thephantomcommando

CREATOR

Name: Horwitz Publications Inc. Pty Ltd. * (Australian comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1920 by the couple Israel and Ruth Horwitz, who later included their children in heading the company. The main production was trade journals, pulp novels, and sports magazines**. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Horwitz in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: * The corporation was first named Associated General Publications Pty Ltd, and later Transport Publishing Co.
** From 1950 to 1965 comic books in diverse genres were added.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1960. Stopped in 1961 after 16 issues.

The series takes place during the Second World War and tells about the intrepid P51 Mustang fighter pilot Bruce Harcourte who flies combat missions from his secret island base in the Indian Ocean. His identity is obscured behind a simple mask and only known to his mechanic 'Tiny' Winkle and his girlfriend Julie Standish.