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Dark Shadows The Complete Paperback Library SC (2020-2023 Hermes Press) comic books

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    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Dark Shadows!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series beginning with the first novel which first saw print in December, 1966.

    The forerunner to today's immensely popular vampire-themed television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last fifty years. These reprints will present each installment in the series with its original cover, but, unlike the Paperback Library books will present the titles in a larger 6 inch by 8 inch format, printed on archival paper and bound to be read and enjoyed without cracking or coming unbound.

    The first book in this reprint series, Dark Shadows, will feature the original painted cover depicting Victoria Winters and the complete text, re-proofed and error free.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Strangers at Collins House!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The third book in this reprint series, Strangers at Collins House, will feature the original painted cover depicting Victoria Winters and the complete text, re-proofed and error free. Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love, a woman Victoria strongly resembles.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 172 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Mystery of Collinwood!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The fourth book in this reprint series, The Mystery of Collinwood, will feature the original painted cover depicting Victoria Winters and the complete text, re-proofed and error free. Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Victoria found herself unable to move, helpless as she felt her willpower dissolve under an evil spell.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 172 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Curse of Collinwood!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    Do zombies walk at Collinwood?

    Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that Phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrifying truth. The strange figures are not phantoms, but the bodies of Derek and Esther Collins, murdered more than a century ago. They were unwittingly released from their coffins by a shaft of moonlight - and doomed to roam the earth as the "living dead."

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Barnabas Collins!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    Barnabas Collins, the 175-year-old vampires who has taken the country by storm comes alive in this novel of gothic suspense. Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived at Collinwood. You'll chill to the full horror of the real truth about Barnabas, a secret so terrible that it could not be revealed until now!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Secret of Barnabas Collins!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The seventh book in this reprint series is titled The Secret of Barnabas Collins. While searching for the woman who will replace his long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story of their romanceof the terror it brings to the beautiful young noblewomana tale of Gothic suspense that will chill and delight the legions of Barnabas Collins fans.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The Foe of Barnabas Collins!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The ninth book in this reprint series is titled The Foe of Barnabas Collins. Barnabas befriends lovely Paula Jennings right after her marriage to strange, mysterious Christopher Jennings. He feels protective towards the lonely heiress because he suspects Christopher is the werewolf who has been ravaging the countryside. When Christopher is joined by Melissa Henry (the reincarnation of the evil Angelique), Barnabas is certain Paula is in terrible danger.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 10 - 1st printing. "The Phantom and Barnabas Collins!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The tenth book in this reprint series is titled The Phantom and Barnabas Collins. Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in time to the year 1880. Slowly Maggie learns she is trapped in a nightmare. She has fallen into the hands of Dr. Giles Collins, whose mysterious experiments with human blood have already taken several lives. Now she is slated to be his next victim!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Barnabas Collins versus the Warlock!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The eleventh book in this reprint series is titled Barnabas Collins versus the Warlock. David Collins and Amy Jennings, two innocent children, are suddenly turned into demons. At first their pranks only annoy Maggie Evans, their governess. But soon she realizes they have become malicious, bent on destroying all at Collinwood. Frightened for her life, Maggie turns for help to Barnabas Collins.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 12 - 1st printing. "The Peril of Barnabas Collins!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The twelfth book in this reprint series is titled The Peril of Barnabas Collins. After falling in love with beautiful heiress Diana Hastings, Barnabas Collins makes a desperate attempt to find a cure for his vampire curse. He summons to Collinwood Dr. Rudolf Padrel, a strange scientist who claims he can develop a serum that will make Barnabas a normal man again. But as time passes, Barnabas wonders if the mysterious scientist isn't merely using him for his own evil ends!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    The thirteenth book in this reprint series is titled Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost. The beautiful Diana Samson, part of a visiting ballet troupe and whom Barnabas has come to love, is repeatedly attacked by a mysterious, invisible presence. When the star of the ballet is murdered, everyone is suspect -including Diana and Barnabas. And when several graves are found opened, the old legend of the invisible ghost of Collinwood is revived!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 14 - 1st printing. "Barnabas Collins and Quentin's Demon!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    When Quentin Collins invited Lara Balfour to Collinwood, they knew each other only from the correspondence that had grown out of Quentin's admiration for the haunting waltz her father had composed. Soon Quentin professes to love Lara - but is his love really a threat? Lara faces the terrifying possibility that her brooding, sensitive host is a werewolf.

