Hero for Hire #4
In "Cry Fear... Cry Phantom!", a decades-old family business war takes a deadly turn when one rival adopts the guise of a phantom to settle old scores. As tensions explode, a desperate leap from a skyscraper becomes both a final act of vengeance and a tragic, fatal surrender. Written by Archie Goodwin and brought to life by Billy Graham’s sharp art and Syd Shores’ inks, with lettering by John Costanza, this 1972 Marvel classic features a chilling cover by Graham, capturing the tension in a single, haunting image.
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A decade-long inter-family feud over business erupts, with one of the antagonists posing as a phantom. A participant's suicidal plunge to the death also brings the other to his doom, exacting revenge in a homicidal leap from a high office in a tall building.
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