Review of Greek 'Blek' Magazines (Μπλεκ) by Mikros Iros
The Greek publisher Mikros Iros has been publishing their 'Blek' Magazines (Μπλεκ) since December 2018. This series titled Μπλεκ is a bi monthly series by Mikrosiros featuring "Tarzan", "Il Grande Blek", "Judge Dreed", "Luck Star O'Hara" and many other European classic and new comic characters. The series is named after the comic series "Il Grande Blek".
For a comparison, the series is very similar as the USA Comics Revue and Hungarian Kockás series featuring several characters in a comic.
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We have purchased a couple of comics and reviewed them in the following video.
The Phantom has not appeared in all issues - he has appeared in Issue #1 to issue #5 and then again starting from #20 to current. Each comic has between 100 and 166 pages and is in colour.
Each issue retails for 6.50€ ($11Au, $6US, 600 INR & 75 sek/nok).
At the time of this recording the following Phantom stories have been printed in this Greek comic magazine.
Issue #1: The 5 Days of the Dragon (part A) by Ron Marz & Rubén Procopio
Issue #2: The 5 Days of the Dragon (part B) by Tony Bedard & Allan Goldman
Issue #3: The 5 Days Of The Dragon (part C') by Chuck Dixon & Graham Nolan
Issue #4: The 5 Days Of The Dragon (part IV) by Rafael Nieves, Tony Akins & Ken Wolak
Issue #5: The 5 Days Of The Dragon (Part V) by Mike Bullock & Juan Ferreyra
Issue #20: Mandrake's Bon Voyage by Tony DePaul & Terry Beatty
Issue #21: The Accursed Land by Tony DePaul & Paul Ryan
Issue #22: The Love Triangle by Tony DePaul & Paul Ryan
Issue #23: The Visitor by Tony DePaul & Jeff Weigel
Issue #24: The Nomad by Tony DePaul, Paul Ryan & Eduardo Barreto
Issue #25: The Shadows of Rune Noble by Tony DePaul, Paul Ryan, Eduardo Barreto & Terry Beatty
Issue #26: The Sinbad Stone by Graham Nolan
Issue #27: The Wharf Rats by Lee Falk, George Olesen & Fred Fredericks
Issue #28: The Phantom Is Everywhere by Tony DePaul, Terry Beatty & Jeff Weigel
Issue #29: The Iron Python by Tony De Paul & Graham Nolan
Since recording the three attached comics, issue #29 is out now which features another Phantom cover, this time by Sal Velluto which was first printed for the Hermes Comics Series. The characters and articles for 'Blek' #29 (Μπλεκ) are:
Black - Knife to the Throat (Part II) by Franco Frescura & Carlo Cedroni
Captain Mickey - The Masked Prince (Part II) by Maurizio Torelli & Franco Bignotti
Phantom - The Iron Python by Tony De Paul & Graham Nolan
El Zabato - Kimberlan (Part D') by Victor Mora & Francisco Darnis
The Panther Child by Tom Tully, Mike Western & Eric Bradbury
Ma ta hili... by Vangelis Saitis
Number 1 : Amazonian of Nikos Dim. Nikolaidis
The Duck, the old one & the other one by G. Zoitas, I. Angelis & G. Papadopoulos. Sketches by N. Stephadouros
Have you brought any of these magazines from Greece? Will you buy it? We would love to hear your thoughts on this magazine series. Do you collect comics from around the world?
