The Phantom was created by writer-cartoonist Lee Falk in 1936, just two years after Falk’s Mandrake the Magician proved to be such a huge comic-strip success.

Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz Mandrake the Magician Warren Hull Al Kikume This serial predates the more well-known ...

Comic strips feature some of the most influential and amazing ... Beginning in 1936 and getting a full-color Sunday strip in 1938, The Phantom details the titular character’s exploits as a ...

He outlines in his book, however, why the Phantom’s debut in a comic strip in The New York Journal on Feb. 17, 1936, was a transcendent moment that ultimately gave rise to the modern-day ...

“No other comic strip character had this concept of a 400-year legend that The Phantom will live on forever and his spirit will never die,” Barry, 93, tells Review. “I thought that was a ...

A new audio documentary is coming from author and radio personality Maria Lewis, tracking the history of The Phantom, the costumed adventurer who has been gracing the pages of newspapers, comic ...

STRENGTH, intelligence and a fearsome reputation is what has kept the Phantom a much-loved comic strip character over many years. By Aclark. less than 2 min read. February 12, 2015 - 5:00AM.

When Lee Falk created the The Phantom in 1936 its hero was a comic strip trailblazer. The protagonist was among the first masked characters fighting bad guys with powers of only a mere mortal.

I don't normally read comic strip cartoons. But this week I read quite a number after receiving a complaint that "The Phantom", published by the Sunday Nation, is racist. The cartoon "drives the ...

Comic book artist Paul Ryan passed away over te weekend, aged 66. His cousin, Chad Callanan , posted on Facebook, saying, It is with sad news I report the passing of my cousin Paul.