Favorite "fan theory?"

[Permanus]

I still remember the letter that Al wrote afterwards; something to the effect of "WA-HOOO", I believe.

(I think I originally confused Al with Beppe Sabbatini because his now-wife, formerly known as Barbara Long, once expressed curiosity as to what Beppe might look like. All those letterhacks, boy, them were the days. I used to read the letter pages in American comics quite studiously, because in Europe there wasn't the same tradition of actually writing and commenting about a specific issue; in Sweden, where I grew up, you'd pick up a copy of The Phantom and the letter column would be: "I really like The Phantom. He is cool. He's even cooler if you read him while listening to the latest ABBA record."