Bubi Bolt translated is Speech Balloon and they are a small Hungarian publisher and shop that will be selling their very first Phantom (Titled Fantom) from 1 August 2024.
The book is A4 in size printed in a paperback softcover style featuring the first five stories created by Lee Falk and Sy Barry. The stories will be published in black and white as originally drawn. The book will be 256 pages and will cost 6,000 HUF ($20US, €15, $25AU and 180 sek/nok) - a very affordable book.
As you can see by the preview pages below, they will be printing three day newspaper strips to each page - Hermes print two per page. This allows the book to be less pages per book and cheaper for the consumer. I think this is a great idea.
From what we understand this is a limited print run with only 500 copies printed which will make this something that collectors will want to get onto quickly to buy. In talking to the publisher, if the book is popular they will print more volumes.
This series will be replacing the Kockás magazine published by Vitanum which published the Phantom in their magazine between the years 2019 to 2021.
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