The Phantom #1772

2016 Christmas Special. All American - All Colour!!! 

In this edition we bring you 4 stories that are all American and in complete colour just for a change. You might consider it a Christmas Special with just a little bit of added special!

The stories contained within have been running as either Sunday or daily stories in U.S.A and were produced as newspaper strips throughout 2015 and 2016. Here at Frew we wait patiently for the plots to unfold and complete themselves before we dare to venture down the road of publication. Normally we collect and collate each episode in black and white. This Christmas we put a request in for the colour files. Following the reception that you gave to our Paul Ryan tribute and also to the 80th Anniversary we are feeling that the readership have a desire and or tolerance for colour from time to time in moderation.

The first story The Battlements of the Nomad is a Sunday story in which we find the Phantom hot on the trail of Eric Sahara otherwise known as the Nomad! Our second story is a daily, The Twins Futures, in which the children are growing up and consideration must be given to their future education in preparation for the life ahead whatever it may throw at them! In the following story Farewell to the Deep Woods, the twins embark on their new chapter. 

Our final story is a classic little Phantom story called SOS Phantom. In this our hero is back to his crocodile wrestling best. This first appeared in Mandrake the Magician #1 for King Comics in 1966. Created by Bill Lignante, it has never previously been published by Frew.