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JIM APARO PHANTOM - PART TWO
"Charlton was paying $15 a page for pencils, inks, lettering -- everything. I could be wrong. It might have been $20 or $25, but that was still a lot of work for little money. I worked part-time at Charlton for maybe a year. They were doing big-sized pages and I said, 'I don't know if I can accomplish it doing the larger size; I never worked that big.' I drew it 10" x 15", and Dick let me do it." -- JIM APARO
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The PHANTOM #33 - August 1969
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"THE PHANTOM'S DEATH"
by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo (9 pages)
Thieves cut a rope ridge as The Phantom walks on it! Crashing to the ground, he appears dead. A young boy tries to take his place, but the thieves catch him. The boy fears for his life... until the REAL Ghost Who Walks shows up! |
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The PHANTOM #34 - October 1969
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"THE CLIFF KINGDOM"
by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo (14 pages)
A plane crashes in an isolated, forgotten kingdom. One of the surviving passengers goes insane, and proclaims himself the land's new emperor. He enslaves the others at gunpoint, causing quite a stir until The Phantom shows up...
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SLAM EVIL!
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The PHANTOM #35 - December 1969
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The PHANTOM #36 - February 1970 |
"Charlton [was located] right along the river in Derby where the shipping was. The boats and trains were right there, too. They were using them all! And they put things out on trucks, too. In fact, when they had a flood back in 1955, a big boulder washed up to their door. They pushed it off to the side and put a big plaque on it." -- JIM APARO |
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"THE RIVER THAT NEVER ENDS"
by Norm DiPlume (Steve Skeates) and Jim Aparo (14 pages)
In the opinion of Robby Reed, author of this article and creator of this web site, "The River That Never Ends" is the best of all Aparo's Phantom stories! In it, The Phantom and a villager are trapped in an underwater cavern, and... |
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"THE PROMISE OF AKRA SHI"
art by Steve Ditko
This issue of The Phantom also featured a back-up story drawn by the great STEVE DITKO. (I don't know who wrote it. Anyone?) The Phantom didn't appear in this 4-page tale of an American geologist who discovers a hidden jungle temple. |
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"VERY SPECIAL TIMBER!"
by Norm DiPlume (Steve Skeates) and Jim Aparo (8 pages)
The issue ALSO contained a second complete PHANTOM story by Jim Aparo titled "Very Special Timber!" In it, Smugglers use hollow logs to smuggle gold and diamonds. Their plan works fine... until they meet The Ghost Who Walks! |
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"You know what I learned about ties? When you tie a tie, the pattern below the knot goes in the opposite direction and a lot of people don't know that. And a lot of people don't know that men's shirts are buttoned on the opposite side than women's shirts. So I'd have to keep track of that. A lot of artists don't know that, or even think about it." -- JIM APARO |
