The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. #4; 1940-1943

The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies #4

by Lee Falk, Ray Moore (Artist), Daniel Herman (Editor)

The critically acclaimed reprint of the Ghost Who Walks continues! The first three volumes are already sold out! The first, original, and best masked hero to ever grace the pages of comic strips and comic books returns in the fourth volume of Hermes Press' new complete critically acclaimed reprint of The Phantom.

Referred to by comic strip historian Maurice Horn as the "granddaddy of all costumed superheroes," The Phantom was created in 1936 by Lee Falk with artwork by Ray Moore. The strip hit the funny pages of newspapers well before the Dark Knight or Superman made their first appearances and has been acknowledged as an influence on every "masked man of mystery" since. The Phantom set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips and comic books - it has frequently been copied but never equaled.

Included in this volume are three complete Phantom adventures utilizing original King Features syndicate press proofs. See the strips in original, pristine condition.

Genres: Superheroes, Comics

336 pages, Hardcover

First published September 5, 1939

About the author

Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross (April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1999), was an American writer, theater director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strips The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Falk also wrote short stories, and he contributed to a series of pulp novels about The Phantom

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

First two continuities collected here are top-notch cliffhanger type stuff, but the last (and longest) is bogged down in racist wartime propaganda and suffers disproportionately for it. The worst part is they even break the "Phantom never kills" rule, evidently worthless during war.