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  
  • Tim Hanley  https://thanley.wordpress.com/  
  • Dr Kevin Patrick https://drkevinpatrick.academia.edu/  
  • “Ohm” Phantom Collector  

• Executive Producer: Elise Cooper   

• Editor and Voice Acting: Adrian Walton   

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