Star Comics - Marvel - Defenders of the Earth - Vol 1, No 1

This is an oddity. Printed in 1987 in the States, written by Stan Lee (of Spider-man fame), this was an attempt by Marvel to re-introduce the Phantom to America, along with Mandrake and Flash.

Weirdly, the Phantom has 'super powers', like an ability to jump ten storeys high when he says he has "the strength of ten tigers", and can smell another human miles away.....he's asked to join up with Mandrake & Lothar to help find Flash's wife and son, who are held captive by Ming, Flash's mortal enemy. The four men become the Defenders of the Earth when Ming threatens to destroy our home planet. The Phantom is on board because he can track anyone in the jungle....and he also has a daughter called Jedda, filled with angst, who has a pet panther called Kisa. Diana is never mentioned, nor Kit or Heloise! What the?

Yes, I know, it doesn't sound good or make sense, and the story doesn't work. This was a short lived series, thankfully.