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|image=  [[Image:Phantom-01.jpg]]
|image=  [[Image:Phantom-01.jpg]]
|first= 1936
|first= 1936
|creators= [[Lee Falk]] and [[Ray S. Moore|Ray Moore]]
|creators= [[Lee Falk]] and [[Ray Moore]]
|}}
|}}
'''The Phantom''' is the title character in the American comic strip "The Phantom". He made a guest appearance first time in the story [[Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu]] as "[[The Phantom|Kit Walker]]".
'''The Phantom''' is the title character in the American comic strip "The Phantom". He made a guest appearance first time in the story [[Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu]] as "[[The Phantom|Kit Walker]]".
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===The Phantom appearances in the Mandrake strip===
===The Phantom appearances in the Mandrake strip===
{| {{table}}
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
!Year !!Daily/Sunday !!Title !! Comments
|-
| 1939 || [[Daily stories|Daily]] || "[[Mandrake in North Africa]]" || indirect reference, Lothar becomes prince of [[Wambesi]].
|-
| 1967 || [[Sunday stories|Sunday]] || "[[The Blackout Caper]]" || easter egg, on tv.
|-
| 1971 || Daily || "[[The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)]]" || easter egg, on a comic book cover.
|-
| 1976 || Daily || "[[The Evil Twin]]" || easter egg as Mr. Walker, on a comic book cover.
|-
| 1977 || Sunday || "[[Old Folks|Old Folks]]" || easter egg, on a comic book cover.
|-
| 1977 || Daily || "[[The Cooler|The Cooler]]" || easter egg, a daily strip in the newspaper.
|-
| 1977 || Sunday || "[[Mr Ttazz]]" || cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a picture. Also the Kit Walker Stadium.
|-
| 1985 || Daily || "[[The Hijacking]]" || easter egg, on a comic book cover.
|-
| 1986 || Sunday || "[[The Lost City|The Lost City]]" || [[Defenders of the Earth]] promotion.
|-
| 1988 || Sunday || "[[The Young Prince]]" || easter egg, a Phantom doll.
|-
|-
|"[[Mandrake in North Africa]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || Davis || indirect reference, Lothar becomes prince of [[Wambesi]]
| 1989 || Daily || "[[Matter Mover]]" || cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a statue.
|-
|-
|"[[The Blackout Caper]]" || Falk || [[Fred Fredericks|Fredericks]] || cameo, on tv
| 1991 || Daily || "[[The Terrorists]]" || easter egg, on a comic book cover.
|-
|-
|"[[The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, on a comic book cover
| 1991 || Sunday || "[[The Million Dollar Tour]]" || easter egg, on a poster: Phantom the Musical.
|-
|-
|"[[Old Folks|Old Folks]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, on a comic book cover
| 1992 || Sunday || "[[The Prison Break]]" || easter egg, on a t-shirt.
|-
|-
|"[[The Cooler|The Cooler]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, a daily strip in the newspaper
| 1995 || Daily || "[[The Monster Thief]]" || easter egg, Phantom mask in a toy shop.
|-
|-
|"[[Mr Ttazz]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a picture
| 1995 || Daily || "[[Pursuit of the Cobra]]" || easter egg, Phantom mask in a toy shop, a man in the barber chair read the newspaper Jimmi Wells Found.
|-
|-
|"[[The Hijacking]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, on a comic book cover
| 1996 || Sunday || "[[The Swarm]]" || easter egg, "Old Jungle Sayings" a book with a picture of the Phantom on the cover.
|-
|-
|"[[The Lost City|The Lost City]]" || Falk || Fredericks || [[Defenders of the Earth]] promotion
| 1996 || Sunday || "[[Dr. Holton's Reputation]]" || easter egg, Mandrake is reading "Fantomen", a Swedish Phantom comic book.
|-
|-
|"[[The Young Prince]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, a Phantom doll
