We're taking a peek behind the mask at the lives of the men who created our purple hero. We speak to Lee Falk’s daughter Valerie about her father and his creations, take you through the lives of the early artists who worked on the strip, explore the indelible effect WWII has on the world of The Phantom – and how The Ghost Who Walks inspired resistance movements across Europe against the Nazis. Plus a little tidbit about one of the founding father’s of cinema Frederico Fellini being obsessed with The Phantom. But you’ll have to listen to find out!
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LINKS
Read the episode transcript here https://bit.ly/thephantom-ep2-transcript .
Watch ‘Valerie Remembers Lee Falk (1911-1999) Valerie speaking about her father Lee Falk
Read ‘Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI’ by Robert Ressler
Buy ‘The Phantom Unmasked' Dr Kevin Patrick
Read ‘Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter’ by Tim Hanley
Follow @Maria__Lewis on Instagram
Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram
MEDIA REFERENCED
Reeves Eason, B. (Director) 1943. The Phantom [TV serial]. Columbia Pictures.
Fellini, F. (Director) 1973. Armacord [Film]. Warner Bros Pictures, New World Pictures.
‘Britain Enters World War Two: War Comes To London’ accessed via Charlie Dean Archives from The British Council Film Collection.
CREDITS
Host, Writer, Producer: Maria Lewis
Guests (in order of appearance):
Valerie Falk
Dr Kevin Patrick https://drkevinpatrick.academia.edu/
“Ohm” Phantom Collector
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
Editor and Voice Acting: Adrian Walton
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