The Phantom of the Opera newspaper articles and interviews relating to the Paris Opera House, and the character Erik (the phantom) who fills the roles of the "mad genius", disfigured monster, and one of three in a love triangle all at once. Fitzpatrick argues that all of these elements make the book good for light reading. Myers agrees that the novel makes for a good "airplane read", but says that it fails in terms of being a good mystery novel. She claims that one of the book's downfalls is that one of the important characters - the mysterious Persian - is introduced too late in
The Phantom of the Opera (pinball) an Organ that opens for Multi-Ball. The Phantom can be unmasked to reveal his true face on the backglass. The art, music and lightshow give the pinball machine its fitting atmosphere. The Music uses Data East's stereo system. The daughter of the pinball machine's art designer Paul Faris was the model for the character, Christine Daaé, on the backglass. Designer Faris and his wife were previously the models for the backglass of the pinball machine "Lost World". "The Phantom of the Opera" is available as a licensed table in "The Pinball Arcade" and "Stern Pinball Arcade". Data East logos are