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The Phantom, The Ghost Who Walks

Real Name: Christopher

Walker

Identity/Class: Normal

human

Occupation: Crimefighter

Affiliations:His ancestorsand

descendants; Diana

Palmer, Hero (his horse,

De!il (his "olf, Dart (his

falcon, #oom$a (his

elephant, %andrake, the#ungle Patrol

Enemies: Chessman, the&k' and, the Golden

Circle, %ermaids of %elo

&traits, )ad' )uck Pirates

Known Relatives: Diana Walker ("ife; *it(son, the ++nd Phantom;

Heloise (daughter, e- *ing (adopted son, %aude (mother, deceased,

Da!e Palmer ("ife.s uncle, )il' Palmer (mother/in/la", Christopher

&tandish(ancestor, first Phantom, deceased

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, *it, *ip, the %an Who Cannot Die,Guardian of the 0astern Dark, the Gra' Ghost

Base of Operations: &kull Ca!e, The Deep Woods, angalla, 1frica

First Appearance: Phantom ne"spaper strip (*ing 2eatures &'ndicate, 34th

2e$ruar' 3567

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good fighter, trained in man'

forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries a

dagger, t"in 89 pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left hand, a four

o!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotating cross, "hich marks the

$earer as $eing under the Phantom.s protection; the &kull %ark on the right

hand, normall' deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the!ictim as someone "ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8

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"istory: 2or more than four centuries criminals and !illains the "orld o!er

ha!e spoken in "hispers of a legendar' figure, the Ghost Who Walks, aseeker of =ustice "ho cannot $e killed or stopped in his pursuit of those "ho

pre' on the "eak8 This Phantom operated out of angalla ("hose e-act

location is a $it inconsistent in the stories, $ut seems to $e near or part ofcoastal 1frica, $ut "ould pursue e!ildoers across the glo$e8 Those "ho faced

him "ere usuall' marked for life, left "ith a skull/shaped scar on their faces,

indeli$l' marked $' the ring on his right hand "hen he strikes his enemies8

The Phantom is $oth more, and less, than his legend8 >nstead of a single,

und'ing apparition, the Phantom is a d'nast' of crimefighters "ho ha!es"orn do"n the 'ears to protect the innocent and punish the guilt', and if

necessar', to la' do"n their li!es in the ser!ice of =ustice8 Directl' descended

from Christopher &tandish, Colum$us. ca$in $o', the current Phantom, *it

Walker, is the +3st of the line8 &ince the 356?s, "hen he took o!er after thedeath of his father, *it has fought the good fight8 >n 3544, after decades of

courtship, he married his lo!e Diana Palmer, and the' no" ha!e t"o children,Christopher (*it and Heloise8

Comments: Created $' )ee 2alk, "ho "rote the strip from "hen it starteduntil he died in 35558 2alk had also created %andrake the %agician a couple

of 'ears earlier, and the t"o ha!e occasionall' sho"n up in the other.s strip,

most nota$l' "hen the' attended one another.s "eddings8 The' "ere also

depicted as allies in the Defenders of the 0arth cartoon (see $elo" for more

details8 1fter the death of )ee 2alk, his "ife 0li@a$eth completed his last t"ostories (dail' strip A35 and &unda' strip A3? from his notes8 Barious artistsha!e illustrated the strip o!er the 'ears, such as Wilson %cCo'8

To $egin "ith the Phantom appeared in his dail' strip in $lack and "hite, andit "asn.t until the &unda' supplement $egan on +th %a' 3565 that he "as

coloured purple8 No one seems to kno" "h' the colourist chose this colour,

$ut it stuck "ith the character thereafter (although !arious foreign editions

ha!e used a "ide range of colours8 2alk "as apparentl' a little surprised $'

this choice too / he had en!isioned the Phantom as "earing gre'8 eforesettling on calling the character the Phantom, he had considered The Gra'Ghost for a moniker8 1dditionall', the te-t of the $lack and "hite strip

referred to the Phantom as $eing gre' t"ice $efore the colour strip launched,and at least four times afterthis 2alk reiterated this8 >t "asn.t until 357 that

