“Image of Phantom cartoon which predicted the coronavirus back in 1957”
What FACTLY found
The original comic strip which was initially published in 1957 actually comes with the text which reads ‘Tie it on as I do this will protect you from the ‘sleep death’ in the valley’. This original strip is digitally altered, and text is inserted so as to allude that the comic strip predicted the COVID-19 back in 1957 itself
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 November 2021, 28 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.