THE PHANTOMS BELOVED, DIANA PALMER, WAS VISITING CANNES WITH FRIENDS WHERE THE “BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE” GATHERED TO GAMBLE, GAMBOL, AND ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THE VERY RICH! l IVE HEARD OF GOLDBEARD, THE MODERN VERSION OF MISS PALMER. I Witte 2 AWAIT YOUR REPLY. =AN INVITATION TO DINNER ABOARD HIS YACHT... SIGNED DION. T MET HIM IN MAJORCA LAST YEAR, eat iF I WANT TO SEE HIM, I/LL TRAVEL, YES, LOVELY DIANA, WE ARE MY OWN WAY, MR. PAPAZAKIS... OR GONG ON. A CRUISE.-.OUR DESTINATION 1S DENKALI WHERE WE WILL BE JOINED BY YOUR FRIEND... THE PHANTOM ! y WHEN WE REACH THE DENKALI COAST, AN INVITATION IN YOUR HANDWRITING WILL SUMMON THE PHANTOM ABOARD Se VESSEL ! T REFUSE TO WRITE ) SUCH AN INVITATION, GOLOBEARO!SSSR THE INVITATION HAS ALREADY BEEN WY Ne CE a FLAWLESSLY FORGED, MISS PALMER. Wen, he) SCs THE PHANTOM WILL COME TO YOU. Dee ORME < = ih car cae FOUND HIM, ye ((\\\\) Wy (4 ES] THE PHANTOM = : 4 ZEA READ DIANA'S i¢ . 7 Zz INVITATION -- Ri, { ‘ te ain < aD P THIS 1S NOT IN DIANA'S q f > WP \ HANDWRITING...8UT 6OLD-Cl b g 4 BEARD PAPAZAKIS IS ONE é a \ OF THE MOST DANGEROUS f | 4 { \ MEN IN THE WORLD! T_/ é \\ MUST LEARN WHY r WHY DON'T YOU SMILE, MISS PALMER. YOU sin SOON SEE YOUR BOY FRIEND... BECOME FOOD FOR THE SHARKS !/ EE A ee ee Se “GOLDBEARD, YOU'RE >) A FIEND Se WELCOME ABOARD, MR. WALKER .. OR, SHOULD I SIMPLY CALL YOU PHANTOMWHAT OO YOU WANT, GOLDBEARD2 THE VAST OIL POOLS BENEATH) )L/~ THE JUNGLES OF DENKAL| PHANTOM. GIVE THEM TO, ME OR DIE ...A MOST PI AGREE, PHANTOM. GIVE ME THE OIL OR YOU DIE... AFTER YOU, MISS PALMER WILL SUFFER HE SAME FATE!(You THINK I’M BLUFFING, PHANTOM = FY THEY'RE ALL CAGER TO KILL, BUT I MUST HELP MY DARLING! | PULL HIM UP GOLDBEARD, OR I/LL START SHOOTING! |, WILL BE SURE 57 mh «TO DIE! e WAS STALEMATE...GIVING THE PHANTOM TIME TO THUMB HIS PHANTOM SKULL RING... EXPOSING A RAZOR- SHARP CUTTING EDGE! 4 MY WRISTS... ROPES WEREN® a TIGHT ENOUGH!HE PHANTOM USED HIS FIGHTING KNIFE TO SLASH THE BONDS ON Hie ANKLES... JUST AS THEGREAT KILLER SHARK RUSHED AT HWM WITH GAPING JAWS! HE'S BLEEDING HEAVILY... NOW OTHER SHARKS WILL COME! SEE THE BLO S PALMER 2 THE NGHOST—WHO-WALKS” WAS WOT” y | IMMORTAL AFTER ALL! =aa | TE THOUGHT I SPOTTED RUNGS... A} [THERE ARE A DOZEN KILLER SHARKS SOME SHIPS HAVE THEM FOR DOWN THERE! THEY'VE ALREADY INSPECTING THE PROPELLER TORN THE PHANTOM APART! AND RUDDER! HE'S GONE. NOW, ALL THE OIL IN DENKALI WILL BE MINE! AGAIN, MUCH LESS TELL THEM 7 ANYTHING, MISS PALMER! You ARE MINE NOW... ALL MINES NO, GOLOBEARD... MISS PALMER IS WOT ALL YOURS! TAKE HIS GUN, DIANA! MAKE THEM LOWER A BOAT, WERE GOING ASHORE! OON'T..: DON'T WILL ME! LL GIVE YOu ANYTHING... #5,000,000. 