Gerry Talaoc - Phantom Stranger #27, p.5

The first two 'real' books in my collection were Phantom Stranger vol 2 #1 and Mister Miracle #1.  You couldn't really pick two more polar opposite books.  Kirby Gigantism and The Phantom Stranger Mystic.  I loved them both, but the coolness of the Phantom Stranger really hooked me.  That giant molten hand coming out of, whatever that was, and the ghostly green figure behind the Yellow Claw-ish character kept me staring at that cover for hours. The way Gerry has The Phantom 'fade in' in the first panel is so perfect.  That was what it was all about.  You're lucky to have grabbed these Talaoc gems.

With Talaoc, the shadows come in just the right places to highlight the beauty and the action within the panels!

Wonderful panels nicely inked. Congratulations!

A wonderful page by Gerry, very much "my" Phantom Stranger artist as a 10 year old...and still is now.