The Phantom Moonstone's most successful title is
The Phantom, which is based on
Lee Falk's
superhero comic strip. Moonstone is the first US publisher to produce new Phantom stories for the comic book format since
Marvel Comics cancelled their
Phantom 2040 comic in 1995. Moonstone started publishing Phantom graphic novels in 2002. Only five books, written by
Tom DeFalco, Ben Raab and
Ron Goulart, were published, but in 2003, Moonstone started a regular comic book series with the character, written by
Ben Raab,
Rafael Nieves, and
Chuck Dixon, and drawn by the likes of
Pat Quinn, Jerry DeCaire, Nick Derington,
Rich Burchett and
EricJ. After 11 issues,
Mike Bullock took over the book, with
Carlos Magno as the regular artist in 2006, leaving the series to finally come out on a more regular schedule. Moonstone have also made and is in the process of making several special projects with the character. In 2006, a retcon of the Phantom's origin called "Legacy" was published, written by Ben Raab and drawn by Pat Quinn, which aimed to look like one of the Phantom's
chronicle books. 2006 also marked the year when Moonstone invented the wide-vision format, introducing it to the world with the Phantom story "Law of the Jungle". Moonstone have also announced a Phantom Annual, and two prose collections featuring Phantom short stories.
The Phantom is Moonstone's best selling title.
Moonstone Noir In January 2002, Moonstone Books announced their plans to develop the radio drama
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar as a quarterly book in their Noir Fiction line. This was to be the first graphic novel in the series. It was one of their more faithful and entertaining adaptations of a classic noir character. There is no record of the series continuing. The creative team consisted of
David Gallaher, a former Marvel.com writer/editor, and
Eric Theriault, the creator of
Veena and
Flirt.
Moonstone Monsters The licensing rights to publish adaptations of
White Wolf Games @ "Classic World of Darkness" has apparently been sold to
Vault Comics.
Kolchak the Night Stalker Moonstone is publishing new stories based on the TV-series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Several graphic novels featuring the character have been published, as well as a regular, ongoing comic book series. A "wide vision" graphic novel has been announced.
Buckaroo Banzai Since 2006, Moonstone have been publishing comics with
Buckaroo Banzai, the main character from the 1984 film
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, which continues plotlines left unexplored in the movie.
Prose anthologies Moonstone recently published a Stoker Award-nominated prose anthology with Kolchak, which sold out fast. Due to the success of the Kolchak collection, Moonstone released two new prose anthologies with The Phantom and
The Spider, and announced others featuring
The Avenger and one with
Doc Savage, as well as two
Lone Ranger anthologies.
Titles Comics Moonstone comics titles include: •
Airboy •
Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations •
Buckaroo Banzai •
Blackest Terror •
Bulldog Drummond •
Boston Blackie •
Captain Action •
The Cisco Kid •
C.L.A.S.H. •
The Domino Lady •
Evilman •
The Hat Squad •
Honey West •
Kolchak the Night Stalker •
Moonstone Monsters •
Mr. Keen • ''
Mr. Nightmare's Wonderful World'' •
Pat Novak for Hire •
The Phantom •
Psychotic Reaction' •
Rotten •
The Silencers •
Thor: Unkillable Thunder Christ •
The WhiteWolf Gaming •
Wyatt Earp: Dodge City •
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ==References==