{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-phantom-the-ghost-who-walks-the-complete-avon-novels-volume-1-9781613452004","title":"The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks: The Complete Avon Novels Volume 1","description":"The Phans asked and Hermes Press delivered! Here is second edition of our beloved Phantom Avon reprints, bringing Volume One back in all its purple-suited glory! Book one starts off with Lee Falk explaining, via the twentieth Phantom, the histories of the Phantoms that came before the current Ghost Who Walks. Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy! This first exciting book in the series, titled \"The Story of The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks,\" tells the story of the childhood and adolescence of the twenty-first Phantom. His father, the twentieth Phantom, regales the reader and young Kit Walker of the men who came before him: the fighter who beat Redbeard the Pirate, while gaining the heart of Queen Natala; the harrowing actions that the twentieth Phantom took to regain the friendship of the Rope People, and many more stories! In this opening to the series, we also meet Diana Palmer- the love of the Phantom, the woman who always can count on the Phantom to rescue her, even before he becomes The Ghost Who Walks. This thrilling beginning shows the man behind the mask, as Kit and Guran, his confident and friend, embark on the first of many adventures. Be sure to tune in, because you'd hate to come in late to this tale!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilson, George:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGeorge Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was a prolific comic book cover illustrator. He is known for his realistic style using oils and acrylics. Wilson worked for Western Publishing, doing the covers for a number of their titles, including over forty issues of \"Space Family Robinson\", more than thirty issues of Star Trek, and a few covers of The Phantom, and Mighty Samsom. The other company he created numerous comic book covers for was Dell Comics for their Tarzan and Combat releases. Starting out as commercial illustrator after the war he worked for advertisement agencies and publishers such as Dell Publications, Bombay Boomerang, Jove, Avon, and Harlequin Books. It was at Dell that Wilson found his calling as comic book cover illustrator in 1955.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalk, Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLee Falk\u003c\/b\u003e, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day.","brand":"Hermes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735902978322,"sku":"9781613452004","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4e4be42-dccb-4ac9-840b-c9ba32bfaa15.jpg?v=1763544895","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-of-the-phantom-the-ghost-who-walks-the-complete-avon-novels-volume-1-9781613452004","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}