From a far-off time when a slave market meant a sexual fantasy – I prefer to think Phant’s just furious he’s ended up on this cover and is lashing out at the first person he sees.
Tired of serving as Andrew Wyeth’s secret model/mistress, Helga flees Pennsylvania to seek exotic adventures in far off lands, only to end up modeling for a picture much worse than any of Wyeth’s.
If the women are just role-playing, like @Anna said, well… go on with your bad exhibitionist lesbian selves, ladies!
Otherwise… while the art is technically okay, it’s a heap o’racism (esp. Orientalism), sexism, making light of human trafficking, Mighty Whitey (the Phantom is this trope) and all just ugh.
@THX’s idea of Phantom punching everyone involved in this cover (except the damsels) is my head canon.
Jokes aside, the Arab world really did practice slavery into modern times – and migrant workers in Saudi Arabia today are well known to suffer slavery-like conditions.
That being said… what’s the Phantom doing about these human-rights abuses? Nothing!
July 15th, 2019 at 9:29 am
Women in blue: Ooh hoo, it totally totally sucks to be a slave.
Woman in Red: It’s not too bad if you’re down here and are a lesbian.
So much for the sexism. I’m not touching the racism.
July 15th, 2019 at 10:26 am
From a far-off time when a slave market meant a sexual fantasy – I prefer to think Phant’s just furious he’s ended up on this cover and is lashing out at the first person he sees.
July 15th, 2019 at 12:26 pm
Redhead: “you know, you’re going to regret that tramp stamp when you’re older”.
July 15th, 2019 at 1:52 pm
Don’t sell a fake virgin to The Phantom.
July 15th, 2019 at 2:39 pm
Roger Moore really disliked it when Peter Sellers dressed in a keffiyeh.
July 15th, 2019 at 2:57 pm
..eeeh…
I choose to believe the women in knockoff Slave Leia outfits are actually secret lovers, hence the longing look.
Everything else… see the above comment.
July 15th, 2019 at 4:13 pm
Lee Falk, you’re gross. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Falk
July 15th, 2019 at 5:39 pm
And this punch I like to call “The Skull Cave”!
July 15th, 2019 at 6:38 pm
It was 1972. Phantom not happy paying over a buck for a gallon of gas.
July 16th, 2019 at 12:04 am
Fez’s are cool. Unless they’re worn by slave traders.
July 16th, 2019 at 1:03 am
Sheikh-punching was quite a fad back then.
July 16th, 2019 at 1:13 am
Tired of serving as Andrew Wyeth’s secret model/mistress, Helga flees Pennsylvania to seek exotic adventures in far off lands, only to end up modeling for a picture much worse than any of Wyeth’s.
July 16th, 2019 at 2:51 am
This guy’s no Billy Zane.
If the women are just role-playing, like @Anna said, well… go on with your bad exhibitionist lesbian selves, ladies!
Otherwise… while the art is technically okay, it’s a heap o’racism (esp. Orientalism), sexism, making light of human trafficking, Mighty Whitey (the Phantom is this trope) and all just ugh.
@THX’s idea of Phantom punching everyone involved in this cover (except the damsels) is my head canon.
GSS to:
JP
BC
B’mancer
and a GSS plus snerk to @Ryan.
July 16th, 2019 at 5:36 am
@Bibliomancer: the oil embargo didn’t start till 1973. I’m afraid that’s just freestyle Oriental-punching.
July 16th, 2019 at 3:02 pm
@Bruce – I hear that’s not a PC term. Looks like you got your own punch in.
July 17th, 2019 at 5:36 am
@B’mancer: In 1972 (and even now in deplorable areas) the non-PC term was “AY-rab punching”. Phant was simply a year ahead of his time here.
July 18th, 2019 at 2:55 am
@Bibliomancer – I was trying to cleverly reference “Orientalism.” Clearly not cleverly enough.
September 6th, 2019 at 10:31 pm
Jokes aside, the Arab world really did practice slavery into modern times – and migrant workers in Saudi Arabia today are well known to suffer slavery-like conditions.
That being said… what’s the Phantom doing about these human-rights abuses? Nothing!
September 7th, 2019 at 8:44 am
Yeah, punching one sheikh at a time isn’t going to do anything about systemic injustice.