The Phantom First Superhero
The first crimefighter to wear the skintight costume attributed to comic book superheroes and being the first hero to have white eyes behind his mask a phenomenon very common with superheroes.
The phantom first superhero. The first man would would become the phantom was christopher walker jr. The series began with a daily n. Lee falk created this character. Art by ray moore authorlee falk current status scheduleongoing launch datefebruary 17 1936 syndicateking features syndicate genreadventure the phantom is an american adventure comic strip first published by lee falk in february 1936.
He is also known as the ghost who walks. Billy zane stars as kit walker who discovers that. Who was born in portsmouth in 1516 and whose father christopher walker was a sailor. The phantom first sunday strip.
He was even a cabin boy on christopher columbus ship the santa maria. But you ve probably never heard of it you probably think superman inaugurated the genre. Though superman wears an iconic costume he was. The character has been adapted for television film and video games.
The phantom is officially the first superhero ever and is consequently the first costumed fiction character ever. He debuted in his own newspaper comic strip on february 17 1936. The phantom descendent of a line of african superheroes travels to new york city to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power. Before superman before batman there was the phantom.
The main character the phantom is a fictional costumed crime fighter who operates from the fictional african country of bangalla. Phantom the first costumed fictional superhero known as the ghost who walks comics scholars generally agree that superman was the first true superhero of the comic books clearly marking the entrance of a new kind of hero into the marketplace. The first superhero ever created by lee falk in 1936 gets another shot at movie stardom 60 years after achieving fame in comics and serials. Began sailing with his father on his ship in 1926.
The phantom is credited as being the first costumed superhero i e.