keep the matter under cover. Can The Avenger discover where the tracks of the wolf (or Werewolf) lead—and trap the killer?

In the 1970s, iconic pulp character the Avenger was resurrected once again, with Warner Paperback Library reprinting the original stories as well as commissioning a new series to be written by Ron Goulart (author of the invaluable Cheap Thrills, a beautifully illustrated history of the pulps) under the original house-name “Kenneth Robeson.” The third of these new novels (#27 in the Warner series) was The Purple Zombie (1974), a fun and fast-paced adventure admirably done in the original pulp style. As the story opens, it is the early 1940s, and Hollywood B-movie starlet Heather Blair is in the middle of shooting a zombie movie when her Uncle Denny knocks at her door—a dead Uncle Denny who is, without a doubt, a real zombie. Cole Wilson, one of the Avenger’s associates at Justice, Inc., happens to be visiting the film’s director at the time and begins to investigate the case. He discovers that Uncle Denny’s body was not the only one stolen from the crypt—also missing is Dr. David Franklin Sheehan, who was working on a radio-controlled bomb when he passed away. The Avenger and the rest of Justice, Inc. join Cole in a frantic pursuit to stop a fiendish German spy ring from reincarnating Dr. Sheehan and gaining access to the top-secret plans.

He called himself Dr. Time, and claimed he could really travel back-and-forth in time. Five New York businessmen are convinced he's for real. Then their family members disappear, and Dr. Time demands money for their return. Otherwise they'll be marooned in the past for the rest of their lives! Can the Avenger solve this mystery? Can he stop Time?

Has the devil returned to the sinister old town of Nightwitch in Massachusetts? If not, why has MacMurdie vanished there without a trace...and who is the person in the devil mask? if so, can even the Avenger defeat the prince of darkness?

The Avenger and his band of associates comprised Justice, Inc. Armed with keen gadgets, clear genius, stout hearts, good humor, and the force of right set forth from their Bleek Street headquarters to thwart evil. Strange Disc-like objects have been sighted hovering above the desert. The toll of plane crashes has been mounting. Are saboteurs at work - or are visitors from another planet invading the earth? Can even the Avenger combat this unidentified menace in the skies?

The Avenger and his band of associates comprised Justice, Inc., and, armed with keen gadgets, clear genius, stout hearts, good humor, and the force of right set forth from their Bleek Street headquarters to thwart evil. When the suicide rate in San Francisco soars, rumor blames a Fantastic new death machine as the cause. CAN A DEATH MACHINE DRIVE PROMINENT MEN TO SUICIDE? ONLY THE AVENGER HAS THE SCIENTIFIC KNOW-HOW TO VERIFY WHETHER SUCH AN INSTRUMENT EXISTS. IF IT DOES, CAN THE AVENGER DEFY IT?

In South America to question a young girl who has just escaped the Gestapo's clurches, The Avenger finds the area terror-struck by a series of vampire-like killings. People suggest the girl he seeks is involved. Is she a Nazi victim...or a vampire??? The Avenger original adventures appeared between September 1939 and September 1942 in the pulp magazine The Avenger, published by Street and Smith Publications. Five additional short stories were published in Clues Detective magazine (1942–1943), and a sixth novelette in The Shadow magazine in 1943. Newly written adventures were commissioned and published by Warner Brother's Paperback Library from 1973 to 1974. The Avenger was a pulp hero who combined elements of Doc Savage and the Shadow.

The Avenger and his band of associates comprised Justice, Inc. Armed with keen gadgets, clear genius, stout hearts, good humor, and the force of right set forth from their Bleek Street headquarters to thwart evil. A noted scientist disappears in the Southwest, then, in the same area, an "invisible man" appears and begins a killing spree.

A criminal with superhuman mental powers is seeking control of the New York underworld.

On a fog-shrouded haunted island off the California coast, film-makers on location to shoot a horror film, find more than ghosts to terrify them.

Only once in several lifetimes does the world get such a man a Richard Henry Benson, known as The Avenger. A man who had amassed a fortune in his early years, he was ready to enjoy life to the fullest with his wife and daughter when disaster struck, which vacuumed his soul right out of his body. His family was taken from him by crime, and to make matters worse, no one believed him. He was forced into an insane asylum. He escaped. His facial muscles were paralyzed by the tragedy, so he could press his face into any position to adopt any guise. From that day on, The Avenger's only drive in life was to bring destruction to crooks who operated beyond the law, and usually he made sure it was by their own hand! The Avenger Volume 3 features 6 action packed Murder on Wheels Three Gold Crowns House of Death The Hate Master Nevlo Death in Slow Motion

The Avenger and Justice, Inc. wage war against supercrime! Richard Henry Benson's life will be forever changed after the mysterious Cole Wilson lures The Avenger into an electronic-ray death trap in Murder on Wheels. The Three Gold Crowns lead The Avenger to Mr. Death's house of murder! Dick Benson's refusal of a murderer's demands could doom Nellie Gray and bring Death to the Avenger. PLUS a Whisperer thriller by Clifford Goodrich, High Explosive!

Dick Benson and Justice, Inc. wage war against supercrime in two thrillers by Paul Ernst writing as Kenneth Robeson! Can The Avenger locate the mastermind called Nevlo in time to prevent a deadly final blackout? Death in Slow Motion cripples an American industry, and Justice, Inc. must find an antidote in time to save hundreds from the deadly paralysis plague! A defeated foe returns to plot "Vengeance on The Avenger" in a short story from Clues Detective by Emile Tepperman writing as Kenneth Robeson. Plus: Bruce Elliott and Bob Powell present an exciting illustrated adventure of America's premier detective - Nick Carter.

Richard The Avenger Benson and Justice, Inc. wage war against supercrime! Smuggled Pictures of Death are only a sinister prelude to deadly sabotage and mass destruction! The Avenger and Justice, Inc. hunt for the antidote to The Green Killer, a deadly malady that transforms men into apelike monstrosities. Could the cure bring death to The Avenger? An innocent-looking briefcase holds more danger for Nellie Gray than a truckload of TNT in "Calling Justice, Inc. All this and a historical essay by Will Murray.

The first new Avenger novel in 40 years!The crime fighter with the moldable face…the avatar of vengeance…the combination of the Shadow and Doc Savage …is back!His name is Sun Koh. He claims to be the last survivor of Atlantis, and he may be the most dangerous man alive. A physical and mental superman with the resources of Nazi Germany at his fingertips, Sun Koh plans to recover an ancient power that could doom millions, and win the war for the Third Reich. Only Richard Benson and the members of Justice, Inc. oppose him, but this time, even the Avenger may have met his match.This novel is a continuation of the original pulp novel “River of Ice”.

Two NEW thrillers for the Price of one! "Black Water" by Bobby Nash and "Face of Death" by Chuck Miller

In the jungle of southern Mexico, people are struck down by mysterious obsidian spearheads, a gigantic winged serpent appears in the skies, and a golden giant claims to be an Aztec god reborn. When Nellie Gray and Cole Wilson go missing investigating the mysterious Sons of the Feathered Serpent, the Avenger is drawn into one of the most bizarre and dangerous adventures of his career. His life, the lives of his associates, and the Aztec treasure that sustains Justice Inc. are all endangered by the curse of Kukulkan.