2alk finall' ga!e in and stated "ithin a stor' that the Phantom.s costume "as

purple8

With the success of the ne"spaper strip, it "asn.t long $efore collected

reprints started8 The first of them "ere in ig )ittle ooks (a8k8a8 etter )ittle

ooks, "ho released 7 !olumes:

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38 The Phantom 3567

+8 The Phantom and the &ign of the &kull 3565

68 The Phantom and Desert #ustice 3593

98 The eturn of the Phantom 359+

8 The Phantom and the &k' Pirates 359

78 The Phantom and the Girl of %'ster' 3594

The Phantom soon made the natural progression to appearing in comics,

although to $egin "ith the' featured onl' reprints8 Da!id %c*a' pu$lications

$egan the reprints inAce Comics, $et"een A33 (2e$ruar' 356 to A33

(No!em$er 35958 While that title concentrated on the dail' strip, the same

compan' $egan reprinting the &unda' strip, first inFuture ComicsA3 to A9

(#une 359? to &eptem$er 359?, then as part ofKing Comics, starting fromA73 of that title (%a' 35938 He continued there until A3 ("ith a $reak in

A39 to A3 "here he didn.t appear8 %c*a' also reprinted some Phantomdail' strips inFeature Comics, the first time the hero had a comic all to

himself, in issues A+? (356, A++, A65, A6, A78 and A4 (35958

Har!e' Comics took o!er the reprints ne-t, featuring the Phantom in A3

(cto$er 353 and A7 ofHarvey Comics Hits, then inHarvey HitsA3, A7,

A3+, A3, A+7, A67, A99 and A98 >t "asn.t until Gold *e'launched a Phantomcomic in 357+ that he got his o"n title8 >t ran for 34 issues $efore *ingComics took o!er the licence in 3577, continuing the num$ering to pu$lish

A3 to A+8 Then in 3575 it "as Charlton.sturn / the' "ent from A+5 to A498>n 3546 *ing 2eatures released a single issue of a Phantom comic,

then Pacific Comicshad their turn for + issues in 35448 D8C8 Comicsreleased

a four issue mini/series in 35, follo"ed $' an ongoing series a 'ear later,

"hich lasted 36 issues8 %ean"hile Pioneer Comics "ere releasing a !ariet' of

comic format reprints of the ne"spaper strips around the same time8 >n 3556

Wolf Comics released 5 issues of a Phantom Comic8 Then it "as the turn

of %ar!el Comics, "ith $othPhantom The Ghost Who Walks(fi!e issues,apparentl' starring the ++nd Phantom andPhantom 2040(four issues / the'had pre!iousl' pu$lished the Phantom as part of theirefen!ers of the

"arthcomic, $ased on the cartoon of the same name8 %ost recentl' (+??+

on %oonstone Pu$lishingha!e $een releasing their !ersion of the iconic

character8

et"een &eptem$er 354+ and #ul' 354 1!on ooks released a series of 3

no!els $ased (mostl' on )ee 2alk.s strips8 >n 3557 a no!elisation of the

mo!ie "as released8

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The Phantom has $een a "orld/"ide phenomenon / he is pu$lished under a

!ariet' of names:

)e 2antEme in 2rance and 2rench Canada

2antoom in the Netherlands

0l Hom$re 0nmascarado (The %asked %an in &pain

).Fomo %ascherato (The %asked %an in >tal'

2antomet in Nor"a'

2antomen in &"eden

%ustanaamio (lack %ask in 2inland

2antom in ugosla!ia

*i@ilmaske (ed %ask in Turke' (thanks to #oshua D8 Walker for

correcting m' translation of this

Phantomas in >srael

ethala (Ghost in the *annada or etaal (Hindi for Phantom or Ghost

or 1ran'ade$ (The God of the #ungle in engali in >ndia

2antasma in 1rgentina, ra@il, %e-ico, Portugal, Bene@uela

era/Na/)i!a in 2i=i

>n some of these countries, the demand is sufficientl' high that local creati!e

teams ha!e produced ne" strips, not a!aila$le else"here / some of these ha!edepicted the future ad!entures of this Phantom.s children8

Besa )ehtinen notes that #$efore %arvel comics came to &can!inavia at the'()0*s+ Phantom ,as the most -o-ular .& su-erhero alongsi!e ,ith the

&u-erman /an! more -o-ular ,ith the ol!er -o-ulation since he ,as not as

#im-ossi$le# as &u-erman my gran!mother use! to rea! the stri-1

&can!inavian comics -u$lishing house &emic Press /that later $ecome

"gmont Pu$lishing1 has ha! its o,n Phantom comic $ooks in the Finnish an!

