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paw broon:
Hi, erontron. Sorry, I should have been clearer. What I'm referring to is Chronicle Chamber, which you will find at:-
www.chroniclechamber.com
It's arguably the best Phantom site and I went with the abbreviation cos the address was given earlier.
Hope you enjoy it and look forward to reading your comments on C.C.
narfstar:
I think the Phantom is in the top echelon of super heroes.
paw broon:
"I think the Phantom is in the top echelon of super heroes." - narfstar.
You couldn't be more correct. I've been a fan since I first saw a Frew Phantom in a newsagents window while on holiday in Fife - I must have been 6, so that would have been 1955. I collect Phantom titles from as many countries as I can and last week, in London bought a pile of Frew back issues and while in Netherlands last year I found 2 old local issues. Even got a pal bringing back the Egmont comics when he's in Sweden. Plus, there's all that stuff on line incl. the Indian blogsites. Not just hours but years of happy reading. Go on, try it.
narfstar:
Found most of them online along the way. No chance to read them all. Of course the Frew books are just constant reprints. Paw how did you like Generations? My favorite of the Phantom titles
paw broon:
Frew are strictly reprint but apart from the classic Falk stories (all of which they claim to have complete now) they reprint the Scandinavian stories in English. Great for me as I can't read Swedish, Norwegian etc. So now I can find English versions of all those Scandinavian comics my pal brings back.
As for Generations, I was not convinced that they all worked. Not because the idea wasn't a good one - it is, or should be. I thought some of the stories were a bit simplistic and would have benefitted from more pages and work, perhaps a to allow for a slightly deeper, more detailed telling of each generation. The short story is, after all, about the most difficult prose form. It's interesting to have a look at some of Mike Bullocks comments on the series. The illustrations at times were poor, in my opinion but #5 with the Alcatena illos was seriously good to look at. I'd love to see more illustrated stories if they were a bit longer and not tied into a comics page count but with the coming of Dynamite, I don't think we'll get it.
Have you seen the trailer for the new Phantom show? Link on C.C. And Dynamite taking him out of the jungle to N.Y doesn't bear thinking about.
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