    She won't leave Collinwood, for that would mean leaving Barnabas, whom she has come to love. But will Barnabas be able to save her, if she stays?

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 15 - 1st printing. "Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    Warned by a gypsy witch that violent death will surround her, Roxanna Collins turns to her distant cousin, Barnabas, for help. But Barnabas is also in trouble. For when Roxanna's father and brother are murdered, suspicion centers on Barnabas. Even Roxanna, who feels she is under some strange spell, soon begins to doubt the man she has come to love. To save his life, Barnabas must prove to the police that he is innocent. And he must find the key to the madness and mystery surrounding Collinwood before Roxanna becomes the next victim in a nightmare of evil.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic, Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series. The sixteenth book in this reprint series is Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse.

    When Professor Anthony Collins decides to catalog his Egyptian relics at Collinwood he brings with him the mummy of King Rehotip, who "died" over 2,000 years ago. Only the professor knows that Rehotip is really in a state of suspended animation. A young girl is killed, and the police suspect Quentin Collins. Maggie Evans however, is certain the killer is the mummy and wants to warn the police. Frightened into silence, Maggie lives in terror, wondering if she will be the next victim.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    When the jury of which Roger Collins is chairman find Harriet Barnes guilty of murder, she swears vengeance on the entire Collins family, then kills herself. Soon Celia Dalton, a guest at Collinwood, begins suffering strange spells. Each time she does, someone at Collinwood is violently attacked. Has Harriet Barnes taken over her spirit, making the innocent girl a blood-thirsty killer?

    Can Barnabas and Quentin save Celia -and the Collins family -from this menace out of the crypt?

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series.

    Knocked unconscious in an auto accident, Carolyn awakens in 1870 and meets Barnabas and Quentin. Suffering under the curse of the werewolf, Quentin arranges to be assassinated but later changes his mind. Once the die is cast however, the assassin may be unstoppable.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Witch's Curse!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    Against her will, Anita Burgess accompanies her brother Jeffrey to Collinwood. He is determined to get revenge against Quentin Collins who he believes is responsible for his best friend's death. Pretending friendship toward Quentin, Anita and Jeffrey learn he has established a Black Magic center at Collinwood and has several young women completely under his power.

    Jeffrey enlists Barnabas's aid in his struggle to destroy Quentin, both to avenge his friend's death and to free the young women. But he does not realize that by destroying Quentin, he risks destroying Anita as well.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    Is the sign of Scorpio the mark of death? Terror reigns at Collinwood when several patients at a nearby psychiatric clinic at which Barnabas Collins is a patient are stabbed to death. Each victim's forehead is marked with a scorpion, the zodiacal symbol of death. T

    hen Diana Collins, another Collins family relative, finds a bloody knife in her room. Diana, whose astrological sign is Scorpio, is afraid that she may have committed the murders during one of her blackouts. The fear that she is losing her mind is compounded when no one will believe she has seen a strange, wolf-like creature prowling the grounds. The only person who will listen to her story is Barnabas.

    But how can he help her when he too has become a suspect?

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 25 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    Barnabas predicts trouble for Collinwood when Nicholas Freeze discovers a centuries-old potion that promises eternal youth. Soon after, Mr. Freeze's daughter Hazel, tricked into taking the serum, dies. Carolyn is grief-stricken over her friend's death. Barnabas insists she stay on at the shop to watch Nicholas Freeze and his associates, one of whom Carolyn suspects is Quentin Collins, back at Collinwood in a disguise. Then Carolyn sees Hazel's ghost! Has Barnabas made a fatal mistake by deliberately endangering Carolyn's life?

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $14.99.

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    Volume 26 - 1st printing. "Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers!"

    By Marilyn Ross.

    In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdoch Gray, lie bound and gagged - yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and two of them have "become" Roger and Murdoch. Although Elizabeth and Carolyn sense a difference, they can't guess that they are at the mercy of beings who will stop at nothing to prevent the next U.S. space flight under Murdoch's direction! Then, as the dark shadow of death draws closer to Collinwood, a bat soars over the hidden spaceship, flies close enough to see inside... and suddenly Barnabas and Quentin Collins find themselves joined in a desperate attempt to save Collinwood from the strangest menace it has ever known!

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, Text Only.

    Cover price $17.99.