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The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional African country Bangalla.The Phantom is the 21st in a line of crimefighters that originated in 1536, when the father of British sailor Christopher Walker was killed during a pirate attack. Swearing an oath on the skull of his father's murderer to fight evil, Christopher started the legacy of the Phantom that would be passed from father to son, leaving people to give the mysterious figure nicknames such as "The Ghost Who Walks", "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" and "The Man Who Cannot Die", believing him to be immortal.
Unlike many fictional costumed heroes, the Phantom does not have any superpowers but relies mainly on his strength, intelligence, and fearsome reputation of being an immortal ghost to defeat his foes. The 21st Phantom is married to Diana Palmer, whom he met while studying in the United States; they have two children, Kit and Heloise. He has a trained wolf, Devil, and a horse named Hero. Like all previous Phantoms, he lives in the ancient Skull Cave.
The series began with a daily newspaper strip on February 17, 1936, followed by a color Sunday strip on May 28, 1939; both are still running as of 2015. At the peak of its popularity, the strip was read by over 100 million people each day.
Lee Falk continued working on The Phantom until his death in 1999. Today, the comic strip is produced by writer Tony DePaul and artists Paul Ryan (Monday-Saturday) and Terry Beatty (Sunday). Previous artists on the newspaper strip include Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Bill Lignante, Sy Barry, George Olesen, Keith Williams, Fred Fredericks, Graham Nolan and Eduardo Barreto.
New Phantom stories are published in comic books in different parts of the world, among them Dynamite Entertainment and Hermes Press in the United States, Egmont in Sweden, Norway and Finland (not anymore), and Frew Publications in Australia.
The Phantom was the first fictional hero to wear the skintight costume that has now become a hallmark of comic book superheroes and was also the first shown wearing a mask with no visible pupils, another superhero standard.
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Le Fantôme du Bengale (1996)
, 1h40Réalisé par Simon Wincer
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Thèmes Super-héros, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Acteurs Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Patrick McGoohan
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Dans les années 1930, dans la forêt de Bengalla, un justicier masqué du nom de Fantôme fait régner la justice et la paix. Jusqu'au jour où il apprend qu'un richissime collectionneur corrompu du nom de Xander Drax cherche à s'accaparer trois mystérieux crânes qui une fois réunit lui conféreront d'immenses pouvoirs. Avec l'aide d'une journaliste, Diane Palmer, il va tenter de tout faire pour que Xander Drax n'arrive pas à ses fins.
The Phantom (1943)
, 4h59Réalisé par B. Reeves Eason
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Thèmes Super-héros
Acteurs Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, Kenneth MacDonald, Ernie Adams, Anthony Caruso, Frank Shannon
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