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

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

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

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