Fantomen

Kit Walker is the latest in an unbroken line of costumed crimefighters stretching back to 1536, operating from the African jungle as the Phantom — the immortal-seeming 'Ghost Who Walks' — aided by his wolf Devil and horse Hero.

Few characters can claim a Silver Age debut and still be gracing pages well into the 2020s, but Fantomen has done exactly that — first stepping into the spotlight in Blixt Gordon #2 back in 1967, brought to life by the talented Bill Lignante. Published under Egmont's banner across a remarkable near-six-decade span, this is a figure with genuine staying power, most at home in the pages of Fantomen itself. Along the way, readers encounter a rich cast of companions including Devil, Herman, and Hero — a world clearly built on colorful, enduring relationships that have kept fans coming back through every era of comics history.