&can!inavian languages from '(30*s on,ar!s t has -u$lishe! $oth theoriginal stri-s an! its o,n stories+ ,ritten an! !ra,n $y &,e!ish an! Finnish

comic artists For e5am-le+ Finnish artist Kari T 6e--7nen ma!e a num$erof stories that !e-icte! historical Phantoms in historical situations+ inclu!ing

one ,here one of the mo!ern Phantom*s ancestors !efen!s the slan! of %altaagainst Turkish con8uerors &ome of the ,riters also use! the $ackgroun! of

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9angalla to ,rite a!ventures $ase! on reallife thir!,orl! -ro$lems or

ela$orate! on Phantom*s $ackgroun!+ like ho, he met an! $efrien!e! the,olf evil#

1nshuman Gaur adds #Phantom ,as one of the more -o-ular characters in

n!ia He ,ent un!er the name *9etaal*+ ,hich in Hin!i means Phantom

There ,ere minor changes in the names of his !og:,olf &hera an! horse

Toofan+ an! some -lace names ,ere also ren!ere! into Hin!i

He $egan a--earing in the Times of n!ia in the mi! ;0*s an! later ,as

-u$lishe! $y n!ran 3596 the Phantom "as the star of a fifteenpart Colum$ia Pictures serial, starring Tom

T'ler in the lead role8 >t.s recentl' $een released

on DBD8

#osh Geren notes that 3557 sa" the

release of the $ig $udget, still set in

the thirties, Phantom "ith ill' aneas the title character and Treat

Williams as the !illain8 While a flop

at the $o- office, it is a cultfa!orite8 >n the mo!ie, ane pla's

*it Walker, the (presuma$l' +3st

Phantom, "ith Patrick %cGoohan

pla'ing his father, the +?th Phantom8

1 ne" mo!ie !ersion, The Phantom )egac' is currentl' in the"orks, scheduled for a +??5 release (thanks to Craig *illian for

this information / some more is on his "e$site8

There ha!e also $een t"o cartoons "hich featured the Phantom, more on

"hich $elo"8

There.s an e-cellent, in/depth site de!oted to the Phantom

at http:

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The(first Phantom

Real Name: Christopher &tandish

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Ca$in $o', !igilante

Affiliations: Fnkno"n

Enemies: &ingh Pirates

Known Relatives: Christina ("ife, 0ric the o!er (father/in/la",Christopher (father, deceased / accounts !ar' as to "hether his surname "as

&tandish or Walker, his !arious descendants (most named *it, Phantom A+on

Aliases: Christopher Walker, 0ric Nelson, *it, Guardian of the 0astern Dark

Base of Operations: &kull Ca!e, The Deep Woods, angalla, 1frica

First Appearance: Phantom ne"spaper strip, &unda' editions (3567

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good fighter, trained in man'

forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries a

dagger, t"in pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left hand, a fouro!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotating cross, "hich marks the

$earer as $eing under the Phantom.s protection; the &kull %ark on the righthand, normall' deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the

!ictim as someone "ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8

"istory: >n the earl' 3??.s Christopher *it &tandish sailed the oceans "ith

his father, a sea captain "ho had once $een the ca$in $o' of Christopher

Colum$us8 *it "as due to take o!er control of the !essel once their current

!o'age ended, $ut destin' stepped in to pre!ent this8 ff the coast of 1frica

the ship "as raided $' the &ingh pirates, and the t"o cre"s fought a !icious

$attle in the middle of a raging storm, "ith the pirates graduall' gaining theupper hand8 Then the ship ran "as smashed $' the tide onto a reef, ripping it

apart8 1s his !essel "ent do"n, so too did the Captain, struck do"n $' a $lo"to the heart from the s"ord of the pirate chief8 *it.s attempt to gain !engeance

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for the murder of his sire "as pre!ented $' the destruction of the ship, and he

