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    Character » The Phantom appears in 9038 issues.

    Created in 1936 by Lee Falk, The Phantom dwells deep in jungles of the African nation of Bangalla. The "Ghost Who Walks" has battled pirates and criminals for more than 400 years!

    The Phantom Is Coming To SyFy

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    I have to admit that when I first heard about SyFy doing a television show on The Phantom, I didn't have high hopes.  I've always been intrigued by the character when I saw him in the daily comic strips. 
     
    The big question is will a guy running around in a purple suit going to work?  I actually kind of liked the 1996 live-action movie with Billy Zane.  I seem to recall they did a decent job on it.  I haven't seen it since so it could be that my memory is playing tricks on me and it was simply too cheesy.  Is the time right for a new interpretation?
     
    As you can see from the image to the left from Phantomsite.net, they have updated his costume a bit.  I can't say that it looks extremely spectacular but it is an improvement from the costume Billy Zane had to wear.  At least it's more believable.  Check out the trailer that Bruce Vain pointed me to:
     
     
      
    What do you think?  Does it look like it has the potential for you to watch?  Will this be SyFy's next great show or will it end up like their recent Flash Gordon?  The show will air in 2010.  It premieres in Canada on December 22 on The Movie Network. 
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    #1  Edited By danhimself

    I've got to say that the new suit is no improvement over the old one....there had to be a way to update the old suit without throwing out everything about it

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    #2  Edited By Bobby X

    I liked the Billy Zane movie too :) 
     
    Of course I was like 11 or 12 then...
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    #3  Edited By SUPER-MAN 23

    It looks cool

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    #4  Edited By Niko

    Eh...not feeling the new suit. I actually kind of liked the one Billy Zane wore.

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    you know for a straight guy he wears a lot of purple not really digging the costume

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    #6  Edited By Vortex13

    I like the original costume more but this show does seem to have potential, whether it will be good or not remains to be seen.

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    #7  Edited By redmanta

    very bad costume    
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    #8  Edited By Namor1987

    lmao thats one ridiculous & hideous costume
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    #9  Edited By Archetype

    awgh man! he's so dark he's like a black hole or something he's so dark...man and he has a totally awesome costume!
     
    hey it's a family thing!
     
    please god I wish he would shoot me with his dark guns.

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    #10  Edited By Pez85

    The new suit looks more like Snake Eyes from GI Joe. 
     
    That said, the show looks pretty cool.  I'm willing to give it a shot.

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    I'd prefer a better version of the Spirit , thanks
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    #12  Edited By mrrpm01

    well it's not the best and it's not the worst comic costume, for reference I point to exhibit (a) the steel costume Shaq wore LOL.  so, I am going to give it a chance because from what I see it seems to have a good writing staff and plot.  I think the revamp is cool and cant wait till the series begins.

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    #13  Edited By AngelFrost

    Looks fun :D

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    #14  Edited By Decept-O

    Doesn't look too terribly bad.  The costume is somewhat bulky but looks like it could work in a "real world" setting for the most part.  
    I also like The Phantom and yup, I've always had issues with the purple costume.   Too bad he doesn't have a wolf in this one, or a horse.  Maybe a motorcycle will replace the horse?
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    #15  Edited By Son_of_Magnus

    *multiple man thumbs down* boo

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    #16  Edited By Ravn

    I would have almost preferred the old costume!! This looks awful!

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    #17  Edited By crazed_h3ro

    I'm just happy that thay had the original outfit
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    #18  Edited By Darkchild

    Uh......Ill give it a try.

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    #19  Edited By Pez85

    Just looking at the trailer again. 
     
    This new kid is supposed to be the son of Billy Zane's Phantom character...but, by the sound of things, the kid was given to foster parents. Does that mean Billy Zane's character is still out there? I think it'd be amazing to have Zane do cameo or something, similar to when David Hasslehoff cameoed in the beginning of the new Knight Rider series....kind of a "passing the torch" type deal.

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    #20  Edited By darknight100

    meh why not?
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    #21  Edited By Agent Buttons
    Looking forward to watching this on the Syence Fyction channel  -___-
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    #22  Edited By TheSavageAssasin
    @darkrider said:
    " very bad costume     "
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    #23  Edited By TheSavageAssasin

    I will give this a try

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    #24  Edited By NightFang3

    Looks good.

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    #25  Edited By King Quisling

    Hehe saw concept art for this a while back. Instantly was reminded of bible man. :P 
     

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    #26  Edited By Bruce Vain
      I'm personally not too thrilled about this. I'm cool with updating the suit and all but to make such a drastic change from the original is just flat out dumb. He looks like something out of Kamen Rider to me. The Billy Zane adaptation was 10 x's better. The reason why they didn't go with a rubber suit in the movie cause Billy was against it and packed on the muscle. When they saw that they were like Ok guess we WON'T need the rubber suit. lol ...So yeah being a fan of the Phantom I'm not thrilled about this. Sc-Fi already ruined Flash Gordon . I don't know if I'm prepared for them to ruin another pulp comic favorite of mine. 
     
