Wilson McCoy is the second artist on the (still running) The Phantom comic strip. He started out as Ray Moore's assistant, but when Moore retired from the strip after a war-injury, McCoy took over the entire strip. The Phantom is a comic strip created by Lee Falk (also creator of Mandrake the Magician), recounting the adventures of a costumed crime-fighter called the Phantom. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Ray Moore Ray Moore was the co-creator, together with Lee Falk and first artist on what would grow to become the worlds most popular adventure comic strip, The Phantom. ...

McCoy is well known for his unique, naive style of drawing. Unlike Ray Moore, he always drew with tremendous attention to details, and used photographic references for every drawing, having his family pose for him and act out the different situations happening in the Phantom.

Like Phantom-creator Lee Falk, Wilson McCoy was a world traveller with an adventorous spirit. He frequently visited far off jungles, and visited native tribes, not unlike the Bandar tribe of the Phantom strip. The term native as an adjective or noun has the following meanings. ...

McCoy died in 1961, with Sy Barry succeeding him on the Phantom. McCoy's Phantom stories are still published around the world with great success. Sy Barry at the drawing table. ...