"as "ashed o!er$oard into the storm' "aters, and lost consciousness8

He "as disco!ered "ashed ashore $' a group of angallan p'gmies, "ho

nursed him $ack to health8 nce he had reco!ered, he returned to the $each

"ere he had $een found, "here he disco!ered the remains of a 0uropean man8

Closer e-amination of the corpse re!ealed it to $e his father.s killer8 *it left

the $od' for the sca!engers, $ut returned some time later8 Taking the skull, he

s"ore an oath that he and his descendants "ould li!e to ensure thedestruction of pirac', greed, cruelt' and in=ustice8 oth *it and his

descendants ha!e remained true to this oath for o!er four centuries8 *it freedthe local andar tri$es from sla!ers "ho "ere pre'ing on them, gaining their

friendship and allegiance for all time8 Taking inspiration from one of their

nati!e idols, he designed a costume and set up $ase in a ca!e "ith an entrance

"hich resem$led a skull8 Thus $egan the legend of the Phantom, the GhostWho Walks8

Comments: Created $' )ee 2alk8

Though the first Phantom "as originall' named &tandish, his surname "as

later ret/conned to ha!e $een Walker all along8 2or the sake of this profile,>.!e left it as &tandish8 >n the 359o.s hard$ack $ook, The &on of the Phantom,

the original Phantom "as named 0ric Nelson, and his father "as renamed &irGerald Neslon8 Ho"e!er this appears to $e the onl' time these names "ere

used8

The onl' hardco!er Phantom $ook (other than the ig )ittle ooks "as

pu$lished from 3599/3597 $' the Whitman Pu$lishing Co8, titled The &on of

the Phantom8

The ++nd Phantom

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Real Name:

ChristopherWalker

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Crimefighter

Affiliations: Fnkno"n

Enemies: General a$adu

Known Relatives: Diana Walker (mother; *it (father, the +3st Phantom,

deceased; Heloise (sister, e- *ing (adopted $rother, %aude (paternal

grandmother, deceased, Da!e Palmer (mother.s uncle, )il' Palmer (maternalgrandmother, Christopher &tandish(ancestor, first Phantom,

deceased, *it(grandson, the +9th Phantom

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, *it, the %an Who Cannot Die, Guardian of

the 0astern Dark

Base of Operations: &kull Ca!e, The Deep Woods, angalla, 1frica

First Appearance: /as Kit1 Phantom ne"spaper strip (3544

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/as Phantom1)ee 2alk.s The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks (%ar!el

Comics, 3559

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good fighter, trained in man'

forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries a

dagger, t"in pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left hand, a four

o!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotating cross, "hich marks the

$earer as $eing under the Phantom.s protection; the &kull %ark on the righthand, normall' deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the

!ictim as someone "ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8

"istory: 1fter his father "as murdered $' General a$adu and his mercenar'

allies, 'oung *it Walker took on the mantle of the Phantom to a!enge his

dead parent and to carr' on the famil' tradition8

Comments: Created $' )ee 2alk, $ut depicted as the Phantom for the first

time $' Da!e De Bries and Glen )umsden8

The+9th Phantom(Phantom +?9?

Real Name:

Christopher

Walker #r8

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Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Crimefighter, uni!ersit' student

Affiliations: 1unt Heloise, Guran, &parks, #ack 1rcher

Enemies: e$ecca %adison, %a-"ell %adison &r8, %a-"ell %adison #r,%a-imum >nc8, Iueen Nia, Graft

Known Relatives: *it Walker(grandfather, the ++nd Phantom, *it Walker

(father, the +6rd Phantom, 1unt Heloise (grandfather.s sister

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, *it, the %an Who Cannot Die, Guardian of

the 0astern Dark

Base of Operations: %etropia and the Ghost #ungle

First Appearance: Phantom +?9? (Hearst 0ntertainment for &'ndication,

3559

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good fighter, trained in man'

forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries adagger, t"in pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left hand, a four

o!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotating cross, "hich marks the$earer as $eing under the Phantom.s protection; the &kull %ark on the right

hand, normall' deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the

!ictim as someone "ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8

"istory: The +6rd Phantom united 1frica in the 'ear +?39, $ringing the

continent a ne" age of peace and prosperit'8 2inding little to do in hishomeland, he relocated to the Fnited &tates, $ased out of %etropia, the cit'

formerl' kno"n as Ne" ork8 He soon ran fo"l of %a- %adison, !illainoushead of the %a-imum >nc8 corporation, and the t"o $egan a length' feud

