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Phantom Detective Audiobook # 30 The Pharaoh's Mark - 5 hours [Audio CDs] #RA1124
The Phantom Detective Audiobook #30 The Pharaoh's Mark
 

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The Phantom Detective #30 Audiobook
The Pharaoh's Mark
by Robert Wallace
Read by Milton Bagby
 
 
Forged in war, The Phantom Detective wages a one-man battle on crime! Solving impossible mysteries and delivering his own justice, he is the underworld’s masked nightmare!
 
Grisly murder and baffling mystery stalk a museum! Is it the curse of ancient Egypt? Follow the Phantom on one of the most exciting cases in his career as even the world’s greatest sleuth questions whether he faces man or magic!
 
Although similar to other masked men featured in pulp magazines, The Phantom Detective can actually be credited with at least two influences on later characters, both those to follow in pulps and one in particular to come to life in comic books.
 
Because he wore a mask and was so skilled at the art of disguise, Richard Curtis Van Loan had to come up with a way to identify himself to law enforcement officials as the actual Phantom Detective. To this end, he fashioned a platinum badge in the shape of a domino mask, like the one he wore to conceal his identity. This concept of leaving a calling card would be found in innumerable heroes to follow in unique ways, including The Spider.
 
Another even more influential invention on the future of a certain caped crusader came in the form of a red beacon that Frank Havens, the only person to know the Phantom Detective’s true identity, had installed on the roof of his newspaper building. This was used whenever the Clarion’s owner needed to summon The Phantom from somewhere else in the city. Obviously, this is very similar to the signal used to summon Batman in comics in later years, but the connection between the two is not mere supposition. Jack Schiff and Mort Weisinger both edited The Phantom Detective under the leadership of Leo Margulies before moving on to editing in a different format and a different character, Batman in comics books.
 
‘The Pharaoh’s Mark’ was originally published in the August 1935 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
 
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Blood From a Mummy
Chapter 2: Death Stalks the Phantom
Chapter 3: Museum of Horror
Chapter 4: The Hands of the Enemy
Chapter 5: The Mummy’s Toll
Chapter 6: Suspicion Points Its Finger
Chapter 7: The Perfect Snatch
Chapter 8: A Dangerous Game
Chapter 9: House of Sudden Death
Chapter 10: Suspects of Murder
Chapter 11: Murder Again!
Chapter 12: Doom for Raoul
Chapter 13: The Mummy Walks
Chapter 14: The Phantom Explains
 

Milton Bagby is a veteran radio announcer and voiceover specialist who first turned to audiobooks in 2010. Since then, Milton has worked on several hundred audiobook projects and is a 2017 Audie Awards winner, the audiobook industry's highest award. Drawing upon years of stage acting and the occasional bit part in films, Milton uses his experience to create characters that stand out in the ear of the listener.
 
“I am very much aware that a perfect stranger is going to invest many hours listening to me tell a story. I do my best to give the listener an experience in which the characters in that story come alive and sound real.”
 
When not behind a microphone, Milton is a writer. In addition to the well-received Rick Burkhart crime novels, Milton writes a line of 1950s style pulp stories, and is the author of dozens of magazine articles and two non-fiction books. Milton and his wife live in Nashville.
 

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