The Phantom:
A Publishing History in Spain

On the final page of #75 Colección Héroes Modernos - Series A, Editorial Dólar announced that this was the final publication of the series to be replaced by a new series titled Novelas Gráficas (Graphic Novels). This series would rotate the adventures of various King Features characters, leading off with with "El Hombre Enmascarado" in "Los Malos", an unedited reprinting of "The Bad Ones" (Daily: 12/64 - 4/65). The Phantom would not reappear again until #9 in "La Bruja Janta" (The Hanta Witch 4/19/65 - 7/26/65), and then irregularly (#13, #19, #28, #34, #40) for the rest of the series alternating with Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby, Ben Bolt, Mandrake the Magician, Tim Tyler and Spud, Brick Bradford, Johnny Hazzard, Secret Agent X-9, and Prince Valiant.

Each comic measured 145mm x 210mm (5 3/4" x 8 1/4"), had colour covers and contained 64 pages of black & white reprints. The series continued to be titled Héroes Modernos but on the upper left hand corner of each issue was printed "Publicación Gráfica Para Adultos - II Epoca" (Graphic Publication for Adults - 2nd Epoch). The Phantom stories printed were as follows:

Issue	Story Title	English Translation	Code
#1	Los Malos	The Bad Ones	D90
#9	La Bruja Janta	Hanta, the Witch	D91
#13	El Misterio del Meson 'Cataratas Wamba'	The Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn	S66
#19	Heroe	Guest of Prince Hali	D92
#28	La Dama Velada	Veiled Lady	S67
#34	Balas	Bullet's Town	D93
#40	Rey Rex	Rex King	S68