Phantasmo Large Feature Comic (1941) comic books 1940-1942

Cover by E. C. Stoner. Stories and art by E. C. Stoner and others. Dell's Large Feature Comic features the adventures of Dell's first superhero, previouisly seen in The Funnies. Phil Anson returns from his years of study in the Orient with the ability to leave his body, becoming Phantasmo, sort of a cross between the Spectre and Doctor Strange. When he must leave his body behind, he trusts it to his sidekick Whizzer, the bellhop at the hotel where he lives. Phantasmo and Whizzer try to rescue a scientist from foreign spies who want his new miracle fuel formula. Phantasmo uses his ethereal powers to save Whizzer's uncle's farm after the dam collapses. But then he looks closer, and realizes the dam was sabotaged by a crime ring whose next target is New York. Phantasmo and Whizzer discover that an abandoned yacht is actually a front for modern-day pirates armed with torpedoes. While vacationing in the north woods, Phantasmo uses his astral-projection body to fight a forest fire, but his human body is in danger of being consumed by the flames. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 48 pages, B&W.