Christian Moller reviews the latest issue from Zauberstern #14which features the following stories which was first published by Charlton and DC comics:
"Das Phantom von Shang-Ri-La" ("The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La") by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo
"Der Pharao des Todes" ("The Pharaoh Phantom") by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo
"Im Netz der Angst" ("The Web of Fear") by Joe Gill and Frank Bolle
"Gold" ("Gold") by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell
This comic is of great value with 100 page of comics in full colour on great quality paper for 10€. This magazine see's Zauberstern re-using a past cover instead of creating their own new covers which they have done previously. Do you prefer the publisher creating their own unique covers?
This cover was created by Jim Aparo and was original used as the cover #31 for Charlton Comics back in 1969.
It is worth noting that the magazine is glued and not stapled, this is a new decision. Do you prefer staples or glue for your comic spines?
The main issue for this comic, is that several pages of the Charlton stories are not printed crisply. I am unsure if that is a source problem, a scanning problem or even a print problem. In the video we highlight a couple of pages were this happens.
Issue #15 will be out in October 2024. Ensure you read our interview with the publishers and editors behind Zauberstern here - Interview with Simeon Hrissomallis and Charles Bone. You will learn about the extra albums and magazines planned to be published in 2025 by Zauberstern.
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