Shakti Comics announce a limited edition sketch cover for issue #33 featuring Sy Barry artwork inside
While not available to purchase on their website at the moment, Shakti Comics has announced that issue 33 which is due to be out in December 2026, will feature a sketch cover. Orders must be quick, with Shakti announcing they have only printed 100 copies with an order limit of 20 each.
Sketch covers are not new in the comic world but relatively new in the Phantom community. Frew has released three different versions (we suspect another may be released in 2027), with Moonstone and Mad Cave Studios also releasing one with their comic series.
The sketch comic will feature "The Escaped Convicts" which is the 127th Phantom Sunday story. It was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry. The colours and cover are done by Indian artist Avishek Biswas who has done a great job.
Unlike many previous releases, this will feature the Phantom dream sequence promoting the upcoming Defenders of the Earth series when this story was originally published in the newspapers.