| 1996 || Daily || "[[Alibi Algie]]" || easter egg, Slam Evil poster ''(the Phantom movie)''.
|-
|-
|"[[Matter Mover]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a statue
| 1997 || Daily || "[[Scary Aliens]]" || easter egg, on a cap.
|-
|-
|"[[The Terrorists]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, on a comic book cover
| 1997 || Sunday || "[[Speedy]]" || easter egg, Slam Evil poster ''(the Phantom movie)''.
|-
|-
|"[[The Million Dollar Tour]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, on a wall a poster: Phantom the Musical
| 1997 || Daily || "[[Mandrake's Wedding at Cockaigne]]" || The Phantom, on TV
|-
|-
|"[[Pursuit of the Cobra]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, Phantom mask in a toy shop, a man in the barber chair read the newspaper Jimmi Wells Found.
| 1997 || Daily || "[[Mandrake's Wedding at the College of Magic]]" || easter egg, in a newspaper.  
|-
|-
|"[[Alibi Algie]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, Slam Evil poster (the Phantom movie)
| 1998 || Daily || "[[Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu]]" || cameo, as Kit Walker.
|-
|-
|"[[Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, as Kit Walker
| 1998 || Sunday || "[[Mandrake Marries Narda]]" || cameo, as Kit Walker.
|-
|-
|"[[Mandrake Marries Narda]]" || Falk || Fredericks || cameo, as Kit Walker
| 1999 || Daily || "[[The Haunted Ballroom]]" || easter egg, on a t-shirt.
|-
|-
|"[[The Haunted Ballroom]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks || cameo, on a t-shirt
| 1999 || Daily || "[[The Secret Mission]]" || easter egg, Phandrake - a giant navy yacht.
|-
|-
|"[[Siege at Xanadu]]" || Fredericks || Frederics || cameo, on TV and on a comic book cover
| 1999 || Daily || "[[Siege at Xanadu]]" || easter egg, on TV and on a comic book cover.
|-
|-
|"[[The Missing Aviatrix]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks ||
| 2001 || Daily || "[[The Missing Aviatrix]]" || cameo
|-
|-
|"[[Lights! Camera! Danger!]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks ||
| 2001 || Sunday || "[[Return of the Tourist]]" || easter egg, on a t-shirt.
|-
|-
|"[[Return of the Tourist]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks || cameo, on a t-shirt
| 2002 || Sunday || "[[Shadows on Devil Road]]" || ( -- nb: last Mandrake [[Sunday story]] / The Phantom is a full character of the story  )
|-
|-
|"[[Shadows on Devil Road]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks ||
| 2003 || Daily || "[[Lights! Camera! Danger!]]" || cameo
|-
|-
|"[[Blizzard of Crime]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks || cameo, [[The Phantom (1996 film)|Phantom movie]] tag line on a t-shirt
| 2005 || Daily || "[[Blizzard of Crime]]" || easter egg, The Phantom movie tag line on a t-shirt.
|-
|-
|"[[Still Lovely, Still Deadly]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks ||
| 2006 || Daily || "[[Still Lovely, Still Deadly]]" || cameo
|-
|-
|"[[The Unknown Island]]" || Fredericks || Fredericks || mentioned only
| 2008 || Daily || "[[The Unknown Island]]" || mentioned only.
|-
|-
|}
|}
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{| {{table}}
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
!Year !!Daily/Sunday !!Title !! Comments
|-
| 1977 || Daily || [https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/Phantom_Wedding "Phantom Wedding"] || guest in the wedding
|-
| 1977 || Sunday || [https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Wedding_of_the_Phantom "The Wedding of the Phantom"] || guest in the wedding
|-
| 1978 || daily || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Heirs_(daily_story) The Heirs]" || in flashback
|-
