The Ghost Who Is Green?

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

The Phantom was created by Lee Falk specifically for the black and white pages of daily newspapers. Falk said that the color of his distinctive outfit was to be grey, but that information was not apparently widely disseminated because when the character's popularity grew worldwide, and eventual color presentations were needed there is a wide array of hues used. In some places the Phantom is red, in some he is blue. I grew up with a purple Phantom. But once upon a time when the strips were reprinted form the pages of The Australian Woman's Mirror, the figure on the cover was a bright green on the first and third issues. 

But that wasn't a conscious decision so much it seems merely convenience because the Phantom is red on the second issue. 

And not much of any color at all on the other two covers in the run of the 1939 reprint. 

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