A bizarre murder conspiracy challenges the ingenuity of the world’s greatest sleuth! Paul Cope was marked for death, and behind his impending doom were sinister forces of hatred and vengeance that only the Phantom Detective could detect!
As with many Pulp heroes, The Phantom Detective made his way into comic books as that media gained more and more prominence. Published originally in his own Pulp magazine by Thrilling Publications, the character publisher Ned Pines ushered in as the lead in the second Hero Pulp also had a life as a four-color hero. The Phantom Detective debuted in Thrilling Comics, a title published by Pines under his company’s comic line, usually referred to as Nedor Comics. It is somewhat of a mystery to some fans why The Phantom Detective simply didn’t have his own comic title, based on how well the Pulp magazine appeared to be doing. Even though The Phantom Detective rarely wore the fabled top hat and opera cape he sported on his pulp covers in the actual magazine, he did wear this as his standard costume in his comic adventures.
Even though the actual Pulp magazine ended in 1953, multiple companies have reprinted the original stories and even contributed new stories to the Phantom Detective’s legacy. Even with that, however, the original wild, almost madcap at times adventures of Thrilling’s one-man mystery solving army against crime capture the charm and intensity of the classic Pulp era better than anything else. Also, they stand as a testament to how a character can change, develop, and grow to become one of the most recognized and longest surviving Pulp characters of the period.
‘The Listening Eyes’ was originally published in the September 1948 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Uncertain Death
Chapter 2: Last Warning
Chapter 3: Murder Strikes
Chapter 4: The Bearer of Death
Chapter 5: Clue of the Timetable
Chapter 6: Dead Man’s Home
Chapter 7: The Informer
Chapter 8: Scientific Proof
Chapter 9: Agent of Destruction
Chapter 10: Prophecy of Death
Chapter 11: Ungrieving Heir
Chapter 12: Lake of Fire
Chapter 13: The Deserted House
Chapter 14: The Murdered Doctor
Chapter 15: Prisoner
Chapter 16: The Cave
Chapter 17: Earle Speaks Out
Chapter 18: Vengeance of the Five
Chapter 19: Close to Death
Chapter 20: Ears That Hear
