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Issue: The Phantom #23
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagKing Features
Brand: King ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: King Features Syndicate
On Sale Date: 05/01/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Index not complete 6 pages missing.
On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover and interior
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle
Phantom
Reprinting
FlagCreepy Worlds #234 published January 1986
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years #[nn] published September 2012
as The Phantom #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCreepy Worlds #94 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagLe Fantôme #4 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cover by Sy Barry was especially drawn for this series. Credits from Alberto Becattini, added March 2007.
Delilah, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle, superhero
Guran; Annabel Atkins; Captain Davot; Shay; Deena; Hero
On a great river running near the Deep Woods a fearsome form of sudden death moves in upon the Ghost Who Walks!
Annabel Atkins, a Peace Corp worker, is abducted by criminals who replace her with Deena.
Reprinting
FlagThe Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years #[nn] published September 2012
as Delilah, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
At http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-trapani-ghost-on-ghost-who-walks-and.html, script-spotter Martin O'Hearn attributes the script to Dick Wood. We previously credited Bill Harris.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters from: Duffy Vohland, Paul F. Bowman, Charles Korbas, Theresa Kepka, and Greg Carmichael.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Includes a letter from Duffy Vohland.
Delilah, Part 2: The Smile of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, jungle, superhero
Guran; Captain Davot; Shay; Deena
In an overturned canoe, the Phantom tries to close in on a strange submarine where Guran is held captive!
Phantom's friend Guran is brainwashed into thinking the Phantom is his enemy.
Reprinting
FlagThe Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years #[nn] published September 2012
as Delilah, Part 2: The Smile of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
At http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-trapani-ghost-on-ghost-who-walks-and.html, script-spotter Martin O'Hearn attributes the script to Dick Wood. We previously credited Bill Harris.
Man on the Bridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, fantasy
Mandrake; Lothar
High above the city, a drama unfolds!
Mandrake stops a man who plans to jump from a bridge.
Reprinting
FlagLyn Gordon #3/1968 published May 1968
as Mannen på broen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagKing Reading Library #R-06 published January 1973
as The Man On The Bridge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
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.

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