Mandrake, The Magician (1939)
Jan 17, 2023Serial/Comic-Book Magician Superhero
The first screen appearance of the famous comic-book stage magician superhero in a serial adaptation
Lee Falk
The Phantom (1943)
Oct 25, 2022Serial/Comic-Book Superhero
Serial adaptation of the famous comic-strip superhero. One of the better serial comic-book adaptations, featuring some great cliffhangers and maintaining great faith to the comic-strip original
The Phantom (1996)
May 1, 2003Comic-Book Superhero
Big screen adaptation of the popular comic-strip superhero. This aims for the tone of an old fashioned serial adventure and is nicely mounted but crucially never comes to life.
The Phantom (2009)
Jun 26, 2011Comic-Book Superhero
A mini-series based on the classic comic-book masked hero but the attempts to modernise The Phantom for the post-Dark Knight era seem bizarrely awkward