The Phantom – Key Highlights
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Publisher: David McKay Publications
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Story: Lee Falk
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Interior Art: Ray Moore
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Cover Artist: Ray Moore
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Publication Date: Not specified
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Genre: Adventure, action, and mystery
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Pages: 48 pages, full color
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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An important early entry in the history of American comic books, published as part of David McKay's pioneering Feature Book series.
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David McKay's Feature Books were among the first U.S. comic books to devote entire issues to a single character.
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These editions, reprinting classic Phantom newspaper strips from the 1930s, represent the first official Phantom comic books.
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Features the legendary creative team of Lee Falk, creator of The Phantom, and Ray Moore, the character's original comic strip artist.
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Reprints The Phantom daily newspaper strip from September 20, 1937, through February 5, 1938.
📖 Story Highlights
- Little Toma – Written by Lee Falk, with art by Ray Moore. The Phantom discovers that Toma, a boy raised by a native tribe, is actually the son of a murdered British lord. As he investigates the boy's origins, the Phantom uncovers a sinister family conspiracy: Toma's uncle murdered his father to seize the lordship for himself.
📌 Additional Details
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Featured Character: The Phantom.
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Story and Art: Lee Falk and Ray Moore.
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Reprint Material: Original Phantom daily newspaper strips from 1937–1938.
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Format: 48 pages, full color.
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Original Cover Price: 10 cents.
A historically important Phantom publication, bringing together the work of Lee Falk and Ray Moore in one of the earliest American comic books dedicated entirely to a single character. Its place in the pioneering David McKay Feature Book series makes it particularly interesting to Golden Age collectors.
