The Phantom No. 20
date: label: date made
content: 1967-01
name: label: maker
content: King Features Syndicate
notes: label: Description
content: <i>The Phantom No. 20</i> contains stories featuring "The Phantom" and "Flash Gordon."
label: Description
content: Created by Lee Falk, “The Phantom” began as a newspaper comic strip in 1936. The purple clad hero, known as “the Ghost Who Walks” has since become a fixture of international popular culture. The character, a non-powered vigilante, is the latest of a line of anonymous heroes who protect a fictional Afro-Asian country. With a tradition dating back centuries, and with the hero’s identity and background unknown, “The Phantom” is perceived to be immortal.
label: Description
content: The space-travelling "Flash Gordon" was fist published as newspaper comic in 1934. Created by Alex Raymond, the story follows Gordon, who with his Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov, rocket to the planet Mongo, where they have frequent adventures battling the planet's warlord "Ming the Merciless."
label: Description
content: Both the Phantom and Flash Gordon have been licensed for use on merchandise and featured in mass media such as radio and film. Both have been highly influential in the development of their respective genres.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Sparta
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3010.115
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3010
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3010.115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in; 26.035 cm x 17.4625 cm