The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. #5: 1943-1944

The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies #5

by Lee Falk, Wilson McCoy (Artist), Daniel Herman (Editor)

The first and original masked hero to ever grace the pages of comic strips and comic books returns with the next in Hermes Press' complete 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. This volume presents five complete continuities: "Bent Beak Border," "The Phantom's Engagement," "High Seas Hijacker," "The Spy Gang," and "The Crooner."

Genres: Comics, Superheroes

272 pages, Hardcover

First published December 25, 2012

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

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am unable to get more volumes as the rest of the series was stolen from the library.