Just about the same time that Frank Borth was writing & drawing The Spider Widow (at whom we peeked last weekend), he was also drawing his most reprinted work featuring Phantom Lady. He drew only 5 episodes, but all have been reprinted multiple times.
That's not going to stop us from re-running them here. We've got four of the five for today. You'll see why we're waiting for #5 at the end of this post. While reading through these, remember that this was 1943 and how sophisticated the artwork was compared to the standards of the time.
Hey!
That big bird is the same guy we saw showing up in The Spider Widow when we left off with Dianne. What's he doing over here with Sandra? Well, obviously, we're going to have to see where this all leads, no?
By yon by - my previous idle speculations about Frank Borth meeting Capt. Frank Moss during his time in the service proved to be as wrong as most idle speculations. They did not meet until after the war and after Borth's time living with Reed Crandall. So strike that out, eh?
Yeah, we'll come back to more on Frank Borth's life, too.
That's not going to stop us from re-running them here. We've got four of the five for today. You'll see why we're waiting for #5 at the end of this post. While reading through these, remember that this was 1943 and how sophisticated the artwork was compared to the standards of the time.
Hey!
That big bird is the same guy we saw showing up in The Spider Widow when we left off with Dianne. What's he doing over here with Sandra? Well, obviously, we're going to have to see where this all leads, no?
By yon by - my previous idle speculations about Frank Borth meeting Capt. Frank Moss during his time in the service proved to be as wrong as most idle speculations. They did not meet until after the war and after Borth's time living with Reed Crandall. So strike that out, eh?
Yeah, we'll come back to more on Frank Borth's life, too.
page art by Frank Borth from Police Comics #s 17-20 (1943)
