There have been some physical differences. One Phantom was called "The Runt" and was much shorter than the other Phantoms. And I think I has been mentioned that the current Phantom's grandfather was the tallest and strongest Phantom ever. So they're not like identical clones but usually they're all drawn pretty similar by the comics artists.
No Phantom has died of old age, and the average life length of a Phantom is probably around 40 years. But Phantoms keep in pretty good shape so they probably look young for their age even if they reach their 50s
Nope, Lee changed that around first. I think that even DC:s miniseries picks up on this aswell, and mentions the 13th being the shortest. But in the Jean Lafitte story he is (apparently) of normal height.
I know we have had this argument before in the Phantom Phorum BUT I thought I remember someone saying that Egmont changed the Runt story to the 13th Phantom instead of the 9th...
I know we have had this argument before in the Phantom Phorum BUT I thought I remember someone saying that Egmont changed the Runt story to the 13th Phantom instead of the 9th...
True, but they didn't just to this "for fun" - there was a reason for it. And that was that Lee Falk first had described "the Runt" as the 13th Phantom in a previous story, and Semic/Egmont wanted to be consistent with that previous Falk story.
btw about this article I posted about it on my blog:
http://germworks.net/blog/2007/05/30/pha...interview/
While I've not read the Egmont story you link to a review of, based on your review, the stories and directions of the Singh in the Egmont story aren't even close to what's going on under the Moon.
That sounds good and I am very interested to see how you play it out
But Phantoms keep in pretty good shape so they probably look young for their age even if they reach their 50s
Yes, and nobody's able to see the difference between the newly passed 50 year old father and the new Phantom; his 20 year old son. :mrgreen:
From the Newsarama article;
It’s funny that you should ask that. Bret was originally approached to create a cover for last February's Phantom Annual #1, but while the cover was gorgeous, it really didn’t fit the stories in the annual. Therefore, instead of letting such a beautiful piece of artwork go to waste, I wrote a story to suit it, which became issue 16. We left it uncolored as an homage of sorts to the black and white roots of the Phantom’s newspaper strips. So far, I think it’s one of the best looking Phantom covers ever created.
That's very interesting. I wondered why they left it black and white, that's a good reason.
So, to a Phan who started reading in the ‘80s, the Phantom who fought cruelty, greed and injustice in the 50s doesn’t go on the same sorts of adventures.
That is a very good point and something I think a lot of the nay-sayers forget.
Next up is Angela Carlyle, the lovely lady in issue #16. I can’t say much more about her right now, but Phans haven’t seen the last of Angela.
Woohoo! I really enjoyed here in #16! Can't wait to see where her character goes.