Review of ECR Phantom #87, #88, #89 and #90

Christian Moller reviews magazines #87, #87, #89 and #90. For those who may be confused, the numbering refers not to the issue number but the Daily story number. Please note, issues #87 and #88 was originally released in November 2024 and issues #88 and #89 released in December 2024. We failed to review these on the platform and am catching up now.

The stories we review in this video are:

• "Der Trommler von Timpenni" ("The Drummer of Timpenni") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

• "Das Riff" ("The Reef") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry 

• "Die Abenteuer von Lucy Cary" ("The Adventures of Lucy Cary") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry 

• "Die Banditen" ("The Bad Ones") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry 

You can order your copy of this and other comics from ECR via their email address - ecr-vlg@gmx.net.

While these stories have been published in Bastei comics back in the 1970's, these magazines are printed in better quality in original black and white on very thick paper stock. You can hear the thickness of the paper as I turn the pages.

ECR has also released a special hardcover edition which includes the two daily stories with a separate designed cover. The covers are again designed by Andy. There has been some discussion online about if they are AI generated art or not. We will leave that discussion and opinion for the readers to decide on.

In this video I give you examples of how the publisher ECR had collected these stories back in the day and the process of restoring them for these comic books. It is very fascinating.

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