The Phantom #13

(August 1965)

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Skyway Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Phantom Chronicles (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Harris ?; Dick Wood ?

Pencils

Bill Lignante

Inks

Bill Lignante

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

jungle; superhero

Characters

The Phantom; Rachamond; the 13th Phantom; the original Rachamond

Synopsis

Rachamond tries to re-create crimes originally committed by his ancestor, including the theft of the crown of Tibet from a Himalayan lamasery. As the 13th Phantom fought Rachamond's ancestor, so the "current," 16th Phantom pursues Rachamond, who is killed in their struggle when he falls on his own knife.

Reprints

• in X9 (Semic, 1969 series) #3/1971 ([31 mar] 1971)
• in Fantomet (Romanforlaget, 1966 series) #9/1972 (uke 19 1972)
• in The Phantom: The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years (Hermes Press, 2011 series) #2 ([December] 2012)

Keywords

Crown; lamasery; Tibet

Indexer Notes

According to a letter from Bill Harris in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 23, No 8, August 2012, he wrote all the Phantom stories at Western/Gold Key. However, years earlier Harris had written in The Comic Reader #32 that new stories (not adapted from the comic strip) were being written by Dick Wood. This is a new story.

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.

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Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Susan Strawn, James Williamson, and James Scott Stone, with replies from the editor.

How's Trix? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Trix / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page (report information)

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The Legend of the Diamond Crocodile (Table of Contents: 7)

Track Hunter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Lignante (signed)

Inks

Bill Lignante (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway

Genre

jungle

Characters

Track Hunter; Oloo

Synopsis

Track Hunter and Oloo investigate reports of a diamond-studded crocodile. Tracking the beast to its lair, they discover that it rolls in diamonds.

Reprints

• in Fantomet (Romanforlaget, 1966 series) #6/1972 (uke 13 1972)

Keywords

Crocodile; diamonds

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Cocoa Puffs / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Gold Key Comics (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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Cheerful Card / Cheerful House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)