Lee Falk
Lee Falk | |
Biographical information | |
Born: | April 28, 1911 |
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Died: | March 13, 1999 |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Writer |
Website: | N/A |
Lee Falk (born Leon Harrison Gross, April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strip heroes The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, who at the height of their popularity secured him over a hundred million readers every day. He was also a playwright and theatrical director/producer, leading him to direct actors such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Chico Marx, and Ethel Waters. Falk also contributed to a series of novels about the Phantom.
Life and career
Leon was born in St. Louis, where he spent his childhood and youth. His mother was Eleanor Alina (a name he would later on, in some form, use in both Mandrake and Phantom stories), and his father was Benjamin Gross. Both of his parents were Jewish. Benjamin Gross died when Leon was a child, and Eleanor remarried to Albert Falk Epstein, who became Leon's father figure in life.
Leon changed his surname after leaving college. He took the middle name of his stepfather (Albert Falk Epstein), but "Lee" had been his nickname since childhood. His brother, Leslie, also took the name "Falk" around the same time.
When he began his comics writing career, his official biography claimed that he was an experienced world traveller who had studied with Eastern mystics, etc. In fact, he had simply made it up in order to seem more like the right kind of person to be writing about globe-trotting heroes like Mandrake and the Phantom; the trip to New York to pitch Mandrake the Magician to King Features Syndicate was at the time the farthest he'd been from home. In later life, however, he became an experienced world traveller for real - at least partly, he said, to avoid the embarrassment of having his bluff inadvertently called by genuine travellers wanting to swap anecdotes.
During World War 2, Lee also worked as chief of propaganda for the new radio station KMOX in Illinois, where he became the leader of the radio foreign language division of the Office of War Information.
Lee Falk married three times, with Louise Kanaseriff, Constance Morehead Lilienthal, and Elizabeth Moxley (interestingly, he married Elizabeth, a respected stage-director, not long before he decided to marry the Phantom and his longtime girlfriend Diana Palmer in The Phantom strip). Elizabeth would sometimes help Lee with the scripts in his last years. She also finished his last Phantom stories after he died. Lee became the father of three children, Valerie (daughter of Louise Kanaseriff), and Diane and Conley (children of Constance Morehead Lilienthal).
Lee died because of heart failure in 1999. He lived the last years of his life in New York, in an apartment with a panoramic view of the New York skyline and Central Park;and,lived during the summers in a house on Cape Cod. He literally wrote his comic strips from 1934 to the last days of his life, when in hospital he tore off his oxygen mask to dictate his stories. However, his two characters, Mandrake and, in particular, The Phantom, are still active and popular, both in comic books and comic strips.
Creating Mandrake and The Phantom
Lee had a fascination for stage magicians ever since he was a kid. Lee, according to himself, sketched the first few Mandrake strips himself. When asked why the magician looked so much like himself, he replied, “Well, of course he did. I was alone in a room with a mirror when I drew him!”
The Phantom was inspired by Falk’s fascination for myths and legends, like the ones about El Cid, King Arthur, Nordic and Greek folklore, and popular fictional characters like Tarzan and Mowgli from The Jungle Book. Falk originally tinkered with the idea of calling his character The Gray Ghost, but finally decided that he preferred The Phantom. Lee revealed in an interview that Robin Hood, who often wore tights in the stories about him, inspired the skin-tight costume of the Phantom, which is known to have influenced the entire superhero-industry. In the A&E Phantom biography, he also told that Greek busts inspired the idea of the Phantom’s pupils not showing when he wore his mask. The Greek busts had no pupils, which Falk felt gave them an inhuman, interesting look. It is known that the look of the Phantom inspired the look of what has today become known as superheroes.
Lee thought that his comic strips would last a few weeks at best. Still, he ended up writing them for 65 years, until the last days of his life.
Theatre
Lee's biggest passion was the theatre. During a lifetime, he ran 5 theaters, and produced around 300 plays, and directed 100 of them. He wrote 12 plays, two of them musicals; "Happy Dollar" and "Mandrake the Magician", based on his comic strip creation. After Lee's death, his widow Elizabeth directed a musical called "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress", which was written by Lee, which was essentially the same as the previous "Mandrake the Magician" musical. Some of his plays starred well known actors like Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston,Celeste Holm, Constance Moorehead, Basil Rathbone, Chico Marx, Ethel Waters, Paul Newman, Ezio Pinza, James Mason, Jack Warner, Shelley Winters, Farley Granger, Eve Arden, Alexis Smith, Victor Jory, Cedric Hardwicke, Eva Marie Saint, Eva Gabor, Sarah Churchill, James Donn, Eddie Bracken, Ann Corio, Robert Wilcox, and Paul Robeson.
