No Halloween would be complete without a special, golden treat! Load up your goodie bag with a big handful of hauntingly hilarious stories featuring the GD cast!

Get a bagful of frightful fun and monstrous laughs in this latest GD Halloween celebration! Fred Perry and your other favorite A.P. artists bring you tales of creatures, costumes and candy to brighten your dark night. There's no trick to this treat -- and it won't harm your teeth (as long as you don't eat it!)

Whether you read GD once a month or read every night, you'll want this book when it hits the shelves, 'cause it's filled with funny fright! Fred Perry and your other favorite A.P. artists spin spectral stories of Halloween hijinks by the Gold Digger cast. No need to prowl your neighborhood threatening with tricks, just haunt your local comic shop and give yourself a treat!

Join the GD cast as they pull out the scary costumes, put up spooky decorations, play their choicest tricks and deliver their tastiest treats for another hit-filled Halloween!

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