4 $/0,000,000... WHATEVER nae die hae PrWitt oLDBEARD AS HOSTAGE, THE PHANTOM ORDERED THE YACHT CAPTAIN TO HAVE A BOAT LOWERED... = Z i / a. == ONE MOVE FROM ANYONE B AND PAPAZAKIS WILL NEVER SIGN A PAYCHECK AGAIN /\\y SY SOT TO DISCOURAGE THE: Ae DOWN, DIANA... Sa Z I THEV'RE FIRING zi eemeaey AT:uSs! 24 : a (Were car | A CANNON... RUN RIGHTLET ME KILL HIM, MASTE PERHAPS T SHaU WILL ACCOMPANY ME. Va HAVE PAID FOR RAST HORSES. [ie |WE ARE GOING INTO THE | SUNGLI 4 ae THE BANDARI ARE WE WONT HAVE TO FIGHT, L. LHING! PM NOTA FOOL ! TWILL NOF-LISTEN TO YOUR LIES. LEAVE ORT WILL TELL MY WARRIORS TO KILL YOU (WHO ARE YOU WHO VENTURES INTO. ENKALI ! "GHOST WHO WALKS” DOES | NOT PERMIT HO-WALKS : OST. COESNGT FRIGHTEN ME, © CHIEF! LET US TALK, . TWILL TELL YOU WHY. | —_ MAKE NO THREATS, GURAN'! I CAN CALL Bay LIGHTNING | ROM THETHE HELICOPTER WAS AT MAXIMUM ALTITUDE, THOUSANDS OF FEET UP ANO FAR TO THE EAST BUT. IT. HAD A WEAPON THAT COULDN’T MISS EVEN AT THAT DISTANCE ! THE SIGNAL, =~] MILES. DESTROY -| THE LARGEST EVIL MAN! WE HAVE ALL OUR s\ FOOD STORED WH YOU WANT ME TO DESTROY NEXT, GURAN —= - GUST SIGN THIS PAPER \] is —. GRANTING ME MINERAL i ‘NO! WHAT RIGHTS TO ALL OF DENKAL! 1S.1TMAKE YOUR MARIC HERE, GURAN... WE WANT NO MONEY, JUST LEAVE US IN PEACE AS WE WERE BEFORE! HE IS INSANE / HIDE OR HE WILL \ KILL US? eSTHE TERRITORIAL POLICE WILL SEND MEDICAL AID. ‘i . GURAN. NOW, WHY DID GOLDBEARD DO THESE y TERRIBLE THINGS 2 = PAPER GIVING HIM ALL THE de OL IN Jf), DENKALI! GOLDBEARD HAS A GREAT SHIP. YOUR PEOPLE HAVE ONLY CANOES. fi) HE WOULD KILL MANY OF US ee ae - THE RIVER BOAT 1S THERE. THE I WANT TO EITHER GUY OR LEASE YOUR RIVERBOAT, CAPTAIN! IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO IT, J/LL BUY YOU A BETTER ONE! THE PHANTOM MADE SURE WORD WAS SENT TO THE TERRITORIAL POLICE REQUESTING MEDICAL Alb. TUNGLE TELEGRAPH WAS USED . 1S BEHOLDEN TO You, PHANTOM! WHAT DO YOU} WANT ME TO DOI OONT KNOW YET... BUT HE MUST BE STOPPED!| PHANTOM:.. THAT ¥ 4G DONE LIS IN... AYE, DEVI BUT D/LL GET HIM BEFORE PRINCESS SINKS! ( EN THE PRINCESS CHUSGED OUT OF THE RIVER INTO PENKALI BAY, \T WAS BUGK | DIONYSIUS PAPAZAKISS YACHT WAS. CLEARLY VIGIBLE IN THE DARKNESS - pe pe - em ool ; LS eT 1 A EA THE PHANTOM HAS DESTROYED MY BEAUTIFUL SHIP! HELL PAY... HELL _ DIE A LONG, PAIMF UL DEATHSCHARTER A JET. I NEED | HELP /MMED/ATELY! (== ie.COME ON, DARLING. WM NOT FINISHED WITH THEIR SHIP... THEY CONT WANT WITH EITHER OF YOu! TO BE RESCUED! { YOU'LL REGRET THE DAY YOU CROSSED MY PATHE DAMAGED THE = PRINCESS, A CAPTAIN. 2 HE'S BEEN BANGED A uP BEFORE, PHANTOM... WON'T COST MUCH TO REPLACE THE STOVE -IN-BOW! ad ¢y TT WAS IN A GOOD CAUSE, CAPTAIN. DION] ([-..ENTOY THE POWER: AND HLIMAN PAPAZAKIS 1S A VICIOUS THIEVING MISERY HE'D CAUSE EVEN MORE THAN BILLIONAIRE! HE'D ENSLAVE ALL OF THE EVORMOUS PROFITS HED MAKE! DENKALI_ AND...THERE'S A TET LANDING STRIP A FEW) | LET ME GO AFTER HIM ALONE! MILES SOUTH, LHING. THIS ROAD WILL TAKE US TO IT. Z| Z| JHE PHANTOM IS A FORMIDABLE HEY PARKED AT THE AIR- FIELD AND DIDNT HAVE LONG TO WAIT / HIS OFFICE HAD CHARTERED A JET FREIGHTER. FOR THE JOB... SH TO BE CERTAIN THIS rue," r LHING! TASK FORCE | 1S CRACK, PROFESSIONAL ASSAULT = (ASK FORCE | READY FOR ACTION, 