The actors were all paid to perform, but many of them worked on fractions on what they would normally earn with their movie work. Lee was proud to tell that Marlon Brando turned down an offer of $10 000 a week to act on Broadway, in favor of working for Lee in Boston in 1953 in the play "Arms and the Man". His Boston contract was less than $500 a week.
Awards and recognition
Lee won many awards for his dedication to the field of writing for comics and theatre. Here are a selected few of them:
- The Yellow Kid Award (1971)
- The Roman Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Adamson Award for best foreign comics creator (Sweden, 1977)
- The Golden Adamson (Sweden, 1986)
- Silver T-Square Award (Reuben Award, 1986)
- In May 1994, his birthplace St. Louis honored him with Lee Falk Day.
On the premiere of The Phantom movie starring Billy Zane, Lee received a letter from President Bill Clinton, congratulating him with his achievements.
Lee Falk has also been a candidate for the St. Louis Walk of Fame many times, but has so far not reached enough votes from the committee.
Quotes
"I give 100% of my time to theatre, and what's left goes to comics..."
(When asked about his age): "Never older than age thirty-nine."
"My only politics is up with democracy and down with dictatorships."
"Each artist, out of his own interests and imagination, creates his own world in his strip - this is true of Peanuts, Beetle Bailey, Popeye, all good strips. And you accomplish this not by imitating others - you come up with your own idea. To me, The Phantom and Mandrake are very real - much more than the people walking around whom I don't see very much. You have to believe in your own characters."
"The Phantom is a marvelous role model because he wins against evil. Evil does not triumph against the Phantom... He hates dictatorship and is in favor of democracy. He is also opposed to any violation of human rights."
Appearances with his creations
Lee Falk's likeness has been used a couple of times in Phantom stories. He appears as the author Leo in "The Mystery on Cape Cod" and as another author in the fight against the Triads.
In the daily story "The Phantom At Sea" he appeared as himself narrating the events of the previous story, something that he did for every new story in the five story arc that began with "The Death of Diana Palmer Walker".
This article, in the version of October 11, 2007, includes information from Wikipedia: Lee Falk. |
Phantom work by Lee Falk
Stories
Daily stories
# | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
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1 | "The Singh Brotherhood" | Falk | Falk, Moore | 17 Feb 1936 | 7 Nov 1936 |
2 | "The Sky Band" | Falk | Moore | 9 Nov 1936 | 10 Apr 1937 |
3 | "The Diamond Hunters" | Falk | Moore | 12 Apr 1937 | 18 Sep 1937 |
4 | "Little Toma" | Falk | Moore | 20 Sep 1937 | 5 Feb 1938 |
5 | "The Prisoner of the Himalayas" | Falk | Moore | 7 Feb 1938 | 18 Jun 1938 |
6 | "Adventure in Algiers" | Falk | Moore | 20 Jun 1938 | 23 Jul 1938 |
7 | "The Shark's Nest" | Falk | Moore | 25 Jul 1938 | 5 Nov 1938 |
8 | "Fishers of Pearls" | Falk | Moore | 7 Nov 1938 | 28 Jan 1939 |
9 | "The Slave Traders" | Falk | Moore | 30 Jan 1939 | 6 May 1939 |
10 | "The Mysterious Girl" | Falk | Moore | 8 May 1939 | 2 Sep 1939 |
11 | "The Golden Circle" | Falk | Moore | 4 Sep 1939 | 20 Jan 1940 |
12 | "The Seahorse" | Falk | Moore | 22 Jan 1940 | 27 Jul 1940 |
