
The 21st Phantom is married to Diana Palmer they met while he studied in the United States and they have two children, Kit and Heloise. Unlike many other superheroes, the Phantom has no superpowers he totally relies on his strength, intelligence and the myth of his immortality to take action against the forces of evil. Nicknames for the Phantom include "The Ghost Who Walks", "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" and "The Man Who Cannot Die". Swearing an oath on the skull of his father's murderer to fight evil, Christopher began a legacy of the Phantom which would pass from father to son. In the strip, the Phantom was 21st in a line of crime-fighters which began in 1536, when the father of British sailor Christopher Walker was killed during a pirate attack. Previous artists on the newspaper strip include Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Bill Lignante, Sy Barry, George Olesen, Keith Williams, Fred Fredericks, Graham Nolan, Eduardo Barreto, Paul Ryan, and Terry Beatty. Since 2016, it has been drawn by Mike Manley (Monday–Saturday) and, since 2017, Jeff Weigel (Sunday). įalk worked on The Phantom until his death in 1999 since his death, the comic strip has been written by Tony DePaul. At its peak, the strip was read by over 100 million people daily. In 1966, King Features stated that The Phantom was being published in 583 newspapers worldwide. The series began with a daily newspaper strip on February 17, 1936, followed by a color Sunday strip on both are still running as of 2022. The character has been adapted for television, film and video games. The main character, the Phantom, is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla. The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936.
