PHANTOM comics (Lee Falk, Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry) - and... DUNEDIN
Victoria Road, with the beach a stone's throw away.
Tahuna Park racecourse.
The sandy steps of St Kilda.
A very nice man and his well-behaved companion. Early morning up in Opoho Park.
View to the harbour and peninsula.
Down in the Brighton schoolyard: what a place for a typo.
Heading for the surf...
Keep walking and the trees will lead you to the Upper Botanic Gardens.
Ocean Beach, with Forbury Hill in the distance.
The wild back section.
Buildings before the ocean.
Early morning in the park.
This post is a companion piece to The Phantom 8: Just going for a stroll from a year ago, in which I described "two deceitful women: one crooked and the other downright treacherous".
The Ghost Who Walks has already dealt with the crooked one, which leaves the worse of the two...
The Machiavellian behaviour of a manipulative mother constitutes a special kind of evil, and -- in some ways -- despite all the challenges they would go on to face together, Diana and Kit never tackled an enemy more formidable than Mother.
Realising how serious Diana's relationship with The Phantom has become, Mother decides to go into action, "for Diana's own good".
Diana travels to Marseilles to meet Kit at the appointed time -- accompanied by Mother, who knows very well that The Phantom has been delayed and will not be on the boat.
In the face of Diana's faith that Kit is still coming for her, Mother decides to elicit more of a commitment to the cause from her companion, Doctor Ned.
Like most women of her type, Mother has a subservient male as an ally. Despite feelings of guilt, the spineless Ned goes along with her schemes.
After Diana, Mother, and Ned have departed on a ship bound for the United States, Kit arrives in Paris, and a desk clerk gives him the note.
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Ray Moore
Trick rider Blake Fox at the Brighton Gala Day.
Cherubs around the fountain, some real and some imagined.
A view from Corrie Street, with the harbour and peninsula way in the distance.
No. 62 in the hills of Wakari.
View from a bedroom window.
Moto Guzzi... and Mt Cargill in the background.
This way.
Early morning in the Lower Botanic Garden.
Botanic Garden sprinkler.
Grandstand at Mosgiel.
Living in this region is such a pleasure. I need lots of air and lots of space.
It's unusual for The Phantom to become overly excited. On those rare occasions, you can be sure it has something to do with Diana.
Now, if he is not merely excited, but overcome with joy, there must be something very special going on.
He has to leave for the jungle the next day, and of course he wants his gorgeous wife to accompany him. He can't wait to tell everyone about their baby.
Diana has big responsibilities in her job at the United Nations, and she can't just drop everything to go with The Phantom. She will have to give the appropriate amount of notice before taking maternity leave.
However, in the midst of all this good news and the making of plans, there is something The Ghost Who Walks has not thought of, and he's in for a shock...
I'm not sure I've ever seen The Phantom look so dismayed!
The Ghost Who Walks is in for even more surprises later on; but, for now, this is just about all he can handle!
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Sy Barry
