ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Passing of Gloria Munday</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="580" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Avengers-Logo.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="113" ALT="Avengers Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="355" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Passing of Gloria Munday'</B><BR><FONT SIZE="3">by John Garforth</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="175" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="194" ALT="Jacket Illustration"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> Six steps in the passing of Gloria Munday... <BR><BR>a siren in distress rescued by Steed in his vintage Bentley... <BR><BR>is taken to Blackpool - and murdered... <BR><BR>by a tycoon in electronics <BR><BR>whose posse of pop pirates threaten to clamber aboard the ship of state <BR><BR>whereupon Emma Peel sings falsetto <BR><BR>and George Washington sweeps the floor <BR><BR>...and the battle against the pop dictators is on! <BR><BR><B>Released By:</B> <BR>Panther Books <BR><BR><B>Release Date:</B> <BR>1967 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel <BR><BR>Released in France in 1967 by Roman as 'Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir: Pop-Crime', translated by Marie Watkins: <BR><BR><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday-French.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="205" ALT="Jacket Illustration"> <BR><BR>Released in Germany in 1967 by Heyne as 'Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone: Der Singende Tod von Blackpool', translated by Wolf Heckmann: <BR><BR><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday-German.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="189" ALT="Jacket Illustration"> <BR><BR>Released in Holland in 1968 by Bruna as 'De Wrekers: Het Heengaan van Gloria Munday': <BR><BR><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday-Holland.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="184" ALT="Jacket Illustration"> <BR><BR>Released in U.S.A in 1967 by Berkley Medallion Books: <BR><BR><IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday-USA1.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="202" ALT="Jacket Illustration"> <IMG SRC="PICTURES/1x1 Pixel.gif" HEIGHT="1" WIDTH="10" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="Avengers Pictures/Passingofgloriamunday-USA2.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="202" ALT="Jacket Illustration"> <BR><BR>Can Emma Peel further her career as lady spy by becoming a top pop singer idolized by millions? <BR><BR>There was more to singer Gloria Munday's death than simply murder, and so Steed puts Mrs. Peel on the job. Luckily she can belt out a song with bazazz, because by stepping into Gloria Munday's shoes she can find out a thing or two. <BR><BR>Only she doesn't count on taking a nine-hour swim in the deep blue sea with an unscrupulous sadist on her heels while Steed is locked behind stout prison bars! <BR><BR>*Tara King appears on the cover of the reprint edition, even though she does not appear in the book <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>