Ah, Mr Walker.
My wedding ring was a skull ring. I've worn out three of them so far (rings not wives). A jeweller pal of mine is making the cross-cutlass "protection" version for me.
The Phantom is the greatest of all the superheros simply because of the recognition of his humanity. He can, and has, died to be replaced by others in the Eternal Fight.
One of his odder manifestations was to play Condoman in New Guinea and Northern Australia in an attempt to stop the spread of HIV/AIDs by encouraging the use of condoms. The campaign was pretty successful from memory.