Appearing on the Turun Sarjakuvakauppa oy website in Finland, we see a new comic book by Egmont Publishing AB available for pre-order.

Titled ‘Mustanaamio – Viidakkopoika Rex‘, which translates to ‘Black Mask – Jungle Boy Rex‘ (the Phantom is know as Black Mask in Finland) is listed as containing 128 black and white pages measuring 20.8cm x 27.8cm.

The softcover album style comic book will be the 9th edition in a series which commenced in 2015 by Egmont, with a book published per year, featuring a mix of Phantom comic strip stories focusing on a particular topic.

This years comic book will feature stories containing Rex, who was left as a baby with missionaries, making his debut in the Phantom story titled Rex King, a Sunday story appearing in newspapers in 1966, written by Lee Falk and illustrated by Sy Barry.

More information about Rex as seen in Phantom comic strip stories can be read HERE

The description provided on the comic book reads:

A great collection of classic Black Mask comics! The adoptive son of the black mask, Rex King, has had time to adventure in many designs, and this stylish album gathers the character’s most classic stories in one cover.

The pre-order listing on the Turun Sarjakuvakauppa oy website notes that Mustanaamio – Viidakkopoika Rex is due for release on the 23rd of October 2024. An image of the front cover can be seen below.

The pre-order listing of Mustanaamio – Viidakkopoika Rex on the Turun Sarjakuvakauppa oy website can be found HERE

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