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January 25, 2026

We can't all be heroes

The Phantom, 1/25/26

Hey, remember the Sunday Phantom storyline that started like eight months ago when a city kid visiting her Wambesi country relatives crossed a mysterious and ominous boundary known to local lore? Well, a lot happened after that, and I can't remember what happened to that kid exactly, but it turns out there's a weird Time Travel Zone where a World War II-era German plane just kept circling by over and over again and almost crashing before disappearing until our hero flew up there and rescued the American saboteur onboard and delivered him to a modern world that will no doubt baffle and horrify him, where he's stuck forever. "Good luck, Major Bauer!" the Ghost Who Encounters Time Travel But Doesn't Really Understand It said, before retiring to the Chronicle Chamber and writing an entry for his successors that says "Time travel, boy, I dunno."

Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/25/26

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