The historic line stops at Kit Walker the 21st, who has forsaken the mantle of The Ghost Who Walks and is enjoying a life with a growing family, while handling the day-to-day affairs of the Walkabout Foundation, a philanthropy created by one of the previous Walkers/Phantoms to help support charities benefiting Bengala, and the surrounding nations of continental Africa. The Walkabout Foundation was funded initially by pirate treasure from the very first Phantom's origins. The organization is symbolic of every young Walker's world-spanning journey from the Skull Cave to the "outside world," becoming educated and awaiting his destiny to one day take up the costume and crusade of the Phantom. Except that this Kit refused to take up the domino mask, rings, and Colt .45s of his father upon Kit Sr.'s death. Alex Ross' beautiful and dynamic vision promises to bring the concept of the Phantom to the 21st century, and it could not be in better hands.
 

"Being a fan of the Phantom for many years, I've had a vision for a long time of a stylistic change and a dramatic way of illustrating him," said Alex Ross.  "Finally through Dynamite Entertainment and working with Scott Beatty, I'm able to fulfill this artistic concept and give a very personalized spin on one of the greatest superheroes of them all."

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Okay, I've  barely heard of this character before, but this looks really cool.

Ooooo hell yeah!! I'm so reading this!! I adore Phantom!! I read it as a kid from my father's old  issues/books... I adore it! Can't wait! :D

Looking good, Dynamite ftw

Huh... Worth checking out ...
I never saw the movie... but now I'm intrigued

 I m kind of excited about this, I've always liked the Phantom and his back story. The passing of the persona from generation to generation left so much room for great stories either from the present Phantom or flashbacks to his ancestors. From what I remember, the movie wasn't half bad. I hope that Ross will run with it and hopefully erase my memory of that god awful Phantom TV pilot comicvine posted a couple months ago. 

No idea who Phantom is, but ill read it because Alex Ross is AMAZING. Nothing compares to his work. Im excited just to see it.

Dynamite has been rocking some solid lineups on their label lately.  After I read The Green Hornet issue from FCBD, I ended up picking up all three of the core series that Kevin Smith is writing.  They've also got The Boys, which I've read a couple of issues for, and I enjoyed Herogasm.  It's definitely a label I'm willing to pay more attention to now, and with Alex Ross revisiting The Phantom, I'm even MORE interested!!!

Can the phantom just be Black already? Seriously I really like the character but the racial make up was for a very narrow minded audience back in the 40's, can't we re tell or re imagine this character so that it represents the continent  of Africa in a more realistic and authentic way? Just throwing it out there, Alex if you are listening c'mon... I think it's time!

" Can the phantom just be Black already? Seriously I really like the character but the racial make up was for a very narrow minded audience back in the 40's, can't we re tell or re imagine this character so that it represents the continent  of Africa in a more realistic and authentic way? Just throwing it out there, Alex if you are listening c'mon... I think it's time! "

Hmm...not sure how I feel about the art. Not sure how the runny costume look's gonna work out.
 
Moonstone's has of course been doin' Phantom stories for a while now. Bit hit and miss though.

" Hmm...not sure how I feel about the art. Not sure how the runny costume look's gonna work out.  Moonstone's has of course been doin' Phantom stories for a while now. Bit hit and miss though. "

" @Gylan Thomas said:

" Hmm...not sure how I feel about the art. Not sure how the runny costume look's gonna work out.  Moonstone's has of course been doin' Phantom stories for a while now. Bit hit and miss though. "

I'd agree with that assessment. "

I love love LOVE the Phantom. I thought the movie was just great. It was better than the Shadow and yes even the Rocketeer as much as I love that movie. Billy Zane did such an impeccable job as the Phantom it's just hard for me to see someone else play him. He had an impact on me just how well he played him and the charm that he gave the character. I loved how he was a fan of the Phantom since he was a kid and how he refused to wear a muscle suit & proved that he could pack on the muscle. Which he did BIG time. So to me that movie doesn't get enough credit. What's funny is that Hugh Hefner is huge fan of the Phantom himself he let them use his mansion for the movie. It was earlier in the movie when Diana Palmer returned and was at that party. So The Phantom does have it's fans. It's nice to see Alex be the one to want to spearhead this and bring him back again. 
 
That's another thing why I'm a fan of Alex Ross besides his beautiful artwork. Is that he's a fan of the same heroes I like & grew up with. Like when it comes to DC he's a Silver Age fan like myself. So I'm just thrilled to see this happening.  
 
Thank you Babs for posting this & glad to see you're a fan of the 90's Phantom movie too. :D 
 
P.S. I'm not looking forward to that God awful Sci-Fi channel Phantom tv movie. Just looks flat out terrible.

Well Babs,
It could have been worse...you could have like Alec Baldwin's The Shadow  movie! I'm sure somewhere Billy Zane is proud to know there was one fan out there who loved that flick!

I'd love to see more Phantom, but who I'd really love to see more of is the Shadow!

"I'd love to see more Phantom, but who I'd really love to see more of is the Shadow! "

What has Alex Ross been doing. Has he made any recent comics? 

i remember getting rings when i saw it !!!!!  

I gotta say, I loved the movie too! And when I found out that he was a comic book character I always wanted to read something about The Phantom, but i wanted something new, not 50 year old comics! 
 
I'm excited about this series and I think Ross fits in like a skull-shaped ring! haha!!

I have never seen a more creepy Phantom then the Last Phantom, Dynamite is a can not miss publisher. Green Hornet, The Phantom, Project Superpowers, and Vampirella. Dynamite is quickly turning into my favorite publisher, if it wasn't for Thor, Nova, Iron Man, and Cap I would exclusively pick up Dynamite.

Another old school hero returns and I love it!

That one trick pony needs to up his game and bring something new to the table.

It's hard to believe that the Billy Zane movie came out  just a little under 14 years ago. I used to love that movie as a kid. I'm just hoping they don't butcher it like they did with the made for tv movie.
 
@MysterioMaximus said:

"I'd love to see more Phantom, but who I'd really love to see more of is the Shadow! "

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" Okay, I've  barely heard of this character before, but this looks really cool. "

I hope he knows he is leaking everywhere.

Heh, I remember the movie from my childhood as well as the Peter Chung animated Phantom. Well this looks a lot more fateful to the character than that SYFY movie that is coming out which looks like crap.  
 
  

" @Gylan Thomas: The Phantom is a white dude, like Tarzan, Doc Savage, The Spider and pretty much any of the other Pulp Heroes from that Era. I say if Nick Fury can be black why not the Phantom? I mean, wouldn't make more sense to make him black? "

   
I've never heard of this character but it looks awesome. Of course, it is Alex Ross so everything he does is awesome.

" @ElJuano said:

" @Gylan Thomas: The Phantom is a white dude, like Tarzan, Doc Savage, The Spider and pretty much any of the other Pulp Heroes from that Era. I say if Nick Fury can be black why not the Phantom? I mean, wouldn't make more sense to make him black? "

I don't have any thing against the concept of a black Phantom but it would mean changing his entire back story. The Smauel L. Jackson Fury is in a seperate universe so the Hasselhof Fury isn't completely forgotten. "