Shield (painted with the Phantom character)

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Shield (painted with the Phantom character)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The Phantom Comic in Papua New Guinea The Phantom comic was created by American Lee Falk in 1936 and was the very first costumed superhero preceding Superman by two years. The Phantom comic strip debuted in The New York Journal on February 17, 1936. Since then The Phantom has been published in more than 500 newspapers in approximately 40 countries, creating legions of dedicated ‘Phans’. The comic has been translated into approximately 15 languages including Tok Pisin, a form of Pidgin Englis...

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Format

Image

Date created

1970-80s

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1486802

Related subjects

Heroes / wood / pigment / plant fibre / paint / shields / Papua New Guinea / Melanesian / Papua New Guinean / Adventure comics

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