Issue 2014 - Annual Special, 2026

Cover by Jason Paulos

The Phantom and Mandrake Annual Special 2026

When Legends Meet!
“The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician”

“Mandrake’s Bon Voyage” is the 178th Phantom Sunday story.
 The story was written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Terry Beatty. 

“The Missing Aviatrix” is a Mandrake the Magician daily story, featuring a guest appearance by The 21st Phantom, Guran, Old Man Mozz, and Devil.
The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

“Lights! Camera! Danger!” is a Mandrake the Magician daily story,
featuring a guest appearance by the 21st Phantom, Guran, and Hero.
The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

“Trouble in the Twelve Nations” is the 183rd Phantom Sunday story.
The story was written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Terry Beatty.

“Shadows on Devil Road” is a Mandrake the Magician Sunday story, featuring a guest appearance by The Phantom. The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

“Still Lovely, Still Deadly” is a Mandrake the Magician daily story, featuring a guest appearance by The 21st Phantom, Guran, and Old Man Mozz.
The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

The Magician’s Curse Part 1.
Written By: Andrew Constant   Art by: Kay
Coloured by: Ivan Pedersen, Edited by Glenn Ford,  Lettered Alan Ho

The Magician’s Curse Part 2
Written by: Jeff Dyer     Art by: Kay    
Coloured by: Ivan Pedersen, Lettered by: Deq

The Magician’s Curse Part 3
Written by: Andrew Constant   Art by: Kay
Coloured by: Ivan Pedersen, Edited by Glenn Ford, Lettered Alan Ho

In this Annual, we bring together two of Lee Falk’s greatest characters! 
I am often reminded that the enduring strength of the Phantom and of his remarkable intersections with Mandrake the Magician lies not merely in nostalgia, but in the clarity of their creation and the confidence of their shared world. Both heroes sprang from the imagination of Lee Falk, yet they were conceived from very different impulses. Mandrake was born of Falk’s boyhood fascination with stage magicians, men who could dominate a room with intelligence, confidence, and illusion rather than force. Falk himself sketched the earliest Mandrake strips, later admitting with wry honesty that the magician looked suspiciously like his creator simply because Falk was alone in a room with a mirror. The Phantom emerged from deeper, older soil. Falk’s imagination was steeped in myth and legend. From these grew his vision of a hero who was not just a man, but an idea carried across generations.

Comic in mint condition.

Collectable!