PHANTOM comics (Lee Falk, Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry) - and... DUNEDIN
Springtime in my neighbourhood.
When I was a young kid, my Nana always used to have Maltexo in the cupboard for a treat, and didn't we grandkids just love it! You can still see it on the supermarket shelves today.
The reason Dunedin people are so fit.
Just an average Dunedin street, on the banks of a green hill...
Gorse and broom can be beautiful. On a hot day, the fragrance from broom can be quite heady.
The magnificent pines.
The lush beauty of the ferns in Dunedin's forests.
Deep in the woods.
Growing up alongside the creek.
An old water race wheel.
A view from the top.
Looking along the side of the mountain.
As mentioned by Dave Brown, the information plaque at the summit has been vandalised. The inner part of the disc seems porous, so the cretin who did this may have ruined it once and for all.
A little bridge on the trail up from Bethunes Gully.
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Sy Barry
Well, this post marks exactly one year of The Dad Who Walks, with a Phantom entry every fortnight for all of that time.
Like The Ghost Who Walks, I will take some time "to think... to make a decision..." about whether or not I will continue with the blog.
In the meantime, I will leave you with this excerpt from the prologue of one of The Phantom's oddest adventures, and one of my favourites.
I doubt that any boys' adventure comic was ever so explicit in presenting to its impressionable readers the horrors of married life and domesticity that lay in wait to snare their hero.
For a boy, it's a no-brainer. Either you can travel the world with a wolf for a friend, being chased by brazen hussies, shooting off guns and beating up bullies, and commanding a deadly pigmy army as Ruler of the Jungle... Or you can get married, work in an office all day, then come home to change nappies, wash the dishes, and mow the lawn...
Yes, it's a tough one, I know!
The Phantom and I experience strikingly similar problems with women, especially when travelling alone... but he handles it with so much more aplomb.
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Sy Barry
There's little doubt Kit Walker could have been a success at anything he tried, had he not entered the family business of fighting pirates and helping the oppressed.
For instance, he would have made a crackerjack door-to-door salesman...
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Wilson McCoy
It's usually a good idea to save your boasting until after you have accomplished what you're setting out to do... especially if you're going up against The Phantom!
WRITER: Lee Falk
ARTIST: Wilson McCoy
