Heroes of Lemuria Part 4
The Bantam (Kit Bawker) – The Phantom (Kit Walker)
http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:The_Bantam#axzz7WOo46219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_(character)
Kit Bawker is the masked Hero known as the Bantam. One of the Old One’s Heroes forged from the template of Stallion Quartermane, Bawker was formerly the protector of Ursai Village in Lemuria. He would eventually just simply watch from the shadows as he was needed less. When Lemuria was released into the Spiral, he sprung back into action.
The Phantom is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional country of Bangalla. The character was created by Lee Falk for the adventure comic strip The Phantom, which debuted in newspapers on February 17, 1936. The Phantom was later depicted in many forms of media, including television shows, movies, and video games.
Lee Falk’s syndicated newspaper comic strip The Phantom premiered on February 17, 1936, with the story “The Singh Brotherhood”, written by Falk and illustrated first by himself, for two weeks, followed by Ray Moore, who was an assistant to artist Phil Davis on Falk’s Mandrake the Magician strip. A Sunday Phantom strip was added to newspapers on May 28, 1939.
These articles on the Heroes of Lemuria are what got me started on my quest to catalog all of the pop culture references in Wizard101. This is the fourth of sixteen Lemurian articles put together to allow younger players (I’m in my 50s and had only a passing familiarity with most of the references) to see the inspirations for characters and creatures within this wonderful game .
Text for this article has been excerpted from the wiki articles linked above.
The Bantam image is from Wizard101, and so is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
It is being used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
The Phantom image is (c) King Features Syndicate
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