The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels: Volume #1: The Story of the The Phantom

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It would have been good if the novel would have started off with something about the author's background. For decades Lee Falk created these stories of a masked man who, for hundreds of years, fought crime on the high seas and elsewhere. Of course it was generational but the notion of a ghost who walks, a man who cannot die was born. Lee took his Phantom from stories about criminals let loose in the jungle that had to be apprehended to quirky tales of mechanical wonders and of princes that ruled their lands with an iron fist. Lee always wanted to be a novelist and not just a comic strip writer and he apparently got his wish.

While it annoying that the text isn't Justified, it is good of Hermes Press to finally give the world a reprint of the 15 Phantom novels, starting with this first one on the origin of the hero and his lineage. This is old school pulp hero goodness centered on a coming of age tale with a lot of good morals passed down from father to son. It's hard to believe this was released in the '70s as it is clearly of a much older time. And it shows. If you like superheroes, or are interested in The Phantom, you should definitely start here.

I found this fascinating, The Ghost Who Walks is one of my earliest comicbook memories, a bound version, when 6 > 10 years old (now 65 plus)..........the costume, the horse, the wolfdog💀, good memories. Book recommended.

These are very old novels, the best part of not only this, but all the parts is that if you close your eyes, you can feel the scene. Much better than any phantom comic. Regarding this first part, there is a part where Guran tells a story to young Kit, about the chain that the twentieth Phantom keeps in the skull cave. That story is the part where kit learned the importance of patience. A must read for all Phantom fans.