The Phantom, 5/17/25

One of the key ongoing dramas of The Phantom is the question of what woman will contribute her genetic material to the ongoing Phantom bloodline by allowing Kit to sire the 24th Phantom on her, and so far the main competitors have been Kit's local sweetheart in Tibet or his mother and sister's choice, Kadia Sahara, the daughter of former Phantom archnemesis The Nomad. But ... is there another? Savarna, of course, has mostly been interested in Kit's dad, having flirted with him when he thought his wife was dead and proposed a superstar teamup that the Ghost Who Has Morals rejected because she's violent and kind of insane. As a result, it seems that flirtation has cooled -- sure, rescuing her from Gravelines Prison was the inciting incident behind the years-long "Death of the Phantom" arc, but that was a purely platonic jailbreak. Anyway, apparently somewhere along the line that I forgot about she met Kit back at the Skull Cave, and like many a young man, he fell under the spell of a worldly, sophisticated older woman. Like, look at her: she's using a napkin! Ooh la la, fancy lady!

Gil Thorp, 5/17/15