Review of Zauberstern Phantom #18

Christian Moller reviews the latest issue from Zauberstern #18 which was out late April 2025. The issue features the following stories that was first published by Charlton Comics and Daily stories published in the newspapers:

• "Goldbeard, der Pirat" ("Goldbeard the Pirate") by Joe Gill and Don Sherwood

• "Der Fluch des Kallai" ("The Curse of Kallai") by Dick Wood, Pat Boyette, and Vince Alascia

• "Kampf der Masken - Teil 2" ("The Den of Tigers") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

• "Kampf der Masken - Teil 3" ("Mexico's Phantom") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

You can purchase this comic and other back issues of Zauberstern Phantom comics from their website.

This comic is of great value with 100 page of comics in full colour on great quality paper for 10€. This magazine see's Zauberstern re-using a past cover instead of creating their own new covers which they have done previously. Do you prefer the publisher creating their own unique covers?

This cover was created by Jim Aparo and was original used as the cover #38 for Charlton Comics originally published back in 1970. This cover has been used a number of times on 10 other comics printed around the world.

The two Daily Phantom stories by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan follows part one which was printed in issue #17. The other two stories are reprints from Charlton Comics and have both been published in Germany before back in 1975 and 1980. Goldbeard, der Pirat" ("Goldbeard the Pirate") by Joe Gill and Don Sherwood was published in the old school format of red, black and white.

Ensure you read our interview with the publishers and editors behind Zauberstern here - Interview with Simeon Hrissomallis and Charles Bone. You will learn about the extra albums and magazines planned to be published in 2025 by Zauberstern. We have reviewed the first special magazine on our platforms.

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