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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 5:01 PM On 2011-04-12 16:16, trutiki wrote: Grandpa from The Munsters. Why not? After all, PNG tribesmen also portrayed "The Phantom" on their shields: "...The Phantom worked his way into Papua New Guinean consciousness via the comic books left by American soldiers fighting the Japanese along the coast back in the '40s. The books eventually made their way into the interior of the country and the phantom started popping up on shields some time in the 1960s. Presumably the tribesmen who painted the images came into contact with other superheroes, but The Phantom seems to be a favourite..." :D

On 2011-04-12 16:16, trutiki wrote:
Grandpa from The Munsters.

Why not? After all, PNG tribesmen also portrayed "The Phantom" on their shields:

"...The Phantom worked his way into Papua New Guinean consciousness via the comic books left by American soldiers fighting the Japanese along the coast back in the '40s. The books eventually made their way into the interior of the country and the phantom started popping up on shields some time in the 1960s. Presumably the tribesmen who painted the images came into contact with other superheroes, but The Phantom seems to be a favourite..."

Post #584653 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 5:01 PM