    Another pic this time of the ring. Again Billy's was better. 
     

     
     

    Notice how the ring is on the wrong finger. It should be on the middle finger. Any who has any fight training knows you punch with your first 2 knuckles. Ssssso how is he gonna make the skull imprint on people's faces if it's on his ring finger ?

     
    @Omega The Supreme Being :


    Well, technically he originally was greay, but because of the printing the coloring became purple. So they just stuck with it. It's the same with Vicki Vale. She's actually blonde not a red head,. Since she was based off of Marilyn Monroe, but again it was the printing back then. It's ironic too that when the '89 Batman came out. People were complaining that she wasn't red headed. When finding out years later Vicki was actually a blonde. lol
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    #27  Edited By RedGhostman

    Trailer looks good. Pretty sure the show WILL suck because it's SyFy. Loved the old movie. Costume worked. Hey, it's the 1930's. Updating it to present day is dumb. Origin sucks. The costume is ridiculous. 

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    #28  Edited By Jotham

    Looks pretty cool. I'm not digging the new suit, but I thought the old one was kind of ridiculous, at least in live action.

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    #29  Edited By Jotham

    Looks pretty cool. I'm not digging the new suit, but I thought the old one was kind of ridiculous, at least in live action.

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    #30  Edited By cjhanz

    i liked the old suit too dudes  
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    #31  Edited By Harlekin

    Just fix the helmet thing.

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    #32  Edited By ElJuano

    CaCa with chunks of purple dookie....'nuff said.................................NEXT!!!!!

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    #33  Edited By SystemID

    Forget the Phantom.  BRING BACK FIREFLY!!

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    #34  Edited By Bruce Vain

    More Phantom news Lionsgate will release The Phantom, the 1996 film starring Billy Zane, on Blu-ray on Feb. 9     
     

     
     
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    #35  Edited By The Sadhu

    The Phantom... the reason I got into comics in the first place! 
     
    Interesting twist on a classic character... I'll give it a chance!
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    #36  Edited By welshguy

    Looks darker and more mature than I thought it would be. Not a bad thing. Doesn't look quite the cheese-fest that was the Flash Gordon revamp recently (those bloody flapping bird guys; i was okay with the series until they showed up)

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    #37  Edited By drawme

    I like the trailer. It felt right...so I want to watch the movie.

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    #38  Edited By Jediknightjace

    Can we discuss something other than the costume?   :)
    I'll definitely watch this. It quite possibly won't live up to its potential, but if it actually is as cool as the trailer indicates, I think it will be pretty good. Kind of like what a Green Arrow spin-off show from Smallville would be like.

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    #39  Edited By rasx

    The villians look interesting, I may just give this show a try!
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    #40  Edited By goldenkey
    @danhimself said:
    "I've got to say that the new suit is no improvement over the old one....there had to be a way to update the old suit without throwing out everything about it "

    I concur.  they could have done something with the suit and left the mask.  The mask wasn't bad even in the movie.  Billy Zane was a good actor that never got the chance at anything good.  Shit with his features he could have done just about any comicbook character out there.
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    #41  Edited By TheBug


    As a huge Phantom fan, who purchased the entire collected edition of the original Phantom strips, I say the ScyFy network can suck eggs. 
     
    ScyFy network has not been good in years, and that costume is a gigantic epic fail.

     

     

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    #42  Edited By Jamiracles

    Wow. I could have easily given this show some of my time had they kept the original suit. Sad. :(

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    #43  Edited By ComicCrazy

    A while back I was so happy to hear that they were going to do soething with the Phantom, I really do not like this at all I wanted them to basically reboot the old one. I really liked the old costume I just didnt like the villain in the old one.
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    #44  Edited By jefprice

    I'm a really big Phantom fan. I read the strip growing up, and loved the movie, that being said I think this looks great with one small issue. His new look....Well he looks like a moron.

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    #45  Edited By UnsolvedParadox

    The new suit looks like a Foot soldier with Shredder's face mask...hmm...

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    #46  Edited By Samuraikenpo

    guess they arent really sticking with the ghost who walks thing i suppose
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    #47  Edited By Midnighter223

    Quite frankly, the new suit looks stupid. You can't very well change the iconic suit and expect to attract longtime Phantom fans.

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    #48  Edited By Staticoss

    why not just kevlar the old suit and make it dark purple....it isn't that hard 
     
    the new costume sucks  
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    #49  Edited By Illuminarch
    @Staticoss said:
    " why not just kevlar the old suit and make it dark purple....it isn't that hard  the new costume sucks   "
    This.
     
    They better still keep him fighting in the jungles of Bangalla, not transplanted to some American city or something. That would be the final torpedo to sink the concept.
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    #50  Edited By Press Oblivion
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