13 | "The Game of Alvar" | Falk | Moore | 29 Jul 1940 | 14 Dec 1940 |
14 | "Diana Aviatrix Lost" | Falk | Moore | 16 Dec 1940 | 12 Jul 1941 |
15 | "The Phantom's Treasure" | Falk | Moore | 14 Jul 1941 | 31 Jan 1942 |
16 | "The Inexorables" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 2 Feb 1942 | 9 Jan 1943 |
17 | "Bent Beak Broder" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Jan 1943 | 22 May 1943 |
18 | "The Phantom's Engagement" | Falk | McCoy | 24 May 1943 | 24 Jul 1943 |
19 | "The Governor and Suzie" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Jul 1943 | 26 Feb 1944 |
20 | "The Spy Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Feb 1944 | 20 May 1944 |
21 | "The Crooner" | Falk | McCoy | 22 May 1944 | 26 Aug 1944 |
22 | "The Maharajah's Daughter" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Aug 1944 | 24 Mar 1945 |
23 | "The Blue Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Mar 1945 | 26 May 1945 |
24 | "Lago the Lake God" | Falk | McCoy | 28 May 1945 | 11 Aug 1945 |
25 | "The Wild Girl" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Aug 1945 | 10 Nov 1945 |
26 | "The Mermaids of Melo Straits" | Falk | Moore | 12 Nov 1945 | 16 Feb 1946 |
27 | "Princess Valerie" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 18 Feb 1946 | 13 Jul 1946 |
28 | "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | Falk | McCoy | 15 Jul 1946 | 26 Oct 1946 |
29 | "Mister Hog" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Oct 1946 | 29 Mar 1947 |
30 | "Romance and the Vesta Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 31 Mar 1947 | 29 Nov 1947 |
31 | "The Devil Road" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Dec 1947 | 22 May 1948 |
32 | "The Lady Luck" | Falk | McCoy | 24 May 1948 | 30 Oct 1948 |
33 | "The Masked Marvel" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Nov 1948 | 19 Feb 1949 |
34 | "Fathers and Sons" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Feb 1949 | 23 Apr 1949 |
35 | "The Flirtatious Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Apr 1949 | 20 Aug 1949 |
36 | "The Thuggees" | Falk | McCoy | 22 Aug 1949 | 25 Feb 1950 |
37 | "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1950 | 6 May 1950 |
38 | "The Movie Stars" | Falk | McCoy | 8 May 1950 | 9 Sep 1950 |
39 | "The White Monkey" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Sep 1950 | 2 Dec 1950 |
40 | "The Gray Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 4 Dec 1950 | 24 Mar 1951 |
41 | "Whirlpool Channel" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Mar 1951 | 16 Jun 1951 |
42 | "The Tiger Girl" | Falk | McCoy | 18 Jun 1951 | 15 Sep 1951 |
43 | "The Governor's Family" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Sep 1951 | 1 Dec 1951 |
44 | "The Professor" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Dec 1951 | 15 Mar 1952 |
45 | "The Jungle Patrol" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Mar 1952 | 31 May 1952 |
46 | "Bobo the Toy Dog" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Jun 1952 | 19 Jul 1952 |
47 | "The Great Ajax" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Jul 1952 | 11 Oct 1952 |
48 | "The Toad Men" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Oct 1952 | 28 Feb 1953 |
49 | "The Lady from Nowhere" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Mar 1953 | 20 Jun 1953 |
50 | "The Matchmaker" | Falk | McCoy | 22 Jun 1953 | 10 Oct 1953 |
