High Seas Highjacker

High Seas Highjacker
Start date:	July 26th, 1943
End date:	February 26th, 1944
# of strips:	186 (31 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	N/A
Preceded by:	"The Phantom's Engagement"
Followed by:	"Diana"

"High Seas Highjacker" (also known as "The Governor and Suzie") is the 19th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Devil
• Diana Palmer (in a flashback)

One-time characters

• Mrs. J
• Suzie
• The Governor/The General
• Sparks
• Dirk

Locations

• Bengali

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

• S.S.Harvey
  • Cabin 14

Items

Old jungle sayings

Behind the scenes

Title panel.

• This story has often been reprinted with the title "The Governor and Suzie". However, the actual title "High Seas Highjacker" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Pirate Girl" by Lee Falk and Bertil Wilhelmsson

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Tit-Bits #19?? – #1942 (1945-46)
• Libro de Oro #2 (1961; edited together with "The Spy Gang") - the last eight weeks only
• Libro de Oro #34 (1967; edited together with "The Spy Gang") - the last eight weeks only

Australia

• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #79 – #81 (1955)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #174 – #175 (1960)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #282 – #283 (1965)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #427 – #428 (1970)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #598 – #599 (1976)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #803 – #804 (1984)
• "The Governor and Suzie", The Phantom #1184 (1997)
• "The Governor and Suzie", The Phantom #1623 (2012)
• "High Seas Highjacker", The Phantom #1769 (2016)

Brazil

• "Pirataria em Alto Mar", O Globo Juvenil #1033 – #1124 (1944)
• "O Governador e os Piratas", Almanaque do Fantasma 1964
• "A Mulher Pirata", O Fantasma #10 (1970)
• "O Governador e os Piratas", Hiperalmanaque Fantasma #1 (1981)
• "Suzie", O Fantasma #4 (2016)

Canada

• La Patrie July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• L'Action catholique August 24, 1943 – March 11, 1944

Denmark

• "Piraterne", Fantom-hefte #20 (1954)

Finland

• Karjalainen August 5, 1944 – March 1, 1945 - the first nine strips missing
• "Naamio ja merirosvot", Kippari Kalle 7/1954
• "Juonittelua laivalla", Ilta-Sanomat April 10, 2017 – June 5, 2017

France

• "Intrigue à bord", Le Fantôme du Bengale #25, "Fuite dans la nuit", #26 (1951)
• "Intrigue à bord", Le Fantôme Spécial #67 – #68, "La fuite désespérée", #69 – #70 (1969)

Italy

• "Intrigo a bordo", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #93 and "La città disperata", #95 (1964)
• "Intrigo a bordo", Phantom #18 (1992)
• "Intrigo a bordo", Phantom #209
• "Intrigo a bordo", The Phantom #3 (2015)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #123 – #131
• The Phantom #367 – #375

Norway

• Aftenposten September 21, 1944 – May 4, 1945
• "Piratene", Fantom-hefte #20 (1954)
• "Sjørøverpiken", Klassikerserien Wilson McCoy (1943-1959) (2006)
• "Piratene", Krønikebok #47 (2008)

Spain

• "Intriga a bordo", El Hombre Enmascarado #59, "Pirateria en alta mar", #60, "Fuga espectacular", #61, "La búsqueda del Hombre Enmascarado", #62, and "Ajuste de cuentas", #63 (194?)
• "Piratas modernos", El Hombre Enmascarado #34 (1976)
• "Piratas modernos", El Hombre Enmascarado #57 (1991; part 1 edited together with & "The Phantom's Engagement" part 2), "El gobernador", #58 – #59 (1991)

Sweden

• Svenska Dagbladet July 22, 1944 – February 28, 1945
• Nerikes Allehanda July 26, 1945 –March 8, 1946
• "Suzie - Piratflickan", Wilson McCoy - de opublicerade äventyren (2000)

USA

• Charleston Daily Mail July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• Chester Times July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• The Evening News July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• The Monessen Daily Independent July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• The Nassau Daily Review-Star July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• Oxnard Press-Courier July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• The Rome Daily Sentinel July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• Sandusky Register Star News July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• Syracuse Herald Journal July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• The Washington Reporter July 26, 1943 – February 26, 1944
• San Antonio Light February 8, 1944 – February 26, 1944 (incomplete story)
• Ace Comics #110 – #125 (1946-1947)
• "The Governor and Suzie", Comics Revue #323-324 – #331-332 (2013)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies Vol. Five 1943–1944 (2013)

West Germany

• "Späte Reue", Phantom-Heft 3/1954 - without the first seven and the last week, many strips missing

Yugoslavia

• "Morska sirena", Biblioteka Nostalgija #12 (1991; incomplete story and edited together with "The Mermaids of Melo Straits")