Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics

”You’re back already?”

Upon returning from school, Mathison saw Charlie laying on the couch watching TV.

There was a packet of chips and a can of Coke on the table, and every now and then, his paw grabbed a piece of chips and stuffed it into his mouth before taking a sip of Coke.

Charlie welcomed Mathison lazily upon his return.

”Why are you alone, where is your little girlfriend?”

Mathison sat down on the sofa with a headache, casually picked up a piece of chips, thought about it, and put it back.

”Barbara is not my girlfriend.”

”Huh.”

Charlie gave him a weird look, “What, you’ve liked someone for this long and you’re still afraid to confess? Oh, you are afraid of being stuck in a relationship, aren’t you?”

It’s hard to imagine a dog speaking in such an old-fashioned manner as if he had experienced a lot of things.

Indeed, even if Mathison had been a human being for two lifetimes, the combined life span would not be as long as the puppy in front of him.

Charlie is considered a small dog amongst his species.

But its strength is actually no worse than many large dogs, thanks to Charlie’s noble blood.

”You guy… you talk too much.”

Mathison patted Charlie’s head.

”You finally decided to go to New York after all? Didn’t you say there would be an alien army invasion soon?”

Charlie is a … dog that Mathison can absolutely trust, so Mathison told it a lot of information. This would make their relationship advance in a smoother manner.

”Knock off the Barbara and New York topic aside. I am really not feeling at ease. My life has always been this hard. If I hadn’t gotten Gordon’s help ten years ago, I would have starved to death in Gotham.”

Mathison shrugged, “Besides, we are going to New York sooner or later. Meh, the trip shouldn’t be this bad.”

Charlie smiled enthusiastically and said, “There’s a problem right now; how do you plan to solve it? When you go to New York, Phantom Kid will also appear in New York. What a coincidence, you think Barbara will let that slide and not suspect you again?”

”And what if we let Kid appear in New York first?”

Mathison said confidently.

Checking the recent news of the newspaper, the front page was none other than a bald fat man who was two meters tall.

Wilson Fisk, a famous American philanthropist, will hold a charity gala in a week.

At the gala, he will donate his long-held green diamond – Dresden!

The world’s largest green diamond, worth a fortune.

Gotham has not had many valuable gems on display recently, so it is normal for Phantom Kid to go to other cities to look for big targets at this time.

And Gotham is located in New Jersey, besides New York. Gotham and New York are almost only separated by Manhattan Island. Drive a speedboat and, in less than an hour, you will find yourself within New York.

Plus, Mathison and Barbara will not leave for the trip until a month later, and within this time, Phantom Kid would have committed one or two cases in New York.

This would make it difficult to associate Mathison with Phantom Kid.

”So, you want me to cover for you at home when Phantom Kid shows up in New York?”

Charlie knew what Mathison was thinking as soon as he heard it.

”That’s right, with my current ability to escape, my return trip will not exceed three hours. If anyone comes during this time, you can just use a bowtie voice changer to perfuse me and lie about being sick or something. I believe you will take care of it, Charlie.”

Mathison said positively.

Charlie doubted this, “you said before, this Wilson Fisk has a nickname, Kingpin, the largest underworld overlord in the United States, and his personal force has reached the limit of mankind. Are you sure you can handle it?”

”Don’t worry. Charlie, I won’t mess around, fighting is not part of my job.”

At Mathison’s words, Charlie thought carefully with his dog brain and thought it was quite feasible.

Then, the one man and his dog began to discuss the specific details …

The next day, midnight.

After changing his face, Mathison quietly came to the vicinity of Miller Harbor and got on the speedboat that had been prepared.

Before the official action, he still has seven days to make his move.

Hence, he started going out late every night. This may cause him a little lack of sleep, but only then will it not arouse outsiders’ suspicion of “Mathison”.

New York, the economic center of the United States and the world, often competes with Gotham for the top spot in the city’s economy. Yet, of course, New York wins more often.

Gotham can economically compete with New York, in large part because Wayne Enterprises is headquartered in Gotham. However, in addition to Wayne Enterprises, Gotham is difficult to have other supergroups.

On the contrary, in New York, Stark and Osborne are enough to compete with Wayne Enterprises, in addition to other large groups such as Pym Technologies, AIM, and Hammer Industries are also extremely competitive.

In this case, Gotham can occasionally win over New York, which shows the power of Wayne Enterprises.

When Mathison set foot on Manhattan Island, the first thing he did was stop a cab to the New York Police Department, in order to send his own teaser letter.

As to why it was not sent to Kingpin first, the reason is very simple:

 Kingpin is a very ambitious person and has an extreme conceit about himself. Even if he receives the teaser letter, he will only use his own means to kill this guy who dares to provoke him.

He is not likely to make a big deal of this kind of thing, much less call the police. And so, how could one get the fish if there isn’t enough water?

George Stacey is the chief of the New York Police Department. His position compared to Gordon’s is the same. But he is quite a bit younger than Gordon, being only in his thirties.

George is a very dedicated and caring police officer, in many places, he is very similar to Gordon. The only difference between both is that he dislikes the masked vigilantes who scurry through the streets at night.

So if he had been the Gotham police commissioner, it is most likely that the GCPD and Batman would not have such a good relationship.

Like Gordon, George’s wife died very early, leaving only one daughter. She is only eleven years old and is still in elementary school.

Of course, here it has to be mentioned that his daughter has a childhood playmate named Peter Parker.

On this day, George is working overtime at the police station, and he often prepares a cup of coffee on his desk.

He finishes his work with the last sip of coffee he takes.

At this point, he had just about the last bit of coffee left in his cup, which means that he is spending his last moments with this load of work.

George wanted to go back home as soon as possible, he remembered that his daughter was still waiting for him eagerly. He recalled that he made her sandwich for dinner but didn’t know whether she had eaten it.

Although a sandwich doesn’t sound very generous, it’s all George can prepare right now. Nevertheless, he’s actively learning how to cook well. Yet, even though he knows some recipes, he has no talent for culinary…

However, just as George was about to finish the last job, he heard a muffled sound coming from the window.

Reflexively, he turned his head to look, and a card in black and white was stuck to the window …