The Phantom #24

(August 1967)

The Riddle of the Witch [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Phantom / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Fortunato

Pencils

Bill Lignante (signed)

Inks

Bill Lignante (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Phantom Chronicles tell the story of a pretty young girl who lived in the Deep Woods more than a century ago.

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Characters

Phantom [Kit Walker]; Diana Palmer; Phantom [Julie Walker]; Maru; Sangaris' King Tumuchi; Witch of Dark Cliffs; Adasi; Flash; Fury; Hero; Zigafu's King Lugami (cameo)

Synopsis

Kit reads a story of the Girl Phantom to Diana, about the Witch of Dark Cliffs who speaks in riddles, plotting the death of a King.

Reprints

• in Indrajal Comics (Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1964 series) #54 (November 15, 1967)
• in X9 (Semic, 1969 series) #2/1971 ([24 feb] 1971) [10 pages]
• in Fantomet julehefte (Semic, 1987 series) #1988 (julen 1988) [10 pages]
• in The Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years (Hermes Press, 2012 series) ([September] 2012)

Keywords

Prattonians tribe; Sangaris tribe

Indexer Notes

Writing formerly credited to Bill Harris. Pat Fortunato confirms this is her work: http://www.i-cant-believe-im-not-bitter.com/index.php/component/content/ar…
Julie uses Flash to cross the swollen river to the witch's domain, but swims back without him.

The Fall of the Axemen (Table of Contents: 2)

By Force of Arms / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raymond Marais

Pencils

Tim Brent

Inks

Tim Brent

Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Ethelred the Unready; The Housecarls; Vikings of Norway; Duke William of Normandy; King Harold

Synopsis

Brief history of King Harold and his feared Housecarls who fought to the last man.

Keywords

5' Long Danish Axe; Battle of Hastings; Battle of Stamford Bridge

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

Fandom Speaks / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Krak des Chevaliers (Table of Contents: 4)

Stronghold / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raymond Marais

Pencils

Tim Brent (signed as TGB)

Inks

Tim Brent (signed as TGB)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the most imposing structures ever build by man was the mighty Krak Des Chevaliers!

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Sultan Saladin; Sultan Baibars; Knights Hospitallers

Synopsis

A brief history of the two breachings of Christendom's stronghold.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #88, #226 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Keywords

3rd Crusade

The Riddle of the Witch, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 5)

Phantom / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Pat Fortunato

Pencils

Bill Lignante

Inks

Bill Lignante

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Reading from the Phantom Chronicles, Diana and our Phantom learn more about Julie, the twin sister of the Phantom who lived a...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Characters

Phantom [Kit Walker]; Diana Palmer; Phantom [Julie Walker]; Maru; Sangari's King Tumuchi; Zigafus' King LLiwami; Phantom (17th); Fury; Witch of the Dark Cliffs; Zigafus' tribesman

Synopsis

The Phantom continues reading the chronicled exploits of Julie, to Diana, about how she foiled a Zigafus assassination plot against King Tumuci.

Reprints

• in Indrajal Comics (Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1964 series) #54 (November 15, 1967)
• in The Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years (Hermes Press, 2012 series) ([September] 2012)

Keywords

Prattonian Village

Indexer Notes

In part 1 it was the 'Witch of Dark Cliffs' in this part it's 'Witch of the Dark Cliffs.'

The Byzantine Cavalry (Table of Contents: 6)

By Order of Arms / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raymond Marais

Pencils

Tim Brent

Inks

Tim Brent

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Among the best-disciplined, best-armed, and most formidable forces of the Middle Ages was the heavy cavalry of the Byzantine Empie...

Genre

non-fiction; history

Synopsis

A brief history of the Byzantine Cavalry.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #88

Keywords

Magyars; Roman Empire; Saracen; Slavs; Turks

Metz - The 'Bastion of the East' (Table of Contents: 7)

Stronghold / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raymond Marais

Pencils

Tim Brent

Inks

Tim Brent

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

On November 9, 1944 the corps of Gen. George S. Patton's Third U.S. Army launched one of the most ambitious projects in the...

Genre

non-fiction; history; military

Characters

Gen. George S. Patton; Third U.S. Army; Attila (flashback); Huns (flashback); Roman Garrison (flashback)

Synopsis

A brief history, and the WWII taking of the 'Bastion of the East.'

Keywords

City of Metz; Moselle River