Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	October 1963
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Bill Harris
Notes	10014-311

Cover Details - "The Phantom Battles the Swamp Rats!"

Genre	superhero; jungle
Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)
Notes	10014-311

1 page Keys of Knowledge filler "Peoples of Africa - 7 The Fantis"

Genre

fact

15 page Phantom story "The Swamp Rats"

Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Bill Harris
Pencils	Bill Lignante
Inks	Bill Lignante
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Story title and page count from FlashJay and Ted Watson via the Error Tracker (January 2009). Writer, artist and letterer credits assumed from rest of issue.

4 page King, Queen and Jack story "Rogue Elephant"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Bill Lignante
Inks	Bill Lignante
Letters	Ben Oda

1 page Phan-Mail letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	First letters column

12 page Phantom story "The Phantom's Boyhood"

Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Bill Harris
Pencils	Bill Lignante
Inks	Bill Lignante
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	1st of a series showing the boyhood of the Phantom. This one shows his birth. Continues in 6 and 7.

1 page Keys of Knowledge filler "Fish - 22 Bonefish"

Genre

fact