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Wednesday, 11 September 2024

THE PHANTOM BLOT - A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION. Part 1

 The Phantom Blot

The Phantom Blot is a mysterious enemy of Mickey Mouse who wears a body-length black sheet. Created in 1939 in Floyd Gottfredson's comic strip, the Phantom Blot became a very recurring character in European comics where he is one of Mickey's archenemies, second only to Pete. He was also reused, to a lesser extent, in American stories.

The Phantom Blot prefers being an ominous mastermind in the background, pulling strings and organising schemes, to engaging in physical criminal jobs.

The Phantom Blot is a master of disguise. He uses disguises to fool Mickey Mouse and the police, sometimes even appearing right in front of them without being noticed. When escaping the scene, the Phantom Blot often leaves a trademark "business card" - a sheet of white paper with a black splodge of ink on it.

When unmasked, the Phantom Blot is an anthropomorphic dog. He has a gaunt face with a long nose and a long, thin moustache. Phantom Blot's unmasked look was reportedly based on the features of Walt Disney himself.

The Phantom Blot and Pete are often bitter rivals, as both want to be recognised as the city's greatest criminal mastermind, and to get the most money out of the deal. However, some stories have shown them teaming up with each other.

The Phantom Blot made his animated debut in the DuckTales episode "All Ducks on Deck" voiced by Frank Welker. He is shown to be an agent of F.O.W.L.

The Phantom Blot appears as an antagonist in the TV series Mickey Mouse Works and its spinoff House of Mouse voiced by John O'Hurley.

An altered, monstrous version of the Phantom Blot, known as the "Shadow Blot", serves as the antagonist of the first Epic Mickey game. The Phantom Blot seemingly meets this creature in the city's museum when unlocking a dimensional portal, in the story The Blot and The Blob.

The Phantom Blot made a cameo appearance in the episode "Sock Burglar" from the TV series Mickey Mouse.
The Phantom Blot is a recurring antagonist during the third season of the DuckTales reboot, voiced by Giancarlo Esposito. While his history as a member of F.O.W.L. remains intact, this version came from a village that Magica De Spell attacked.








Jens Terje offers us the following files:

Blaggard - The Blot in 'Return to Blaggard Castle' (1993)
Blaggard - The Blot in 'The Perils of Mickey - Return to Blaggard Castle' 1993
Blaggard Castle (Walt Disney's Comics (and Stories) 601-603) [Not the Blot] 
Blaggard Castle, Mickey dailies 11-12-32 to 2-10-33 [Not the Blot]
Dangerous Currency, Part 1 - DuckTales 05 (2011) (two covers)
Darkwing Duck 13-16 (2011) (two covers)
Disney's Hero Squad 01-08 (2010) (two covers)
Mickey and Donald - The Search for the Zodiac Stone  [WDC&S 721-732, 2015] (2016) TPB
Mickey Mouse and Friends # 210-#309 (1980-2011)
NP Mickey Mouse in The Evil Vampire Count Blotula [24 June-13 July 1991}
NP Phantom Blot - The Zombie Blot [YM 9004]
Phantom Blot 01-07 (1964)
Super Goof  (1974-84) 9 issues 
Ultraheroes 000-005 (2012)
WDC (1977) 22 issues 
Wizards of Mickey 01-08 (2010) (2 covers c2c)
Wizards of Mickey II - The Dark Age 01-04(2007)
Wizards of Mickey, Mickey Mouse and Friends 2009) 4 issues 

There are 95 issues 














We thank Jens Terje for this generous contribution



4 comments:

  1. Many thanks to Jens Terje for this awesome contribution of an adorable character, and to A.Wallace for posting it

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  2. Huge thanks for this first delivery. Robert

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  3. Super-hyper-mega-terrific!

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  4. Thank you very much for these two parts!

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