Dynamite's Last Phantom #1 Nearly Sold Out - Advance Reorder NOW

Dynamite Entertainment's The Last Phantom (JUN100899E, $3.99) – slated to arrive in specialty stores August 18 – is rapidly selling out! Place advance reorders today to get in on the "jungle fever" this stunning new saga is fueling!

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Forget everything you think you know about Lee Falk’s Phantom as Alex Ross, and Scott Beatty present the ultimate tale of loss, redemption, and revenge in this all-new saga. Redesigned with the utmost care by Ross – who also provides incredible covers for the first issue, the visuals of The Last Phantom pay homage to the classic “Ghost Who Walks,” updated for a whole new generation. Writer Scott Beatty (Lone Ranger) enhances Ross’s interpretation, as does artist Eduardo Ferigato, making his Dynamite debut!

The 32-page, full-color The Last Phantom is the next must-read title from Dynamite, and the first wave of a new era of heroes based on King Features Syndicate newspaper icons like Flash Gordon and Mandrake the Magician!

Except for a brief stint together in the 1980s in the animated series and Marvel Comics-published spin-off titled The Defenders of the Earth, the last time these three iconic heroes were under one publisher was 43 years ago, during the period between 1966 and 1967 under the King Comics imprint. Through the years, different companies have published each of the characters, with none having all three prime heroes together. Dynamite has changed that.

"Flash Gordon and Mandrake the Magician are two great additions to the iconic characters we currently publish: Green Hornet, The Phantom, Buck Rogers, Zorro, Project Superpowers, The Black Terror, Death Defying 'Devil, Masquerade, The Lone Ranger and all of the titles we are proud to publish," said Dynamite President and Publisher Nick Barrucci. "We promise to devote the same passion to these King Features properties as we have done so consistently throughout our publishing history, beginning with The Last Phantom."

lp 2 Read more about Dynamite’s plans for The Phantom, Flash and Mandrake here!

made its 1936 debut as an adventure comic strip also created by Lee Falk and syndicated by King Features. Through the years, King Features adapted the popular feature into many forms of media, including television, film and video games. It stars a costumed crime fighter operating from the fictional African country, Bengalla. The Phantom is the 21st in a line of crime fighters that originated in 1536, when the father of British sailor Christopher Walker was murdered during a pirate attack. The only survivor of the attack, Christopher was washed ashore on a Bengallan beach, and swore an oath on the skull of his father's murderer to dedicate his life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice, with his sons and their sons set to follow him. Making a costume based on the image of an old jungle idol, he became the Phantom. When he died, his son took over the role of the Phantom. So the mantle would be passed down to new generations, leaving the people, who believed him to be immortal, to give the mysterious figure nicknames such as "The Man Who Cannot Die," "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" and "The Ghost Who Walks." Unlike many fictional costumed heroes, The Phantom does not have supernatural powers of any kind, but relies on strength, intellect, and his reputation of being an immortal ghost to defeat his opponents.

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