 Phantom Generations #1 (2009) $4.50 Quantity
VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Ben Raab (A) Pat Quinn This new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas tells, with each new issue, a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! Ben Raab and Pat Quinn return to tell an untold tale of the first Phantom, a tale of intrigue and adventure torn from the very first Chronicle of the Ghost Who Walks. When his newborn son is abducted and his family threatened, the Phantom goes on the hunt to uncover the identity of the mysterious kidnapper and bring the blackguard to justice! Date Available: 04/15/2009 BONUS REVIEW by GARY OWENS  The Phantom, the iconic comic strip hero created in the 1930’s by Lee Falk, expands into his own comic book in dramatic fashion. Each generation has its own Phantom, as sons replace fathers, and this story is how a new Phantom is brought into the world of adventure and intrigue. Stylistically, Ben Raab and Pat Quinn take a different approach with this first comic, which succeeds nicely. Instead of doing the standard 4-8 panels per page, and the splash page on page 2 or whatever, Ben gives us page-long journal entries, coupled to a full-page picture, capturing the entry in art. Since this tale occurs in 1556, the text itself reads in the voice of that century: highly descriptive, overly sentimental, strange syntax…spot on, in other words. Ben’s writing got to me. Only the font, occasionally, gave me pause. Highly recommended. I give it 8 out of 10 Grahams VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Ben Raab (A) Pat Quinn This new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas tells, with each new issue, a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! Ben Raab and Pat Quinn return to tell an untold tale of the first Phantom, a tale of intrigue and adventure torn from the very first Chronicle of the Ghost Who Walks. When his newborn son is abducted and his family threatened, the Phantom goes on the hunt to uncover the identity of the mysterious kidnapper and bring the blackguard to justice! Date Available: 04/15/2009 BONUS REVIEW by GARY OWENS The Phantom, the iconic comic strip hero created in the 1930’s by Lee Falk, expands into his own comic book in dramatic fashion. Each generation has its own Phantom, as sons replace fathers, and this story is how a new Phantom is brought into the world of adventure and intrigue. Stylistically, Ben Raab and Pat Quinn take a different approach with this first comic, which succeeds nicely. Instead of doing the standard 4-8 panels per page, and the splash page on page 2 or whatever, Ben gives us page-long journal entries, coupled to a full-page picture, capturing the entry in art. Since this tale occurs in 1556, the text itself reads in the voice of that century: highly descriptive, overly sentimental, strange syntax…spot on, in other words. Ben’s writing got to me. Only the font, occasionally, gave me pause. Highly recommended. I give it 8 out of 10 Grahams |
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