Has a stable relationship with his wife and children

>has a stable relationship with his wife and children
>has a wolfbro and horsebro
>helps indigenous people the world over and they in turn aid him on his adventures
>fights pirates, slavers, and poachers
Is The Phantom the most wholesome superhero?

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He's the first superhero

The Shadow was first published in 1931
Zorro was first published in 1919

Why do people think it strange for Batman to have a dog

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The first comic book superhero*
What a fuddy-duddy you are.

What's his best runs bros?

Phantom is a comic strip superhero first

>Satan(father)
What now?

Those aren't super-heroes.

one of the cool things about the phantom is that the exploits of his ancestors are all chronicled so sometimes there will be a 17th century plot
there's an immortal character who shows up a few times in different centuries

Batman is a faggot
- old jungle saying

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>Zorro was first published in 1919

And Robin Hood was known of since the 15th century.

Huh, don't know about that character. I just remember a newspaper arc about a rich man who has kept himself alive quite a bit longer than possible thanks to his riches and tries to find the Phantom in order to learn his secret to his 'immortality'.

For fuck’s sake...

There’s some real life tribe that loved the comics that visitors brought them so they painted him on their shields to channel his fighting spirit or some shit like that.

That's just a wolf named Satan.

isn't he also really popular in south america nowadays or something?

The Phantom is popular in Australia and some random Tribe in the PNG.

>The phantom unironically done more for black people than black panther
We need a new virgin black panther vs chad phantom meme

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The phantom literally popular everywhere but America.

And Herakles is thousands of years old.

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>And Herakles is thousands of years old.
But Gilgamesh was the first.

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That we're aware of.

I like heroes with a lot of names, and Phantom have some of the coolest ones.
I like "The Ghost That Walks" the most

"WHO walks"...
Damnit.

You're right. The contain elements of what would become "superheroes" but they themselves aren't superheroes.

I came up with a fairly simple litmus test to determine what counts. A Superhero must

1) Have a dual identity
2) Have extraordinary skills, powers or tools that are not possible in the real world
3) Have a garish or otherwise impracticable costume/uniform
4) Must use these to perform feats of heroism

Characters like the Shadow, the Web, the Phantom, the Clock etc all tick off SOME of these but not all of them.

I meant the Spider. Not the Web.

Because normal fags are the death of comics, hence why most of Superman's supporting cast are literal who's in the eyes of the public.

I really wish the Frew reprints were sold outside of Australia. They look so fun and imaginitive. I honestly wish this was a team book instead abunch of reprints.

Forgot pic

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> 6 stories

lol wat