Throughout history superheroes tend to have a bit of white saviour-ism about them. Which is why The Phantom’s fandom outside of a white audience is so damn fascinating! We’re exploring how our purple hero cam to be loved by Indigenous Australians. Plus we head to the West Highlands of Papua New Guinea where The Ghost Who Walks was painted onto wooden shields of the Wahgi people. Not for art, but for defense and intimidation during periods of inter-tribal fighting.

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LINKS

• Read the episode transcript here - https://bit.ly/phantom-ep4-transcript .
• ‘PhuckWit’ T Shirt from Bananalands
• Read ‘One of the Good Guys: Phantom Shields in Papua New Guinea’ from Te Papa
• Read ‘Mysteries of the Phantom wooden shield: Putting together the pieces’ from Te Papa
• Follow @tepapa on Instagram

CREDITS

• Host, Writer, Producer: Maria Lewis
• Guests (in order of appearance):
  • Shari Sebbens @cloudspotting .
  • Nathan Leitch @bananalands.shop.
  • Hunter Page-Lochard @hunterpage .
  • Dr Kevin Patrick
  • Nina Tonga
• Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
• Editor: Adrian Walton
• Field recording and podcast intern: David Cooper

MEDIA REFERENCED

• Wincer, S. (1996) The Phantom [Film]. The Ladd Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Hearst Entertainment, Paramount International.

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