

Welcome to the Hellmouth (Season 1, Episode 1).

The Ladd Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Hearst Entertainment, Paramount International.ĭeming, N. Corbett (Executive Producer), Phantom 2040. Generation Unto Generation (Part One) (Season 1, Episode 1). Kodi Smit McPhee Hii Sebbens Page Lochard Hanley Kevin Patrick Read more from Tim Hanley – comic book historian and author Read ‘The Phantom Unmasked America’s First Superhero’ by Dr Kevin Patrick We're taking you into the murky world of publishing in the early 20th century (like Mafia murky) and into the origin story of the purple suit wearing, jungle dwelling, justice seeking hero Kit Walker a.k.a. But you know what’s weird? Not many people know about the masked vigilante who started it all: The very first super hero. And in the next 15 years, we’ll hit the point where superheroes as a concept have been around for a century. ‘Britain Enters World War Two: War Comes To London’ accessed via Charlie Dean Archives from The British Council Film Collection. Warner Bros Pictures, New World Pictures.

Read ‘Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter’ by Tim Hanleyįellini, F. Read ‘Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI’ by Robert Ressler Watch ‘Valerie Remembers Lee Falk (1911-1999) Valerie speaking about her father Lee Falk Plus a little tidbit about one of the founding father’s of cinema Frederico Fellini being obsessed with The Phantom. We speak to Lee Falk’s daughter Valerie about her father and his creations, take you through the lives of the early artists who worked on the strip, explore the indelible effect WWII has on the world of The Phantom – and how The Ghost Who Walks inspired resistance movements across Europe against the Nazis. We're taking a peek behind the mask at the lives of the men who created our purple hero. īuy ‘The Phantom Unmasked' Dr Kevin Patrickįind The Phantom via Frew Publications – the comic publisher in Australia King's Comics are offering 10% off The Phantom products - just use code phan10 at checkout here. Plus we dive into the impact first and second wave feminism has on the female characters of the strip, and the phenomenal global impact our purple-suited hero begins to have: with three countries in particular… Sweden, India… and Australia! And one of the most influential Phantom comic artists, now 92-year-old Seymour (Sy) Barry joins the podcast to blow your MIND with stories from this period of incredible change.

After criticism Black characters were depicted as "ignorant, superstitious coloured people", Falk and The Phantom artists move to correct the racial caricatures of the early Phantom stories. As WWII ends the first superhero grows into a hero for more than his white audiences.