51 | "The Super Apes" | Falk | McCoy | 12 Oct 1953 | 30 Jan 1954 |
52 | "Ragon's Game" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Feb 1954 | 5 Jun 1954 |
53 | "The Mob" | Falk | McCoy | 7 Jun 1954 | 11 Sep 1954 |
54 | "The Wrestling Tourney" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Sep 1954 | 18 Dec 1954 |
55 | "Aboard the SS Gay" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Dec 1954 | 12 Mar 1955 |
56 | "The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Mar 1955 | 21 May 1955 |
57 | "Captain Kidder's Treasure" | Falk | McCoy | 23 May 1955 | 30 Jul 1955 |
58 | "Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Aug 1955 | 8 Oct 1955 |
59 | "Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Oct 1955 | 21 Jan 1956 |
60 | "The Wisdom of Solomon" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Jan 1956 | 25 Feb 1956 |
61 | "U-Town" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1956 | 19 May 1956 |
62 | "The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | Falk | McCoy | 21 May 1956 | 1 Sep 1956 |
63 | "The Shoplifters" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Sep 1956 | 17 Nov 1956 |
64 | "The Heavyweight Champion" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Nov 1956 | 12 Jan 1957 |
65 | "Wambo the Gambler" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Jan 1957 | 30 Mar 1957 |
66 | "The White Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Apr 1957 | 29 Jun 1957 |
67 | "The Valley of No Return" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Jul 1957 | 21 Sep 1957 |
68 | "The Crown Jewels of Corba" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Sep 1957 | 21 Dec 1957 |
69 | "The Scorpia" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Dec 1957 | 3 May 1958 |
70 | "The Two Signs" | Falk | McCoy | 5 May 1958 | 23 Aug 1958 |
71 | "The Crybaby" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Aug 1958 | 1 Nov 1958 |
72 | "The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Nov 1958 | 7 Mar 1959 |
73 | "The Betrothal" | Falk | McCoy | 9 Mar 1959 | 13 Jun 1959 |
74 | "The Swamp Rats" | Falk | McCoy | 15 Jun 1959 | 3 Oct 1959 |
75 | "The Flying Horse" | Falk | McCoy | 5 Oct 1959 | 16 Jan 1960 |
76 | "The Reporter" | Falk | McCoy | 18 Jan 1960 | 2 Apr 1960 |
77 | "The Monkey Mail" | Falk | McCoy | 4 Apr 1960 | 6 Aug 1960 |
78 | "The Jungle Olympics" | Falk | McCoy | 8 Aug 1960 | 29 Oct 1960 |
79 | "The 50th Wife" | Falk | McCoy | 31 Oct 1960 | 25 Feb 1961 |
80 | "The Iron Dragon" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1961 | 13 May 1961 |
81 | "The Werewolf" | Falk | McCoy | 15 May 1961 | 19 Aug 1961 |
82 | "The Slave Market of Mucar" | Falk | Barry | 21 Aug 1961 | 10 Feb 1962 |
83 | "The Epidemic" | Falk | Barry | 12 Feb 1962 | 16 Jun 1962 |
84 | "The Wharf Rats" | Falk | Barry | 18 Jun 1962 | 13 Oct 1962 |
85 | "The Mysterious Ambassador" | Falk | Barry | 15 Oct 1962 | 1 Jun 1963 |
86 | "The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | Falk | Barry | 3 Jun 1963 | 14 Dec 1963 |
87 | "The Drummer of Timpenni" | Falk | Barry | 16 Dec 1963 | 21 Mar 1964 |
88 | "The Reef" | Falk | Barry | 23 Mar 1964 | 27 Jun 1964 |
89 | "The Adventures of Lucy Cary" | Falk | Barry | 29 Jun 1964 | 12 Dec 1964 |
90 | "The Bad Ones" | Falk | Barry | 14 Dec 1964 | 17 Apr 1965 |
91 | "The Hanta Witch" | Falk | Barry | 19 Apr 1965 | 31 Jul 1965 |
