(May 1967)

King Features, 1966 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-03-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
King Features Syndicate Inc.
Brand
King Comics
Editing
Bill Harris (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date given in the letters column of the previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sy Barry (see notes)
Inks
Sy Barry (see notes)
Colors
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Phantom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover by Sy Barry was especially drawn for this series. Credits from Alberto Becattini, added March 2007.

The Secret of Magic Mountain [Part One] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Phantom / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood (see notes)
Pencils
Bill Lignante (signed)
Inks
Bill Lignante (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
See! See! Kiyanga is shaking the mountain in his wrath!
Genre
adventure; drama; jungle; superhero
Characters
Phantom [Kit Walker]; Guran; Tuluck (The Wambesi Witch Doctor); Phantom (2nd) (flashback); Kiyanga (Wambesi Witch Doctor)(flashback); Gyano Tribe (flashback)
Synopsis
Blaming the awakening of the volcano on a 300 year dead witch doctor Kiyanga, Tuluck seeks to eliminate the Phantom. "Reading" the Legend of Kiyanga he tells the Wambesi how he defeated and killed the evil Phantom and that the current Phantom is an imposter. He incites them to repeatedly attack and kill the Phantom. Turning to the chronicles to identify the drive behind the attacks, he discovers the 2nd Phantom had to help Kiyanga save his people from the Gyano tribe slavers. The were friends, not the enemies Tuluck makes them out to be.
Reprints
Keywords
Magic Mountain; volcanoes

Indexer Notes

At http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-trapani-ghost-on-ghost-who-walk…, script-spotter Martin O'Hearn attributes the script to Dick Wood. We previously credited Bill Harris.

This Is the Phantom! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; jungle; superhero
Characters
The Phantom (15th); The Phantom (16th); Diana Palmer
Synopsis
A brief history of the Phantom, and his role in the world. Tells how the current Phantom #16 (Kit Walker) trained with the dreaded pygmy poison people, and was then sent to America for formal education, it was there he met Diana Palmer. He returned to the jungle when his father died.

Indexer Notes

Text story with small illustration retelling the origin of The Phantom.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Phan-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Harris ?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Fred Seegmuller, Bud Cavadeni, Jeffrey Stevenson, Andre Dupuis, Greg Myers, and Mark Dillman.

The Secret of Magic Mountain (Part Two) Village in the Volcano (Table of Contents: 4)

The Phantom / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood (see notes)
Pencils
Bill Lignante
Inks
Bill Lignante
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Preparing to dynamite the volcano on Magic Mountain, the Phantom approaches with Guran only to find an awesome sight...
Genre
adventure; jungle; superhero
Characters
Phantom [Kit Walker]; Guran; Tuluck; Kiyanga (flashback)
Synopsis
Arriving with the dynamite to blow the volcano safely Guran and the Phantom discover Tuluck stirring up mischief, with everyone supposedly hearing the dead Kiyanga telling them they must kill the false Phantom. Temporarily ignoring this, the Phantom and Guran enter the mountain to prevent the eruption. Setting the charges the Phantom gets caught inside the mountain when it blows. He was successful and quieted the mountain. Tuluck uses the quieting and forces his tribe to follow him into the mountain to cement his control, only to find the Phantom waiting for him disguised as Kiyanga.
Reprints
Keywords
Magic Mountain; volcanoes

Indexer Notes

At http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-trapani-ghost-on-ghost-who-walk…, script-spotter Martin O'Hearn attributes the script to Dick Wood. We previously credited Bill Harris.

Arsonist and Old Rags (Table of Contents: 5)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Poole (see notes)
Pencils
Bill Ziegler ? (see notes)
Inks
Bill Ziegler ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Feature Logo
Mandrake the Magician
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Mandrake; Lothar
Synopsis
Mandrake and Lothar catch an arsonist.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Alberto Becattini, added March 2007. Previously credited to André LeBlanc. Poole script per biblio info from Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 27, No.3, March 2016.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bill Harris (credited as William F. Harris) (editor)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: December, 20, 1966. Owner: King Features Syndicate, Inc., a division of The Hearst Corporation. Circulation statement shows an average circulation of the preceding 12 months to be 221,141 copies.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Phantom
  2. 1. The Secret of Magic Mountain [Part One]
    The Phantom
  3. 2. This Is the Phantom!
    The Phantom
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Phan-Mail
  5. 4. The Secret of Magic Mountain (Part Two) Village in the Volcano
    The Phantom
  6. 5. Arsonist and Old Rags
    Mandrake the Magician
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
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  • JW "David" Asher
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Bill Devine
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Jim Stangas