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!
Swift death threatens the Phantom in his daring fight against jewel thieves! Neither fire nor bullets can halt a master detective’s crusade for justice!
According to legend, The Phantom Detective may be responsible for the direction a now famous comic strip character took in his own development. When first debuted by creator Lee Falk in 1936, the crimefighter known as The Phantom was actually Jimmy Wells, a millionaire playboy fighting crime in New York City. With these similarities, along with the character’s name being so close to that of The Phantom Detective, some believe that Falk may actually have taken inspiration from the pulp character. It may also have led Falk, according to sources, to make a decision that appeared to be sudden. Within the strip itself, the character took a hard turn from city bound masked man to being the now legendary jungle oriented ‘Ghost Who Walks’ that millions of fans recognize.
Murder Cuts Diamonds was originally published in the September 1942 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: Sentenced to Death
Chapter 2: One More Murder
Chapter 3: Trailing Martha Lemore
Chapter 4: Drugged Victims
Chapter 5: The Thieves Strike Again
Chapter 6: Lemore Acts Strangely
Chapter 7: A Baffling Mystery
Chapter 8: Another Poison Death
Chapter 9: Gun Trap
Chapter 10: The Murders Pile Up
Chapter 11: Flying Bullets
Chapter 12: Sonny Blade Appears Again
Chapter 13: A Visit to Sing Sing
Chapter 14: The Phantom Is Captured
Chapter 15: Into the River
Chapter 16: Is Lemore Insane?
Chapter 17: Blazing Inferno
Chapter 18: The Bait is Taken
Chapter 19: Ready To Strike
Chapter 20: Master Killer
Chapter 21: The Phantom Triumphs