6056. WHATS THE JOB 2 p-————_—~* @ = \/ CALLED THE PHANTOM 4 WHO HAS THE — LOYALTY OF THE NATIVES IN DENKALI/ © WISH TO GAPTURE THIS MAN AND USE HIM AS A 1. HOSTAGE TO: THE <=} FORCE ) NATIVES TOWE'RE NEAR SKULL CAVE. GUNNER, LOA THE MORTAR WITH A NERVE GAS'SHEL| — — a aS TES, SIR. TLL Sp HAVE THE 16 MEN BOARD (> ng HE VEHICLES, SPR poh IT Was DEVIL. WHO Ss = REARD THE RUMBLE ——— AND CLANK OF GOLDSEARD’S STRIKE FORCE QUIET, DEVIL. DIANA... WE'VE SOT COMPANY? USE THE SECRET EX, DIANA. TLL HOLD OFF SCL DaEARDY Burt 6oLDBEARD DION'T GIVE THE | PHANTOM A CHANCE To ACT! THE DRIVER HALTED THE ARMOURED TANK= LIKE VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE CAVE AND THE GUNNER AIMED, THEN FIRED! EXCELLENT! IN THIRTY SECONDS NO ONE OR NOTHING INSIDE THE CAVE WILL {| BE MoviNe J_ HE MORTAR SHELL EXPLODED IN THE PAVE | AT ONCE, THE NERVE GAS, NVISIBLE BUT POWERFUL, SPREAD. THROUGH THE CAVE AND T HEARD OF THE FABULOUS FORTUNE YOU GUARD IN SKULL CAVE! NOW TILL SEE IF THESE RUMOURS ARE TRUE? a a T CANT BELIEVE IT! THIS NAMELESS UNKNOWN MUST BE RICHER THAN tT... BUT NOW HIS WEALTH WILL BE MINE! T MUST THINK OF A SUITABLE WAY FOR HIM. HE REIGNEOOF COURSE. THIS ISTHE PERFECT PLACE FOR HIM TO END HIS DAYS. WHEN HIS FRIENDS COME SEEKING HIM, THEY/LL FIND HIM ON HIS THRONE, TELL THE MEN TO REMOVE THE TREASURE FROM SKULL CAVE. URRY =THIS BLAST WILL ‘BLOCK THE TUNNEL, PHANTOM - SOMEDAY, THEY'LL FIND You...DEAD OF SUFFOCATION OR STARVATION ON THE THRONE! THEN, HE LEFT, HIS TAUNTING LAUON ECHOING THROUGH-OUT THE Sk AVE OA An IA? THAT'S. A SLOW: BURNING FUSE.. ~.. E HAD TO COME BACKS FOR You! Wil FREE YOU IN A.-- DARLING. sn DONT COME NEAR ME, DIANA! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE... THAT DYNAMITE WILL DESTROY US BOTHY | AND RAN---TO THE DIANA PALER IENORED THE PHANTOM T-N-T. WHERE | | SHE REACHED OUT AND... EXPLODE, DARLING!SIVE ME THAT FUSE, DIANA... Ce CAREFUL, DARLINGS THIS TIME STAY WERE? ieee T SUST GOT HERE IN TIME! § |'S A MIGHTY SHORT FUGE...ITLL 60 “~~, THEY'RE LEAVING OFE IN ABOUT E/GHT SECONDS! > ONE... TWO...THREE...THE ECHOES HAD HARDLY DIED AWAY WHEN THE TERRITORIAL POLICE CARS ROARED UP! GURAN HAD SENT THEM, THEY SAID-.. ZF. PAPAZAKIS... INTERPOL HAS | FREQUENTLY REQUESTED CRIMINAL INFORMATION W) AGAINST HIM...BUT UNTIL NOW, eve NEVER HAD POSSESSION, TAIN. MISS: PALMER, GURAN, AND OTHERS WiLL GLADLY TESTIFY AGAINST DIONYSIUS PAPAZAKIS. ROOF OF ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY! WHAT ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY! DAMMIT, PHANTOM, IT’S TIME YOU ADMITTED YOU'RE AN ORDINARY JMAN LIKE THE REST OF us! ij The CAPTAIN OF POUICE REACHED FOR HIS GUN! IF NECESSARY, HE WAS | DETERMINED TO TAKE THE PHANTOM RISONER BUT... THE PHANTOM PI 7 Nan eere: W-WHERE DID HE GOR} ITHE POLICE HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE ) FOR A CONVICTION BUT [FI ~~ TESTIFIED, THEY'D IDENTIFY ME.., AND NO. ONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS MT REAL NAME...