| 1986 || Sunday || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Escaped_Convicts The Escaped Convicts]" || dream sequence, [[Defenders of the Earth]] promotion
|-
| 1996 || daily || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/Mr_Big Mr Big]" || in flashback
|-
| 2005 || Sunday || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/On_the_Trail_of_an_Assassin On the Trail of an Assassin]" || flashback
|-
|-
|"The Wedding of the Phantom" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || Sy Barry ||
| 2013 || Sunday || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/Mandrake%27s_Bon_Voyage Mandrake's Bon Voyage]" ||  
|-
|-
|"The Escaped Convicts" || Falk || Barry || dream sequence, [[Defenders of the Earth]] promotion
| 2015 || Sunday || "[http://www.phantomwiki.org/Trouble_in_the_Twelve_Nations Trouble in the Twelve Nations]" ||
|-
|-
|"The Heirs" || Falk || Barry ||
| 2015 || daily || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Twins%27_Futures The Twins' Futures]" || Mandrake, Narda, Lothar and Hojo: guests in the twins 15th birthday party
|-
|-
|"Mr Big" || Falk || George Olesen, Keith Williams ||
| 2017 || daily || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Return_of_the_Locust The Return of the Locust]" || mentioned
|-
|-
|"On the Trail of an Assassin" || Tony DePaul ||Graham Nolan || flashback
| 2023 || daily || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Return_of_the_Locust The Journey Home]" || mentioned and illustrated
|-
|-
|"Mandrake's Bon Voyage" || Tony DePaul ||Terry Beatty ||  
| 2024 || Sunday || "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Commander_Will_See_You_Now The Commander Will See You Now]]" || ''Lee Falk'' reading a newspaper with a Mandrake Sunday page
|-
|-
|}
|}
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!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|-
|"[[Framed Part 2]]" || Mark Verheiden || Luke McDonnell ||
| "[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/The_Phantom_13_(DC) Framed]" || Mark Verheiden || Luke McDonnell || as guest in the wedding of the Phantom and Diana
|-
|-
|}
|}
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!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|-
|"[[Defenders of the Earth (Marvel)|Defenders of the Earth]]" || [[Stan Lee|Lee]], [[Bob Harras|Harras]] || [[Alex Saviuk|Saviuk]], [[Fred Fredericks|Fredericks]] ||
|"[[Defenders of the Earth (Marvel)|Defenders of the Earth]]" || Stan Lee, Bob Harras || [[Alex Saviuk|Saviuk]], [[Fred Fredericks|Fredericks]] ||
|-
|-
|"[[Creation (Marvel)|Creation]]" || [[Michael Higgins|Higgins]] || Saviuk, Fredericks ||
|"[[Creation (Marvel)|Creation]]" || Michael Higgins || Saviuk, Fredericks ||
|-
|-
|"[[Family Honor (Marvel)|Family Honor]]" || Higgins || Saviuk, Fredericks ||
|"[[Family Honor (Marvel)|Family Honor]]" || Higgins || Saviuk, Fredericks ||
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!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|-
|"[[Jewel of Denial (Moonstone)|Jewel of Denial]]" || [[Mike Bullock|Bullock]] || [[Samicler Gonçalves|Gonçalves]] ||
| "[[Jewel of Denial (Moonstone)|Jewel of Denial]]" || Mike Bullock || Samicler Gonçalves ||
|-
|-
|"[[Concrete Jungle (Moonstone)|Concrete Jungle]]" || Bullock, [[Kevin Grevioux|Grevioux]] || [[Samicler Gonçalves|Gonçalves]] ||
| "[[Concrete Jungle (Moonstone)|Concrete Jungle]]" || Bullock, Kevin Grevioux || Gonçalves ||
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Futuristic Settings==
==Futuristic Settings==
[[Image:Mandrake&Kshin.png|thumb|left|Mandrake together with Kshin.]]
In [[Defenders of the Earth]], Mandrake is one of the defenders, and has the adoptive son Kshin.
In [[Defenders of the Earth]], Mandrake is one of the defenders, and has the adoptive son Kshin.


