The Phantom - L'Ombra che cammina
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| The Phantom - L'Ombra che cammina | |
 Cover artist: Germano Ferri  Inside cover artist: Mario Caria | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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| Format: | 21 × 28.5 cm |
| Pages: | 228 pgs, full color |
| Publishing date: | September 2003 |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | Editoriale Mercury |
| Preceded by: | N/A |
| Followed by: | N/A |
The Phantom - L'Ombra che cammina is an Italian book, published in 2003, written by Alessandro Tesauro and entirely devoted to The Phantom.
This is the volume 7 amongst 11 similar books composing a series entitled "Collana Le Grandi Opere" (Collection Great Works), all others devoted to Italian home-made comics apart one of them: volume 10 concerning "Mandrake the Magician", also wriiten by Alessandro Tesauro.
The book has four distinct parts :
- 1) a text about the story of the character by his creator Lee Falk and the main artists having drawn it through the years.
- 2) articles about the various Italian publishers of "L'Uomo Mascherato" (The Phantom).
- 3) a chronological list of the original daily and the Sunday strips, completed by a list of Italian publications.
- 4) reproductions of Italian covers.
Apart the Alessandro Tesauro's writing, a introduction entitled "Il miracolo dell'Ombra" is written by Sergio Bonelli.
Note
- The book has also a wrapped covering, in plastic matter, drawn by Germano Ferri when - inside this covering - the book has a cover by Mario Caria.
