Future issues for German ECR Comics being released in 2026
Since November 2023, ECR-Verlag Werner Reuß has been reprinting Phantom daily stories in single-story issues as well as special collected hardcover editions. We review these on our platforms and if you would like to buy your copies, the best option is to email them at ecr-vlg@gmx.at.
Thanks to editor Werner Reuß, we are able to share the covers for the comics that will be released for the rest of 2026.
Released September 2026
Daily 105: "The Jungle Home"
Daily 106: "Rex, the Missing Heir"
Daily 107: "The Gladiator"
Daily 108: "The Missing Daddy"
Daily 109: "Luaga's Undercover Tour"
Daily 105: "The Jungle Home" Cover Daily 106: "Rex, the Missing Heir" Cover Daily 107: "The Gladiator" Cover Daily 108: "The Missing Daddy" Cover Daily 109: "Luaga's Undercover Tour" Cover
Released November 2026
Daily 110: "The Mission"
Daily 111: "Yes"
Daily 112: "The Fence"
Daily 110: "The Mission" Cover Daily 111: "Yes" Cover Daily 112: "The Fence" Cover
ECR Comics, based in Northern Bavaria, Germany, is primarily focused on printing the complete daily adventures by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. Their plan is to first publish Sy Barry’s complete works, including the daily strips 82–182. Later, the Sunday pages may be released in a newly colored version in the original newspaper format. These will include issues 60 through 142.
The numbering confuses some with their series starting at 82, which is the number of the first Daily story by Sy Barry. Thus, there is no issue 1 from ECR Comics; as that was created by a different artist (Ray Moore).
The number of comics are released by the number of pages in each story and, hence, comic. Since ECR Verlag Werner Reuß publishes the issues in sets of approximately 80 to 100 pages, each set contains between 2 and 5 issues for a price of €29.80.
For example, volumes 101–104 have just been released. Each volume contains a complete adventure by the writing team. The adventures vary in length from 11 to 48 pages. Consequently, the comics also vary in page count. On average, the adventures in this number range are about 26 pages long.
With each set and at the same price, ECR Comics releases a hardcover edition with the same content, comprising 2–5 adventures.
Since the Phantom comics have been published in Germany on and off since the 1950s—not least the 238 volumes from Bastei Publishing - ECR has decided to release adventures that have never before been published in Germany as variant editions with new cover art, in order to get Bastei collectors excited about ECR Comics as well.
The covers for ECR Comics are created by creators named Andy, Indra, and Wernie. All three use pseudonyms.
In an amazing exclusive, also coming soon is “The Origins of the Jungle Patrol” in an optimal landscape format. More on this soon.
Publisher Werner Reuß is very fortunate to have access to original German-lettered material from the extensive archives of a major German daily newspaper—not only for Phantom, but also for all the other classics they publish, including Flash Gordon, Mandra, Julia Koster, Blondie, Popeye, Bob Holm and others. We would suggest following them on their Facebook page for information on the other non-Phantom comics.
