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In 1957, Frew Publications began to publish a 26 issue series of 96 page comic books.  Although originally known as Giant Size Phantom Comics, each issue featured a number of comic characters including Sir Falcon, The Phantom Ranger and The Shadow (see image below).


Images of Catman (Super Yank Comics) and the Giant Size characters by Glenn Ford.
This image was used in Frew issue no. 1209.

The Phantom stories contained in each issue were Falk/Moore or Falk/McCoy reprints.  Each issue appeared every two months and were printed in portrait format and issue no. 26 was actually a reprint of issue no. 1.  All of these issues are now regarded as highly collectible and according to Frew's 50-Year Index (September 1998), issue no. 1 brings up to Aus$300.

Issue
No.

 Story Title Source
1 The Haunted Castle 21st Sunday
2 The Marshall Sisters Pt 1 19th Sunday
3 Adventure in Algiers 6th daily
4 The Beachcomber 4th Sunday
5 The Precious Cargo of Colonel Winn 2nd Sunday
6 The Blue Gang 23rd daily
7 The 12 Tasks 17th Sunday
8 The Saboteurs 5th Sunday
9 King of Beasts 15th Sunday
10 The Fire Goddess 3rd Sunday
11 The League of Lost Men 1st Sunday
12 The Mysterious Passenger 26th Sunday
13 The Phantom Trophy 20th Sunday
14 The Scarlet Sorceress 16th Sunday
15 Bobo the Toy Dog 46th daily
16 The Spy Gang 20th daily
17 The Phantom Goes to War Pt 1 16th daily
18 The Phantom Goes to War Pt 2 16th daily
19 The Phantom Goes to War Pt 3 16th daily
20 The Phantom Goes to War Pt 4 16th daily
21 The Return of the Sky Band Pt 1 6th Sunday
22 The Return of the Sky Band Pt 2 6th Sunday
23 The Gray Gang Pt 1 40th daily
24 The Gray Gang Pt 2 40th daily
25 Dr Axel and the Witchmen 58th daily
26 The Haunted Castle 21st Sunday

Below are scans of a number of these issues:


No. 2
No. 3
No. 5
No. 6

No. 17
No. 18
No. 19
No. 25

Thanks to Frew Publications

The Phantom � ™ 1999 King Features Syndicate Inc.
Last Updated:  September 9th, 1999.