Flying Phantom

Real Name: Carver (first name unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Unrevealed

Occupation: Fighter pilot

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Kenny

Enemies: Von Tramm

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Phantom Flyer

Base of Operations: An apparently abandoned house, likely somewhere in England as it was close enough to fly to Occupied Europe.

First Appearance: Contact Comics #5 (Aviation Press, March 1945)

Powers/Abilities: Apparently superhuman strength - his fingers are described as "steel-like" and strong enough to dig into a plane's fuselage. Exceptional pilot, and excellent fighter. Agile enough to jump between planes while they were in flight. He flew a special aircraft, dubbed the Sharkplane.

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed

Summary: Operating out of a hidden underground hanger, the Flying Phantom ventured forth to battle the Nazis.

History:

Comments: Creators unknown.

  Though the story is titled The Phantom Flyer, he's only referred to as the Flying Phantom in the actual tale. With only a single appearance, he's never depicted unmasked.

   At least one site online, TV Tropes, identifies him as Colonel Danvers, but as the panel below shows, he's definitely called Carver, and at no point in the story does the name Danvers show up.

Appearance checklist (not including reprints): Contact Comics#5

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Flying Phantom should not be confused with:

• The Phantom Flyer, a Hotspur character (later retold in Warlord)
• The Phantom Flyer, Street and Smith aviator from Bill Barnes, America's Air Ace#2
  
• or any other "Flying" or "Phantom" characters

First Posted: 21/05/2023
Last updated: 21/05/2023

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