Hero Worship: Ghost Who Walks

One of our oldest and most popular comic heroes is the Phantom, created by Lee Falk as a daily newspaper strip in 1936. Falk, who also gave us Mandrake the Magician, was impressed by the success and popularity of Tarzan and sundry caped heroes, and decided to give us a strip about a costumed crimefighter who works out of a skull-shaped cave in the African jungle. The strip went on to Sunday color comics in 1939, and though Falk died in 1999, both the dailies and Sunday strips are still running. Phantom's stories have been published in all kinds of languages around the world, and also appeared in short stories, comic books, graphic novels, movies, Saturday serials, and TV. He's still extremely popular overseas. in places like Brazil, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy, India, Denmark, Great Britain, Australia, and Spain.

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[veecee27]

Thanks!You brought back a lot of old memories...............I grew up with this guy! My most favourite name for the Phantom was "The Guardian of the Eastern Dark"

[bestjonbon]

I'm glad, my friend. Where have you been? Haven't heard from you in a long time.

[Giuseppe Iacobellis]

Lee Folk is dead leaving behind if a beautiful memory!!John is indeed a beautiful homage give life to this character!5/5 * hi from Pino

[bestjonbon]

Thanks, Pino!

[abSOULuteD]

Wonder has Phantom and The Shadow ever colab'd?

[bestjonbon]

Hungarian??!!  Wow, I didn't see any of those when I was collecting. Do a video some day and let me see?

[bestjonbon]

I'm glad you liked it.  Thanks for subscribing!

Cheers, John

[bestjonbon]

Yes, the Phantom is terrific. I wish more people knew about him.

[avalonroad]

Good stuff!