Corinth Suspense Novels CR-106 (1965). First Edition. Cover Art by Robert Bonfils
Corinth was the first to publish the Phantom Detective in book form. The pulp hero actually debuted in February 1933 in "The Phantom Detective Magazine"and continued until 1953 for a total of 170 issues. Wealthy Richard Curtis Van Loan is secretly the Phantom Detective, respected crime-solver and master of disguise and escape, along with his sidekick, Chip Dorian. The Phantom was the obvious inspiration for Batman (who first appeared in May 1939) and, like Batman, the Phantom had a Bat-Signal, a red beacon on the roof of the Clarion building.
Here is a look at the Phantom Detective in an original magazine appearance:
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Corinth Suspense Novels CR-106 (1965). First Edition. Cover Art by Robert Bonfils
Corinth was the first to publish the Phantom Detective in book form. The pulp hero actually debuted in February 1933 in "The Phantom Detective Magazine"and continued until 1953 for a total of 170 issues. Wealthy Richard Curtis Van Loan is secretly the Phantom Detective, respected crime-solver and master of disguise and escape, along with his sidekick, Chip Dorian. The Phantom was the obvious inspiration for Batman (who first appeared in May 1939) and, like Batman, the Phantom had a Bat-Signal, a red beacon on the roof of the Clarion building.
Here is a look at the Phantom Detective in an original magazine appearance:
www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/13986873238/in/set-721...