{"id":1054849,"date":"2021-11-25T12:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054849"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:43:35","slug":"fact-check-did-a-1957-comic-strip-reference-a-china-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-1957-comic-strip-reference-a-china-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did A 1957 Comic Strip Reference A \u2018China Virus\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-a-1957-comic-strip-reference-a-china-virus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marlene.cameron.739\/posts\/3029790093946386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;purportedly shows a comic strip created in 1957 that references a \u201cChina Virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The words \u201cChina Virus\u201d have been digitally superimposed onto the comic. The original text does not include the term.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The terms \u201cChina virus\u201d and \u201cWuhan virus\u201d have been used by some Americans, including former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/trump-says-he-was-right-about-china-virus-coming-from-wuhan-lab-remark-121060400150_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Donald Trump<\/a>, as a way to reference the COVID-19 virus, an allusion to the virus\u2019 origins in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abm4454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wuhan, China<\/a>. A number of China experts have said the terms are xenophobic and contributed to a rise in discriminatory attacks against Asian-Americans, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/18\/us\/politics\/china-virus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared on Facebook alleges the term \u201cChina virus\u201d has been in circulation for decades, showing a comic strip in which a character instructs another character to tie a cloth across his face through a speech bubble that reads, \u201cTie it on as I do. This will protect you from the \u2018China Virus\u2019 in the valley.\u201d Text included in the post alleges the comic was published in 1957. &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/07\/28\/fact-check-spongebob-squarepants-address-jeffrey-epstein-island-theme-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does Spongebob Squarepants\u2019 Address Correspond To A Theme Park On Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Island?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through an internet search, Check Your Fact was able to determine the comic pictured is an altered version of a genuine 1957 comic strip titled, \u201cThe Phantom.\u201d The unaltered version of the comic can be found in a 1957 news clipping from the newspaper the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/?clipping_id=89384625&amp;fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4MDgzMzY2NSwiaWF0IjoxNjM3ODQ2ODQ5LCJleHAiOjE2Mzc5MzMyNDl9._2wQyX7fuur4_ANsZask0Q6rThGjV5ck-2Yk7nbvDaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courier-Post<\/a>, where it shows the same comic in black and white. The speech bubble in question in the Courier-Post version of the comic reads, \u201cTie it on as I do. This will protect you from the \u2018Sleep Death\u2019 in the valley.\u201d It makes no mention of the \u201cChina virus,\u201d which appears to have been superimposed onto the comic where it read \u201cSleep Death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comic strip series \u201cThe Phantom\u201d was created in 1936 by Lee Falk and Ray Moore, and focused on a masked hero who had <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=BxY1DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA154&amp;lpg=PA154&amp;dq=The+phantom+no+powers&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Nj1XUU3UIA&amp;sig=ACfU3U1vAKIy46W8Wo-qPAj37PtjAGVg3g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiM4JKk0rP0AhWsRTABHZcYCTAQ6AF6BAgnEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=The%20phantom%20no%20powers&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no superpowers<\/a>, according to a collection of their work published in 2018 titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/The_Phantom\/7MDUswEACAAJ?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies 1956-1957<\/a>.\u201d The work was highly popular and was the basis of the 1996 movie \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0117331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Phantom<\/a>,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/1999\/mar\/20\/guardianobituaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook\u00a0purportedly shows a comic strip created in 1957 that references a \u201cChina Virus.\u201dVerdict: False The words \u201cChina Virus\u201d have been digitally superimposed onto the comic. 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