Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The name is the whole trick of the strip: a mortal man in a purple suit whose reputation does the fighting, because bandits believe a ghost cannot be shot. It is also a title more than a quote, which is why the phrase turns up on book covers, bar names and in other people's comics. Fans use it for any hero who hides behind a legend.
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In context
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"The Ghost Who Walks" is the Phantom's best-known nickname, rather than a line from one scene. Lee Falk launched the daily strip on 17 February 1936 with "The Singh Brotherhood", drawn first by Falk and then by Ray Moore. Falk began the hero as a playboy, then moved the setting to a jungle and made him an apparently immortal, mythic figure. The strip's premise is that each Phantom is a son who takes up the mask when his father dies, so the same man seems never to age or die; the first, Christopher Walker, swore his oath in 1536. Villains who half believe the legend call him the Ghost, and the title has been reused for comics and a 2009 relaunch.
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- Wikipedia: The PhantomLead; Publication historyReference checked
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