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PHANTAMAN was the series' American title, although the main character was only ever called Phantoma in the episodes. I believe his Japanese name translates to Golden Bat. He was a mysterious, probably supernatural character with a high collared cape and carried a short staff or stick with a knob at the end. This was capable of a few feats such as either attracting or firing bolts of energy; causing the earth to crack when rammed into it, etc.
Phantoma himself, I think, only said a word in two of the series’ whole run. Mostly, he announced himself with a reverberating, spooky laugh which at most times threatened to get a bit out of control. This unnerved his opponents and didn’t necessarily cause his own side to feel very much at home with him either.

His head was a glinting-eyed skull. His body was muscular rather than skeletal but it had an armored look with delineated ribs. Other than the cape, he appeared to wear only trunks.


1. The Birth of Golden Bat
2. Mammoth Killer
3. Ge-Georg
4. Crisis
5. Man Eating Plants
6. In Pursuit of the Melon Bombs
7. Monster Sand Beronya
8. Space Monster Alligon
9. Worm Monster Gaigon
10. The Battle of Uranium Island
11. Mysterious Finkhamen
12. Singer's Poison Mushrooms
13. Mutant 5
14. Atomic Black Cat
15. Nero the Destructor
16. Ghilton, The Man of Stone
17. Galgar the Monster
18. The Star of Polynesia
19. Bat vs. Bat
20. The Land of the Blue Flame
21. The Queen of Heart Sigma
22. The Mysterious Volcano Peron
23. Black Mask the Thief
24. The Devil's Ruby
25. The Robot City
26. Rayman Bolt
27. The Eye of Tarangé
28. Sword of the Axis
29. Mystery of the Space Bat
30. ESP Cyborgs
31. The Ghost Tower
32. The Devil's Statue
33. The Invisible Monster Glassgon
34. The Great World Flood
35. Underground Monster Mogura
36. The Great Explosion
37. Two-Headed Monster Gegera
38. The Dinosaur Trap
39. The Skeleton's Pilotage
40. The Day of Darkness
41. The Indian Princess
42. The Witch Monster Hidoro
43. The Cyclops in the Mine
44. Revenge of the Liger Man
45. The Death-Bringing Woman
46. The Bat Hag and The Monster Shelgon
47. The Mysterious Gerontium 90
48. Rock Monster Gildon
49. Mysterious Vampire Men
50. Circus Monster Gablar
51. The Resurrection of Dark Bat
52. The Crumbling of the Nazo Empire