Ghost Who Walks

A couple of times a year I buy a Phantom Comic, just for a bit of a chill out. However I do purchase their annual special every year.

In January Frew (publisher of the Phantom Comics) release a giant 10 story comic book. Usually they include the old classic stories written by Phantom creator Lee Falks. Falks was a true comic script genius, and the Phantom was the world's first masked hero when Falks started writing the newspaper strip in 1936. Falks already had the Mandrake the Magician comics in publication and his two characters have become the longest running newspaper comic strips in history. He continued writing Phantom and Mandrake comic strips until his death in 1999 (with someone having to actually finish the strips he was halfway through at the time of his death).

I loved The Phantom all through highschool, and am a pretty well-versed buff when it comes to Phantom history.

I purchased my 2008 annual special the other day but haven't had a chance to dive into it yet... I'm looking forward to it as there are newspaper strips from 1943, 1944 and 1946, as well as a series of stories from the 70's.

I love the art work of Sy Barry - and there are a few of his stories in this edition, yet another thing to enjoy.

The Phantom has always portrayed such a high sense of moral justice, characters hardly ever die (in original Lee Falks stories) and in most cases The Phantom only uses his guns to disarm thugs and bad guys.

If you have kids who like reading comics, get them hooked on The Phantom, it's probably the most wholesome comic series around!