The Year Was

February 17th...The Phantom: The First Superhero


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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 104. This time we examine the year 1936 as Lee Falk introduced the world to the first superhero,The Phantom aka “The Ghost Who Walks”.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhero_debuts

https://www.superworldcomics.com/blog/the-first-superhero/

http://www.phantomwiki.org/Lee_Falk

https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-superhero

https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/Julie_Walker

https://ghostwhowalks.fandom.com/wiki/The_Phanto

https://thephantom.fan/collectibles/phantom-rings/

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/products/books/superlatives/superhero-timeline

http://deepwoods.org/lee_falk.html

https://www.the-first-ever.com/first-superhero-ever/

 

Photo: 

https://phantomcomicsurvey.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/phantom-art-frame1.jpg

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