After The Phantom vs The Sky Band #1, we have this second ‘The Phantom vs’ one-shot: The Phantom vs The Red Dragons.

In this comic, someone is brutally murdering members of The Red Dragon gang. The Phantom is blamed, but it’s neither his doing, nor his MO. So who is behind these murders, and why?

I found this one shot a bit disappointing, especially after the fun, pulpy adventure in The Phantom vs The Sky Band. It just feels a little incoherent and unsatisfying, and even worse it leads to a ‘conclusion’ which simply sets up the next one shot, The Phantom vs The Singh Brotherhood, leaving this feeling incomplete. The title is also misleading; it’s not really The Phantom against the Red Dragons at all, but The Phantom trying to find out who’s framing him, and why, with the Red Dragons not even his target.

Still, there’s some decent action and the artwork, by Lynne Yoshii, has some good moments too, even if it isn’t consistently strong throughout.

I do enjoy Mad Cave’s Phantom comics, but this is the weakest of them so far, in my opinion.

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