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The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #0 |
Writer: Mike Bullock
Penciller: Silvestre Szilagyi
Inker: Sergio Mulka
Colorist: Bob Pedroza
Letterer: Josh Aitken
Editor: Joe Gentile
Published by: Moonstone Books'The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks' created
by Lee Falk |
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Reviewed by:
Bruce Logan |
In this (re-)recounting of the origins of the Ghost Who Walks,
writer Mike Bullock takes the reader back to a specific ship one special night
in the year 1531 AD. It is on that night in the night that the first Phantom was
accompanying his father when the dreaded Kabai Singh attacked their ship.
As every or at least a majority of Phantom readers know, in the ensuing battle
the unsuspecting travelers lost their ship and lives with the only (?) person
making it out alive being the young man who was to go on to fight against crime.
He would also be the first in a generation spanning family of crime-fighters
right down to the current, twenty-first, Phantom. In fact, towards the end of
this special issue there is a double page spread showing all of the Phantoms so
far, right from the painted on costume of the first Phantom (with a quick recaps
of sorts of his origin) to the current one (with his close family and friends
around him). Maybe it’s just me but one of the Phantoms seemed like of the
fairer sex. Counting across both pages it would put her (?) as Phantom #13.
To wrap things off there is a who’s who introduction to the main characters in
the (current) Phantom mythos. RATING: 8/10
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