Wednesday, May 28, 2025

HOTW- Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle!

From Wiki- Fantomah is an American comics character, best known as one of the earliest comic-book superheroines.[1] Created by Fletcher Hanks, the character first appeared in Jungle Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fiction House. The original Fantomah is a mysterious woman who protects the jungle with her many supernatural powers. She loved her jungle and its people and animals, and would often inflict cruel punishment on anyone who threatened any of them. When Fantomah uses her powers, her normally beautiful face turns into a blue skull (though her curly blonde hair remains unchanged).[3] The original Fantomah exhibited a large number of magical abilities, generally as required by the story's plot. Among others, she demonstrated the ability to fly,[16] transform objects into different objects,[17] levitate other objects,[17] cause humans to mutate into other forms,[18] and so on. Generally, whenever Fantomah used her powers, she would change her face from a normal human woman to a blue-skinned skull-like visage.[3] Back to me:

This is such an odd concept. Wiki says in 2022 there was even a live-action series being produced.  If done right, it could have been something fun to watch.  I am sure that the comic books are available somewhere, since the character is public domain.  She pre-dates Wonder Woman by a couple years.

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