The Avenger Series by Joe Gentile, Will Murray, David Michelinie, Paul Kupperberg, Robin Wayne Bailey, Howard Hopkins, E.M. Gist, Mark Ellis, Win Scott Eckert, Ron Fortier, Matthew Baugh, Barry Reese, Eric Fein, Frank Schlidiner, Chris Paul Carey, Chris Bell, Kenneth Robeson, Paul Ernst

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... moreThree 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. less

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... moreA 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. less

From the flames of tragedy, a hero rises! 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. Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until the fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and daughter and turned him into something more than human... moreFrom the flames of tragedy, a hero rises! 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. Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until the fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and daughter and turned him into something more than human. Driven by loss, compelled by grief, The Avenger is a chilled impersonal force of justice, more machine than man, dedicated to the destruction of evildoers everywhere. This collection features new prose stories of The Avenger by such luminaries as Will Murray, Robin W. Bailey, Matthew Baugh, Joe Gentile, Paul Kupperberg, Howard Hopkins, Mark Ellis, Ron Fortier, and David Michelinie. less