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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published January 1977
Cover Price 0.30 USD; 10p
Pages 36
Editing George Wildman

Cover Details

Characters Phantom
Genre superhero; jungle
Pencils Don Newton (signed, painted)
Inks Don Newton (signed, painted)
Colors Don Newton (signed, painted)

22 page Phantom story "The Phantom of 1776"

Characters Phantom; Knunji; Oolman (Chief of the U-Thongii); Captain Blaasco Vruelle; Captain Quench; Mr. Watley; Tsu-Mok; Shane Burgher; Benjamin Franklin
Synopsis The Phantom of 1776 travels to America to rescue a the Chief of the U-Thongii's son, Tsu-Mok, from slavery. While in America he visits his friend Benjamin Franklin and witnesses the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Genre superhero; jungle
Script Don Newton (signed)
Pencils Don Newton (signed)
Inks Don Newton (signed)
Letters Don Newton
Notes Origin of the Phantom line recapped. Last issue. Bill Pearson is credited as writer of this story in The Comic Reader #132 & 135.

2 page Phantom letters page "Phantom Mail"

Characters Phantom
Pencils Don Newton (illos)
Inks Don Newton (illos)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from Donald C. Rhodes II, Mike Fisher, Brian Paynter and Michael G. Bryan. There are three illustrations. The first one comes from The Phantom #71's first page. The other two illustrations are not from #71, and the second one may not be by Don Newton.