PHIL THE FLUTER - IS THERE SUCH A THING?

Who remembers The MAGIC BOOMERANG, an Australian

TV show which was also shown in the U.K. back in the '60s?  It was

about a lad who could stop time by throwing his boomerang, 'though

time only stood still while the boomerang remained airborne.

THUNDER comic's PHIL The FLUTER had the same concept,

except Phil only had to play his musical instrument to halt time, not

throw it into the air and wait for it to return to him.  Actually, the strip

should more accurately have been titled PHIL The FLAUTIST - or

FLUTIST would've passed muster - but 'Flutist' arguably had a bit

more of a ring to it - or so the editor seemed to think anyway.

Anyway, the following strip from the 1971 LION & THUNDER

Holiday Special is typical of the kind of escapades in which young

Phil usually found himself involved, and should give you a good

idea of why comic readers enjoyed it back in the '70s.

  

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