Ed Rhoades

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Ed Rhoades
Biographical information
Born: December 9, 1946
Died: July 30, 2012
Nationality: Mini usa.gif American
Occupation: Writer, Editorial people
Website: Ed Rhoades


Ed Rhoades is an American Phantom fan and collector.

Biography

Ed Rhoades was a longtime Phantom fan, artist, musician, and friend of Lee Falk.

Rhoades was editor and publisher of the newsletter for the Phantom fan club Friends of the Phantom. The group also held holiday dinners at Sardi's Restaurant in New York for many years, with several Phantom fans as well as Lee Falk and artists such as Sy Barry often in attendance. He has also contributed Phantom-related articles and interviews for several other publications. In addition, Rhoades was integral to the making of the A&E "The Phantom: Comic Book Crusader" special, created for the A&E Biography series in 2000.

As of 2006, Rhoades is a consultant for Moonstone Books and contributes articles under the title "Behind the Mask". Rhoades also co-wrote a story with Mike Bullock for the prose anthology The Phantom Chronicles.


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On July 30, 2012, according to news reports, "Ed Rhoades of Catawissa, PA was riding his bicycle when he lost control and slammed into a pickup truck on Old Reading Road in Catawissa. He was taken to a hospital where he died. Rhoades, 65, retired in 2011 after years of teaching art in the Southern Columbia Area School District." (See http://theghostwhodraws.blogspot.com/2012/07/rip-ed-rhoades.html). As of Dec. 2012, Rhoades' web site appears to be no longer active.

Phantom work by Ed Rhoades

Stories

Moonstone stories

Prose stories

# Title Writer
1 "Bad Medicine" Bullock & Rhoades

Cameo appearances

The likeness of Ed Rhoades has been used for several characters in Phantom stories.

Sunday stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"The Briefcase" Reimerthi Nolan as unnamed villain

Team Fantomen stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"The Baltimore Mystery" Tony DePaul Spadari as ?
"The Phantom - Man or Myth?" Reimerthi Saviuk as unnamed spectator

Mandrake the Magician stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"Return of the Tourist" Fredericks Fredericks as Ed, wearing a Phantom t-shirt

External links