Review of Zauberstern Phantom #22
- Christian Möller
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
Christian Moller reviews Zauberstern #22, which was out in late December 2025. The issue features the following stories that are a mix of stories first published in the USA by Charlton Comics in the 1970s, DC Comics in the late 1980s, and a modern-day daily newspaper story. It is the same mixture as issue #21 and is a perfect blend of old, not so old, and modern.
"Verblendet" ("Blind") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell
"Hungersnot" ("Famine") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell
"Das Geheimnis des Riesenaffen" ("The Giant Ape of Tawth") by Don Jon Arneson and Jim Aparo
"Das Erbe der Zwillinge" ("The Twins' Futures") 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 pages of comics in full colour on great-quality paper for 10€. This magazine sees Zauberstern reusing a past cover instead of creating their own new covers, which they have done previously and seems to be done more and more often. Do you prefer the publisher creating their own unique covers?
This cover was created by Luke McDonnell and was originally used as the cover #12 for the DC Comics series, originally published in 1989. It is worth noting that these DC stories have only been published in three other countries previously.
The "Das Geheimnis des Riesenaffen" ("The Giant Ape of Tawth") story by Don Jon Arneson and Jim Aparo was previously published in a Bastei comic in red, black and white. This time, it is published in full original colour.
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