"hich ended in +?+9, "hen $oth men disappeared the night a train carr'ingto-ic "aste crashed into Grand Central &tation, demolishing it and poisoning

large portions of the cit'8

The son of the +6rd Phantom, *it Walker #r, "as raised $' a man called

Guran8 Fna"are of his heritage, he "as the first of his line in nearl' fi!ehundred 'ears "ho "asn.t trained from $irth to assume the heroic mantle "orn

$' his fore$ears8 >n a cit' $lighted $' en!ironmental disaster, "here the richhad retreated from the de!astation to li!e in high to"ers o!ershado"ing the

masses "ho sca!enged a li!ing in the "astelands $elo", *it gre" up lo!ing

"hat remained of the natural "orld, and "ent to uni!ersit' "ith the goal of

$ecoming an en!ironmental engineer, and to "ork in Ne" [email protected] eco/

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preser!es8 %ean"hile %a- %adison.s "ido" and son used %a-imum >nc8 and

their ro$otic iot enforcers to consolidate their po"er, and plotted to constructC'$er!ille, a ha!en for the elite to hide in "hile the 0arth died8

n *it.s 3th $irthda' he "as informed of his heritage8 Though his ne" role

in life "as something he "as unprepared for, and he felt unread' for the =o$,

still he recognised the "eight of histor' and that the "orld needed a hero, no"

more than e!er8 Thus *it Walker #r $ecame the +9th Phantom, and the ghost

"alked once more8

Comments: Phantom +?9? "as a cartoon, launched in 3559, "hich

rein!isioned the character for a d'stopian near future "orld8 The sho" lasted67 episodes (6+ stories, "ith the ne" Phantom !oiced $' &cott Balentine8

38 Generation Fnto Generation (3+8 Generation Fnto Generation (+

68 The &um f The Parts

98 2ire 1nd >C0

8 eflections of Glor'

78 &hado"s 2rom The Past

48 The Good %ark

8 Ghost >n The %achine

58 Dark r$it (3

3?8Dark r$it (+

338The iot >n ed

3+8The Gauntlet

368Three >nto ne

398)ife )essons

38The %agician

378&"ifter, Higher, 2aster

348)asers >n The #ungle

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38Do"n The )ine

358Control Group (start of &eason +

+?81 o' 1nd His Cat

+38ite f Passage

++8The World >s %' #ungle

+68&anctuar'

+98The Ties That ind

+8The Woman >n The %oon

+78%atter !er %ind

+48The &ins f The 2ather (3

+8The &ins f The 2ather (+

+58The &acrifice (3

6?8The &acrifice (+

638ogue

6+8The &econd Time 1round

668The 2uries

698%oments f Truth

68The Whole Truth

678Ghost Who Walks

>n %a' 355 %ar!el released a four issue mini/series to tie in "ith the ne"

Phantom cartoon8

The+4th Phantom(Defenders of the 0arth

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Real Name: Fnkno"n ($ut pro$a$l' *it

Walker

Identity/Class: Fnkno"n / human mutateJ

Occupation: Crimefighter

Affiliations: The Defenders of the 0arth

Enemies: %ing the %erciless, *urt

Known Relatives: #edda(daughter, *urt

(t"in $rother

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, the %an

Who Cannot Die, Guardian of the 0astern

Dark

Base of Operations: &kull Ca!e, The Deep

Woods, angalla, 1frica

alsoThe Defenders of the 0arth $ase

First Appearance:efen!ers of the

"arth0pisode A3 0scape from %ongo

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good fighter, trained in man'

forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries adagger, t"in 89 pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left hand, a four

o!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotating cross, "hich marks the

$earer as $eing under the Phantom.s protection; the &kull %ark on the right

hand, normall' deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the

!ictim as someone "ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8

Possesses the strength of ten tigers8

"istory: >n the 'ear +?3 the !illainous %ing the %erciless threatens thesecurit' of the "orld8 &e!eral heroes all' to th"art his e!il plans, including

the Phantom (+4th in the line and his daughter #edda, "ho

alongside 2lash Gordon, %andrakethe %agician, )otharand their proteges

form a group kno"n as the Defenders of the 0arth8

Comments: The Defenders of the 0arth "as a cartoon "hich attempted to

$ring together a num$er of *ings 2eatures ne"spaper strip heroes into a

single team8 The Phantom, !oiced $' Peter %ark ichman, "as said to the

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+4th in the line ("hich, gi!en the +?3 date, doesn.t reall' fit in "ith an' of

the other Phantoms8 The sho" lasted 7 episodes::

