Phantom – Made In Italy is a comic book published by Editoriale Cosmo in Italy in October 2024. The comic book is part of the ‘Serie Gialla‘ range produced by Editoriale Cosmo, with the Phantom found in only the one edition in the range. The comic book features Phantom comic strip stories illustrated by Italian artists, including the front cover artwork.
Editoriale Cosmo is a prominent Italian publishing house specializing in comics and graphic novels, known for its extensive and varied catalog distributed across different market channels in Italy. Established in the 2010s, it carved a niche for itself by focusing on both re-proposing classic, often American, adventure comic strips and serials that had been popular in the past, and on translating European, particularly Franco-Belgian, titles. The publisher successfully taps into nostalgia while also introducing high-quality foreign works, ensuring a diverse offering for Italian comic readers, which distinguishes it from larger Italian publishers primarily known for original Italian fumetti.
The company’s editorial strategy is structured to reach consumers through multiple avenues. It has a significant presence in the newsstand market with a variety of themed series, often released in pocket or budget formats, categorized by different “series” (e.g., Serie Gialla for mystery/crime, Serie Rossa for adventure, etc.). This consistent output of serial publications keeps them readily available to a broad audience. Concurrently, Editoriale Cosmo has dedicated divisions—like Cosmo Books and Nona Arte—aimed at the bookstore market, offering more premium, elegant hardcover volumes. These volumes typically collect classic comic strips and serials from Italy, the US, and France, often in complete or archival editions.
Editoriale Cosmo’s published works are wide-ranging in genre, though they show a strong affinity for adventure, noir, science fiction, and action comics. Their catalog of archival reprints includes internationally recognized titles like Flash Gordon, Dick Tracy, The Phantom, Superman and Batman comic strips from various eras, and Tarzan. By making these historical and global comic treasures accessible to the Italian public, often for the first time in complete or high-quality editions, Editoriale Cosmo plays a crucial role in preserving and promoting the wider history of the comic medium within Italy. This dual approach—accessible newsstand serials and sophisticated bookstore collections—is central to the publisher’s identity.
Phantom – Made In Italy in published with 192 black and white pages measuring 16cm x 21cm with Italian text. Six Phantom comic strip stories are found in the comic book, with five of these illustrated by Italian artist Angelo Todara plus a short story illustrated by Italian artist Massimo Gamberi. The front cover is illustrated by Angelo Todara, an illustration originally published by Frew Publications in Australia in 2017 on the cover of edition number 1780.
The description for the comic book provided by Editoriale Cosmo on advertisements reads:
The beloved character of Phantom has been the subject of a rich production made by Italian artists for the foreign market, for example the Australian one, but mostly unpublished in Italy: this one shot album intends to collect a good part of the stories of the Masked Man, created by the pen of Angelo Todaro. In addition, a short episode signed by Massimo Gamberi.
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