92 | "Prince Hali and the White Stallion" | Falk | Barry | 2 Aug 1965 | 1 Jan 1966 |
93 | "Bullets' Town" | Falk | Barry | 3 Jan 1966 | 28 May 1966 |
94 | "The Killer" | Falk | Barry | 30 May 1966 | 10 Sep 1966 |
95 | "The Sea God" | Falk | Barry | 12 Sep 1966 | 24 Dec 1966 |
96 | "The Satchel" | Falk | Barry | 26 Dec 1966 | 18 Mar 1967 |
97 | "The Crime School" | Falk | Barry | 20 Mar 1967 | 24 Jun 1967 |
98 | "Deadman's Point" | Falk | Barry | 26 Jun 1967 | 30 Sep 1967 |
99 | "The Rogue Elephant" | Falk | Barry | 2 Oct 1967 | 20 Jan 1968 |
100 | "Jungle Olympics" | Falk | Barry | 22 Jan 1968 | 4 May 1968 |
101 | "The Frame-Up" | Falk | Barry | 6 May 1968 | 6 Jul 1968 |
102 | "The Hydra" | Falk | Barry | 8 Jul 1968 | 12 Oct 1968 |
103 | "The Art Thieves" | Falk | Barry | 14 Oct 1968 | 8 Feb 1969 |
104 | "The Masked Ball" | Falk | Barry | 10 Feb 1969 | 22 Mar 1969 |
105 | "The Jungle Home" | Falk | Barry | 24 Mar 1969 | 21 Jun 1969 |
106 | "Rex, the Missing Heir" | Falk | Barry | 23 Jun 1969 | 4 Oct 1969 |
107 | "The Gladiator" | Falk | Barry | 6 Oct 1969 | 17 Jan 1970 |
108 | "The Missing Daddy" | Falk | Barry | 19 Jan 1970 | 18 Apr 1970 |
109 | "Luaga's Undercover Tour" | Falk | Barry | 20 Apr 1970 | 25 Jul 1970 |
110 | "The Mission" | Falk | Barry | 27 Jul 1970 | 5 Dec 1970 |
111 | "Yes" | Falk | Barry | 7 Dec 1970 | 13 Feb 1971 |
112 | "The Fence" | Falk | Barry | 15 Feb 1971 | 8 May 1971 |
113 | "The Mysterious Passenger" | Falk | Barry | 10 May 1971 | 24 Jul 1971 |
114 | "The Vultures" | Falk | Barry | 26 Jul 1971 | 6 Nov 1971 |
115 | "The Lost City of Pheenix" | Falk | Barry | 8 Nov 1971 | 8 Jan 1972 |
116 | "The Witchman" | Falk | Barry | 10 Jan 1972 | 8 Apr 1972 |
117 | "The Tanker-Jackers" | Falk | Barry | 10 Apr 1972 | 15 Jul 1972 |
118 | "The Keeper of the Peace" | Falk | Barry | 17 Jul 1972 | 14 Oct 1972 |
119 | "The Giant of Kaluga" | Falk | Barry | 16 Oct 1972 | 27 Jan 1973 |
120 | "The Trial of Patrolman Zokko" | Falk | Barry | 29 Jan 1973 | 5 May 1973 |
121 | "The Things" | Falk | Barry | 7 May 1973 | 18 Aug 1973 |
122 | "Vandal-Looters" | Falk | Barry | 20 Aug 1973 | 24 Nov 1973 |
123 | "The Pampered Princess" | Falk | Barry | 26 Nov 1973 | 30 Mar 1974 |
124 | "The Curse of the Sacred Image" | Falk | Barry | 1 Apr 1974 | 24 Aug 1974 |
125 | "The Normal Life" | Falk | Barry | 26 Aug 1974 | 28 Dec 1974 |
126 | "The Cavelands" | Falk | Barry | 30 Dec 1974 | 19 Apr 1975 |
127 | "T" | Falk | Barry | 21 Apr 1975 | 13 Sep 1975 |
128 | "Hzzz" | Falk | Barry | 15 Sep 1975 | 29 Nov 1975 |
129 | "Star of Bangalla" | Falk | Barry | 1 Dec 1975 | 6 Mar 1976 |
130 | "Mystery of Kula-Ku" | Falk | Barry | 8 Mar 1976 | 31 Jul 1976 |
131 | "S.S. Blitz" | Falk | Barry | 2 Aug 1976 | 30 Oct 1976 |
132 | "Return of the Terrorists" | Falk | Barry | 1 Nov 1976 | 19 Feb 1977 |
133 | "The Proposal" | Falk | Barry | 21 Feb 1977 | 2 Apr 1977 |
134 | "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" | Falk | Barry | 4 Apr 1977 | 13 Aug 1977 |
135 | "The Tyrant of Tarakimo" | Falk | Barry | 15 Aug 1977 | 29 Oct 1977 |
136 | "The Wedding of the Phantom" | Falk | Barry | 31 Oct 1977 | 4 Feb 1978 |
137 | "The Three Bandits" | Falk | Barry | 6 Feb 1978 | 15 Apr 1978 |
138 | "Return to Tarakimo" | Falk | Barry | 17 Apr 1978 | 16 Sep 1978 |
139 | "Jungle City" | Falk | Barry | 18 Sep 1978 | 16 Dec 1978 |
140 | "The Heirs" | Falk | Barry | 18 Dec 1978 | 19 May 1979 |
141 | "Jungle Gold" | Falk | Barry | 21 May 1979 | 8 Sep 1979 |
