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Cover: Bill Everett

Astonishing #18

Oct 1952 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
“Jack the Ripper”
artist, inker Tony DiPreta · cover Bill Everett

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artist, inker Tony DiPreta
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett

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An American hears stories of a new murder attributed to Jack the Ripper, who has been dead for 20 years, and figures the English are perpetuating a hoax and goes to England to prove that he is really dead. Although the local police try to dissuade him, he locates the cemetery where Jack the Ripper is buried. The groundsman directs him to the grave, but will not accompany him, claiming it is haunted. The man locates the grave, but the Ripper's ghost rises and kills him. The papers report the story, and another American resolves to make the trip to England, beginning the cycle all over again.

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