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Thread #110581   Message #2321601
Posted By: John on the Sunset Coast
21-Apr-08 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: Most unintentionally hilarious comics ever!
Subject: RE: BS: Homage to 5 worst (?) comics of all time
Donuel, you just don't understand the concept of the Phantom. He isn't just one white guy trying to reform the middle east. That's Geo Bush you're thinking of. No, the Phantom is one immortal (seemingly; he's been around since the 16th century) white guy trying to keep peace somewhere in Africa among the jungle tribes, and trying to keep evil white folks away from the tribesmen. Along the way he fights pirates, spies and assorted other world baddies. The Phantom is also considered the first of the comics' masked, costumed, (super)heroes, a Zorro in purple tights.

The Phantom is my all-time favorite comic strip [there, I've said it!] since I was about age five, in spite of its probable political incorrectness. It is still going, but I would like to find strip reprints from 1945/1946. So far, no success.