142 | "The Return of General Bababu" | Falk | Barry | 10 Sep 1979 | 16 Feb 1980 |
143 | "The Tree House" | Falk | Barry | 18 Feb 1980 | 19 Jul 1980 |
144 | "The Poachers" | Falk | Barry | 21 Jul 1980 | 1 Nov 1980 |
145 | "Gooroo's Jungle Muggers" | Falk | Barry | 3 Nov 1980 | 4 Apr 1981 |
146 | "The Hostages" | Falk | Barry | 6 Apr 1981 | 4 Jul 1981 |
147 | "The Phantom's Vacation" | Falk | Barry | 6 Jul 1981 | 12 Sep 1981 |
148 | "The Return of Gooroo's Mob" | Falk | Barry | 14 Sep 1981 | 16 Jan 1982 |
149 | "Tale of Rex" | Falk | Barry | 18 Jan 1982 | 11 Sep 1982 |
150 | "Queen Karola of Kula-Ku" | Falk | Barry | 13 Sep 1982 | 12 Feb 1983 |
151 | "Ughland" | Falk | Barry | 14 Feb 1983 | 2 Jul 1983 |
152 | "Visit to Baronkhan" | Falk | Barry | 4 Jul 1983 | 26 Nov 1983 |
153 | "Luck and Wealth" | Falk | Barry | 28 Nov 1983 | 26 May 1984 |
154 | "The Kimberly Diamonds" | Falk | Barry | 28 May 1984 | 8 Sep 1984 |
155 | "The Embassy Siege" | Falk | Barry | 10 Sep 1984 | 22 Dec 1984 |
156 | "The Presidents" | Falk | Barry | 24 Dec 1984 | 1 Jun 1985 |
157 | "Drug Busters" | Falk | Barry | 3 Jun 1985 | 7 Sep 1985 |
158 | "The Lake Lady" | Falk | Barry | 9 Sep 1985 | 1 Mar 1986 |
159 | "Ruler of Baronkhan" | Falk | Barry | 3 Mar 1986 | 5 Jul 1986 |
160 | "The Tarashima Terrorists" | Falk | Barry | 7 Jul 1986 | 11 Apr 1987 |
161 | "The Snake Goddess" | Falk | Barry | 13 Apr 1987 | 12 Sep 1987 |
162 | "Zabadabah" | Falk | Barry | 14 Sep 1987 | 16 Jan 1988 |
163 | "The Man-Thing" | Falk | Barry | 18 Jan 1988 | 21 May 1988 |
164 | "Great Raptor of Rhua" | Falk | Barry | 23 May 1988 | 3 Sep 1988 |
165 | "Chasamba" | Falk | Barry | 5 Sep 1988 | 4 Feb 1989 |
166 | "Rex: Prince of Baronkhan" | Falk | Barry | 6 Feb 1989 | 5 Aug 1989 |
167 | "Massacre at Walker's Table" | Falk | Barry | 7 Aug 1989 | 11 Nov 1989 |
168 | "The Death Threat" | Falk | Barry | 13 Nov 1989 | 24 Mar 1990 |
169 | "The Master of Eden" | Falk | Barry | 26 Mar 1990 | 16 Jun 1990 |
170 | "Attack of the Witchmen" | Falk | Barry | 18 Jun 1990 | 13 Oct 1990 |
171 | "The Valley of the Elephants" | Falk | Barry | 15 Oct 1990 | 2 Feb 1991 |
172 | "Zima, The Rogue Elephant" | Falk | Barry | 4 Feb 1991 | 8 Jun 1991 |
173 | "The Jungle Patrol v The Drug Cartel" | Falk | Barry | 10 Jun 1991 | 2 Nov 1991 |
174 | "King Bongong" | Falk | Barry | 4 Nov 1991 | 1 Feb 1992 |
175 | "Prince Rex and Princess Alicia" | Falk | Barry | 3 Feb 1992 | 25 Apr 1992 |
176 | "Blackie" | Falk | Barry | 27 Apr 1992 | 18 Jul 1992 |
177 | "The Attilan Mystery" | Falk | Barry | 20 Jul 1992 | 6 Feb 1993 |
178 | "The Moxley Awards" | Falk | Barry | 8 Feb 1993 | 19 Jun 1993 |
179 | "Nukes" | Falk | Barry | 21 Jun 1993 | 13 Nov 1993 |
180 | "Dinosaur" | Falk | Barry | 15 Nov 1993 | 12 Feb 1994 |
181 | "The Plotters" | Falk | Barry | 14 Feb 1994 | 4 Jun 1994 |
182 | "The Phantom Cowboy" | Falk | Barry, Olesen, Williams | 6 Jun 1994 | 17 Dec 1994 |
183 | "Buried Treasure" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 19 Dec 1994 | 29 Apr 1995 |
184 | "The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 1 May 1995 | 2 Sep 1995 |
185 | "Raiders of the Eastern Dark" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 4 Sep 1995 | 6 Jan 1996 |
186 | "Mr Big" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 8 Jan 1996 | 18 May 1996 |
187 | "Drama on Eden" | Falk | Olesen, Williams, Fredericks | 20 May 1996 | 30 Nov 1996 |
