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Phantom Blot does not come from Mouseton, does not live in Mouseton...
... But, who is Phantom Blot?

Phantom Blot or simply the "Blot" is an international famous criminal.
Mickey meets him for the first time in YM 039, but he doesn't live in Mickey's town, he's there because he's to find a precious object hid in a camera smuggled, by chance, in that town...

Blot has almost lost ev'rything: family, friends...

16 years later, in 1955, he manages to escape from the prison http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5455/mickeydonald0620.jpg, to kill Chief O'Hara and Mickey (the people who caught him) and Goofy (a Mickey's friend).

Blot has always had a a refined way of torture, that there's turned off in the years...

Blot has also had a baby girl with an unknown woman (maybe Mad Madam Mim), the baby's called "Phantom Brat".http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2300/blot2.gif

... But, who is Phantom Blot?

... Or better, what is his real name?

It's obvious is called "Phantom Blot" for his disguise, but what is his real name?
In France, he's called "Fantome Noir" (Black Phantom), but when he's un-masked, he's called "Jo Crisse" (Joe Chriss) or Jo LaRapine (Joe LaRapine), these 2 names link to a French origin or perhaps a New Orleans or Saint Louis.

In Italy, he's called "Macchia Nera" (Black Blot), but in I TL 2792-1, in which we can see also his parents, we know his real surname "Macchia" (Blot).

His grandfather, according to INDUCKS, was calles "Borro Negro" (Black Blot).

Drawing our conclusion...

Joe Chriss , called the "Blot", after his maternal grandfather's surname, was born in Mississippi in the early '900s and in 1938 he, perchance, is in Mouseton and go to prison.
His life changes suddenly and he become a known criminal and escapes from prison.
He, then, has a daughter by an unknown woman, but probably Mad Madam Mim.

I really hope to have enjoyed you explaining my theories... ;)

- Walt Zuti

Quote from user: Roger NorthThose are good theories. Too bad The Phantom Brat only made two appearances or one if you think of them as a single story.
The Blot made MANY appearances, but only one was written and drawn by Gottfredson(1939). Several other Blot stories were drawn by Scarpa('50s and '60s), and others by Murry('60s), and "modern ones ('90s and 2000s).

I was reffering to The Blot's Daughter Sim. The Blot himself has made many appearances. I have the stories I have with him in it in a previous thread.

That's Okay Robb.

Given that Gottfredson unmasked the Blot at the end of the continuity that introduced him, I don't think he was originally intended to be a recurring villain. Knowing what he looks like under the hood takes away from some of his mystery, IMHO. To my mind, he's sort of the Joker to Mickey's Batman (with Sideshow Bob's refined demeanor thrown in), a sinister, shadowy presence whose backstory and identity are obscure. The best way to portray him, I think, would be to ignore the fact that he was unmasked at the end of Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot (though how that's possible after he's captured would be difficult to explain), and write him as if his true face has yet to be revealed. I believe American writers and artists have essentially been following that unspoken edict, but European stories have shown him unmasked in several stories. Is there a particular policy that European editors follow with respect to showing the Blot out of costume?
The so-called "Phantom Brat" was actually an inspired concept that Disney Comics introduced ... having a daughter humanizes the Blot (although it's kind of silly to have her in a hood, too ... maybe that could be eschewed in any future stories with her). Seeing what his daughter looks like wouldn't detract from the mystery of an unmasked Blot.
Madam Mim having an affair with the Blot? That's a new one on me ... although didn't they have a lot of stories together in the Whitman era? Were there hints of romance there?