The Phantom:
A Publishing History in Spain

This beautifully produced series of Phantom comics was published weekly in Spain from 29 January 1971. They were a large format (225mm x 280mm; 9" x 11 3/4"), all colour printing of the daily adventures from "Little Tommy" (9/37) to "The Melody Gang" (8/43). Another series entitled "Serie O" by the same publisher reprinted the dailies prior to "Little Tommy". The stories were published consecutively but in "fasiculos" or installments.

#1

#3

The first 20 comics featured cover art by Enrique Torres and two scanned examples of his work are shown above: #1 the only one with eyes showing, and #3 illustrative of the rest of the covers with the Phantom's eyes concealed.

#21

#36

Beginning with #21, the covers featured enlarged, colour panels taken from the original stories and two examples of this format are shown above: #21 from "The Phantom's Treasure" and #36 from the "Melody Gang." In total, there were 132 comics combined in the regular series and Series O, before publication ceased in 1973.