==See also==
*[http://www.phantomwiki.org/Main_Page Phantomwiki]
*[https://comicbookhistorians.com/the-phantom-the-lee-falk-version-part-one-1936-1969-by-rosco-m/ Comic Book Historians: The Phantom – The Lee Falk Version’ Part One]


[[Category:Characters|Phantom, The]]
[[Category:Characters|Phantom, The]]
[[Category: Cameos, parodies and imitations|Fictive People]]
[[Category: Cameos, parodies and imitations|Fictive People]]

Latest revision as of 10:08, 24 October 2024

The Phantom
Phantom-01.jpg
First appearance: 1936
Created by: Lee Falk and Ray Moore


The Phantom is the title character in the American comic strip "The Phantom". He made a guest appearance first time in the story Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu as "Kit Walker".

Appearances

The Phantom appearances in the Mandrake strip

Year Daily/Sunday Title Comments
1939 Daily "Mandrake in North Africa" indirect reference, Lothar becomes prince of Wambesi.
1967 Sunday "The Blackout Caper" easter egg, on tv.
1971 Daily "The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)" easter egg, on a comic book cover.
1976 Daily "The Evil Twin" easter egg as Mr. Walker, on a comic book cover.
1977 Sunday "Old Folks" easter egg, on a comic book cover.
1977 Daily "The Cooler" easter egg, a daily strip in the newspaper.
1977 Sunday "Mr Ttazz" cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a picture. Also the Kit Walker Stadium.
1985 Daily "The Hijacking" easter egg, on a comic book cover.
1986 Sunday "The Lost City" Defenders of the Earth promotion.
1988 Sunday "The Young Prince" easter egg, a Phantom doll.
1989 Daily "Matter Mover" cameo, Kit Walker mentioned and seen as a statue.
1991 Daily "The Terrorists" easter egg, on a comic book cover.
1991 Sunday "The Million Dollar Tour" easter egg, on a poster: Phantom the Musical.
1992 Sunday "The Prison Break" easter egg, on a t-shirt.
1995 Daily "The Monster Thief" easter egg, Phantom mask in a toy shop.
1995 Daily "Pursuit of the Cobra" easter egg, Phantom mask in a toy shop, a man in the barber chair read the newspaper Jimmi Wells Found.
1996 Sunday "The Swarm" easter egg, "Old Jungle Sayings" a book with a picture of the Phantom on the cover.
1996 Sunday "Dr. Holton's Reputation" easter egg, Mandrake is reading "Fantomen", a Swedish Phantom comic book.
1996 Daily "Alibi Algie" easter egg, Slam Evil poster (the Phantom movie).
1997 Daily "Scary Aliens" easter egg, on a cap.
1997 Sunday "Speedy" easter egg, Slam Evil poster (the Phantom movie).
1997 Daily "Mandrake's Wedding at Cockaigne" The Phantom, on TV
1997 Daily "Mandrake's Wedding at the College of Magic" easter egg, in a newspaper.
1998 Daily "Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu" cameo, as Kit Walker.
1998 Sunday "Mandrake Marries Narda" cameo, as Kit Walker.
1999 Daily "The Haunted Ballroom" easter egg, on a t-shirt.
1999 Daily "The Secret Mission" easter egg, Phandrake - a giant navy yacht.
1999 Daily "Siege at Xanadu" easter egg, on TV and on a comic book cover.
2001 Daily "The Missing Aviatrix" cameo
2001 Sunday "Return of the Tourist" easter egg, on a t-shirt.
2002 Sunday "Shadows on Devil Road" ( -- nb: last Mandrake Sunday story / The Phantom is a full character of the story )
2003 Daily "Lights! Camera! Danger!" cameo
2005 Daily "Blizzard of Crime" easter egg, The Phantom movie tag line on a t-shirt.
2006 Daily "Still Lovely, Still Deadly" cameo
2008 Daily "The Unknown Island" mentioned only.

Mandrake appearances in the Phantom strip

Year Daily/Sunday Title Comments
1977 Daily "Phantom Wedding" guest in the wedding
1977 Sunday "The Wedding of the Phantom" guest in the wedding
1978 daily "The Heirs" in flashback
1986 Sunday "The Escaped Convicts" dream sequence, Defenders of the Earth promotion
1996 daily "Mr Big" in flashback
2005 Sunday "On the Trail of an Assassin" flashback
2013 Sunday "Mandrake's Bon Voyage"
2015 Sunday "Trouble in the Twelve Nations"
2015 daily "The Twins' Futures" Mandrake, Narda, Lothar and Hojo: guests in the twins 15th birthday party
2017 daily "The Return of the Locust" mentioned
2023 daily "The Journey Home" mentioned and illustrated
2024 Sunday "The Commander Will See You Now]" Lee Falk reading a newspaper with a Mandrake Sunday page

DC stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"Framed" Mark Verheiden Luke McDonnell as guest in the wedding of the Phantom and Diana

Marvel stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"Defenders of the Earth" Stan Lee, Bob Harras Saviuk, Fredericks
"Creation" Michael Higgins Saviuk, Fredericks
"Family Honor" Higgins Saviuk, Fredericks
"Magical Child" Higgins Saviuk, Fredericks

Moonstone stories

Title Writer Artist Comments
"Jewel of Denial" Mike Bullock Samicler Gonçalves
"Concrete Jungle" Bullock, Kevin Grevioux Gonçalves

Futuristic Settings

In Defenders of the Earth, Mandrake is one of the defenders, and has the adoptive son Kshin.

See also