Born in 1905 in Missouri, Ray graduated from Washington as an engineer. He later turned to commercial art. Ray Moore first worked as an assistant to Phil Davis on Lee Falk's Mandrake after which he teamed up with Lee on the Phantom. He worked up Lee's Phantom concept which was snapped up by Kings Features Syndicate upon submission.

Born in 1902 in Missouri, Wilson worked as an errand boy for an advertising agency before finally joining their art staff. He attended Washington University's Art School and later taught there. He was a commercial artist when he began drawing the Phantom in the 1940's. His wife, Dorothy, pencilled in the lettering for the strip.

Bill bridged the gap between Wilson McCoy and Sy Barry briefly, on the Phantom Newspaper strips. He then went on to illustrate the Phantom Comic Books for Gold Key and King. Originally a Commercial artist, the Phantom seems to be the only major comic that Bill has ever drawn. The only other comic of note would be the syndicated strip Ozark Ike. He later turned to portraiture and was a courtroom artist. He is now retired.

Born in Manhattan in 1928, Seymour Barry wanted to follow in his brother Dan's footsteps (Dan was the artist for Flash Gordon). He won an Art competition in junior high school which led to a full-time course at the New York School of Art and Design. He worked with his brother and also worked on comics such as: Superman, Batman, Romance comics, Vigilante, Hopalong Cassidy and Johnny Peril, until he was offered the Phantom strip after the death of Wilson McCoy.

Don was born in 1942, and he graduated from Arizona State University to become an art teacher. He drew the Phantom for Charlton Comics, later moving on over to DC, where he pencilled Captain Marvel, Infinity Inc. and most notably, Batman. He lived and worked in Phoenix until his untimely death at the age of 42.

Born in Sydney in 1924, Keith was the first Australian to have the privilege to draw the Phantom. His work includes the Twilight Ranger, El Lobo, Kane, the long running Skippy comic book, and ghosting for John Dixon's Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors. Keith's first Phantom story was the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" in FREW edition No. 951A. Other Australian artists followed soon after such as Glenn Ford.