38 0scape 2rom %ongo

+8 The Creation f %onitor

68 1 Demon >n His Pocket

98 1 House Di!ided

8 its 1nd Chips

78 The oot f 0!il

48 Cold War

8 The &leeper 1"akens

58 The e!enge f 1stra

3?8The Hall f Wisdom

338The %ind Warrior, Part >>

3+8The )ost #e"els f Ti$et

368The %ind Warriors

398The 0!il f Doctor Dark

38Diamonds 1re %ing.s est 2riends

378The %en f 2rost

348attleground

38The Panther Peril

3582ur' f The Deep

+?82amil' eunion

+38The Defense Ne!er ests

++8)ike 2ather, )ike Daughter

+68The Would e Defender

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+98Door"a's >nto Darkness

+8Deal With The De!il

+78Terror >n Time

+48%ing.s Household Help

+8The &tar$o'

+58The Gods 1"ake

6?8The Ghost Walks 1gain

638The ook f %'steries

6+8The 2uture Comes ut nce

668*shin 1nd The Ghost &hip

698The Carni!al f Dr8 *alihari

68The %'ster' f The ook

6782lash Times 2our

648The 2ro@en Heart

68ick Gordon, ne %an 1rm'

658The ites f esnan

9?81udie The T"eak

938eturn f The &k' and

9+8Dracula.s Potion

968ne f The Gu's

9983?? Proof High"a'

98The Time 2ree@er

978The Prince %akes His %o!e

948Prince Triumphant

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98The Prince Weds

958The Prince.s o'al Hunt

?8The Prince >s Dethroned

38)othar.s Homecoming

+8&uspended &a$otage

68The Call f The 0ternals

98The eturn f Doctor Dark

8The Deadliest attle

78The Necklace f ros

48Torn &pace

8%ing Winter

58The Golden Iueen, Part 3

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%ar!el Comics released a four issue mini/series $ased on Defenders of the

0arth in 354 as part of their &tar Comics imprint8 The onl'

nota$le contri$ution it made to the Phantom.s m'thos "as

introducing the +4th Phantom.s e!il t"in, *urt8

The+th Phantom(Defenders of the 0arth

Real Name: #edda Walker

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Identity/Class: Fnkno"n (human mutantJ

Occupation: Crimefighter

Affiliations: *isa, The Defenders of the 0arth

Enemies: %ing the %erciless

Known Relatives: Her father(+4th Phantom

Aliases: The Ghost Who Walks, the %an Who Cannot Die, Guardian of the0astern Dark

Base of Operations: &kull Ca!e, The Deep Woods, angalla, 1frica

alsoThe Defenders of the 0arth $ase

First Appearance:efen!ers of the "arth0pisode A3 0scape from %ongo

owers/A!ilities: 0-pert horseman8 %arksman8 Good

fighter, trained in man' forms of com$at8 0-tremel' agile

and athletic8 The Phantom usuall' carries a dagger, t"in 89

pistols, and t"o distincti!e rings "hich can lea!e permanent

marks on those the' touch / the Good %ark on the left

hand, a four o!erlapping s"ords < letter P.s forming a rotatingcross, "hich marks the $earer as $eing under the Phantom.s

protection; the &kull %ark on the right hand, normall'

deli!ered "ith a solid punch to the face, "hich sho"s the !ictim as someone

"ho has crossed the Phantom and $een punished for same8 #edda also had

telekinetic po"ers and appeared to $e a$le to communicate telepathicall' "ith

her $lack panther all', *isa

"istory: #edda "as the daughter of the +4h Phantom, and like him a mem$er

of the Defenders of the 0arth8 When her father "as $riefl' $elie!ed to ha!e

died, she assumed the mantle of the Phantom until he returned8 1lthough thispro!ed to $e a false start, it remains onl' a matter of time $efore she takes onthe identit' more permanentl'8