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Phantom (1962 Gold Key/King/Charlton) comic books 1963

  • Issue #4
    Phantom (1962 Gold Key/King/Charlton) 4
    • Water damage.
    • Spine roll.

    Painted cover art by George Wilson. Physical Fitness - 4 Chest and Trunk Builder activity page. Oogooru, script by Bill Harris, art by Bill Lignante; Angry at losing power, witchmen campaign against the Phantom and against Dr. Axel's hospital; Unearthing the ancient idol Oogooru, they use tricks to attack or intimidate their enemies, then attack the hospital. Modern Voodoo article. All That Glitters, art by Bill Lignante; The three friends follow up on a treasure map for which King, "in a weak moment," paid $1000 in supplies; By diving in a jungle pool they find and finally retrieve a chest. The chest contains a taunting note from those who sold the map. The Goggle-Eye Pirates, script by Bill Harris, art by Bill Lignante; By shipping as passengers and adopting head-to-toe disguises, a pirate crew finds excellent pickings aboard cruise ships; The Phantom works out their method and disguises himself in turn as one of the pirates. Physical Fitness - 5 Exercises to Strengthen Abdomen and Trunk fact page. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #5
    Phantom (1962 Gold Key/King/Charlton) 5
    • Cover and centerfold detached at one staple.

    Painted cover art. The Swamp Rats, script by Bill Harris, art by Bill Lignante; Otter leads his "swamp rats" on raids against nearby villages and caravans, always escaping by means of secret trails through the Great Swamp; When they capture two Jungle Patrol men as hostages, the Phantom infiltrates their camp, frees the patrolmen, and with their help captures the bandits. Rogue Elephant, art by Bill Lignante; The three friends narrowly escape death bringing down a rogue elephant in a bamboo stand; They discover that the animal had a bullet lodged in the nerve center of one tusk, causing it years of constant agony. The Phantom's Boyhood, script by Bill Harris, art by Bill Lignante; The twentieth Phantom teaches his son Kit in the skills and the lore of his future career as the Phantom; Eventually the boy is sent to his mother's family for schooling in America, with Guran as companion. Fish - 22 Bonefish fact page. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.