188 | "Prince Rex - Kidnapped" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 2 Dec 1996 | 29 Mar 1997 |
189 | "The Silks of Emira" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 31 Mar 1997 | 26 Jul 1997 |
190 | "The Shaman" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 28 Jul 1997 | 15 Nov 1997 |
191 | "Joomkar's Crown" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 17 Nov 1997 | 18 Apr 1998 |
192 | "The Crater" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 20 Apr 1998 | 26 Sep 1998 |
193 | "The Dakk Pirates" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 28 Sep 1998 | 9 Jan 1999 |
194 | "The Albee" | Falk | Olesen/Williams | 11 Jan 1999 | 13 Mar 1999 |
195 | "Terror at the Opera" | Lee Falk, Elizabeth Falk | Olesen/Williams | 15 Mar 1999 | 10 July 1999 |
Sunday stories
# | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
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1 | "The League of Lost Men" | Falk | Moore | 28 May 1939 | 15 Oct 1939 |
2 | "The Precious Cargo of Colonel Winn" | Falk | Moore | 22 Oct 1939 | 10 Mar 1940 |
3 | "The Fire Goddess" | Falk | Moore | 17 Mar 1940 | 21 Jul 1940 |
4 | "The Beachcomber" | Falk | Moore | 28 Jul 1940 | 29 Dec 1940 |
5 | "The Saboteurs" | Falk | Moore | 5 Jan 1941 | 23 Feb 1941 |
6 | "The Return of the Sky Band" | Falk | Moore | 2 Mar 1941 | 22 Feb 1942 |
7 | "The Impostor" | Falk | Moore | 1 Mar 1942 | 11 Oct 1942 |
8 | "Castle in the Clouds" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 18 Oct 1942 | 18 Apr 1943 |
9 | "The Ismani Cannibals" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Apr 1943 | 4 Jul 1943 |
10 | "Hamid the Terrible" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Jul 1943 | 25 Jun 1944 |
11 | "The Childhood of the Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Jul 1944 | 7 Jan 1945 |
12 | "The Golden Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Jan 1945 | 24 Jun 1945 |
13 | "The Strange Fisherman" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Jul 1945 | 2 Dec 1945 |
14 | "Queen Pera the Perfect" | Falk | Moore | 9 Dec 1945 | 17 Mar 1946 |
15 | "King of Beasts" | Falk | Moore | 24 Mar 1946 | 4 Aug 1946 |
16 | "The Scarlet Sorceress" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 11 Aug 1946 | 22 Dec 1946 |
17 | "The 12 Tasks" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 29 Dec 1946 | 29 Jun 1947 |
18 | "The Dragon God" | Falk | Moore | 6 Jul 1947 | 16 Nov 1947 |
19 | "The Marshall Sisters" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 23 Nov 1947 | 16 May 1948 |
20 | "The Phantom Trophy" | Falk | Moore | 23 May 1948 | 5 Sep 1948 |
21 | "The Haunted Castle" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 12 Sep 1948 | 13 Feb 1949 |
22 | "Fathers and Sons" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Feb 1949 | 24 Apr 1949 |
23 | "The Flirtatious Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 1 May 1949 | 21 Aug 1949 |
24 | "The Thuggees" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Aug 1949 | 19 Feb 1950 |
25 | "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Feb 1950 | 7 May 1950 |
26 | "The Mysterious Passenger" | Falk | McCoy | 14 May 1950 | 16 Jul 1950 |
27 | "Jungle King" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Jul 1950 | 22 Oct 1950 |
28 | "The Phantom's Ring" | Falk | McCoy | 29 Oct 1950 | 10 Jun 1951 |
29 | "The Rope People" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Jun 1951 | 4 Nov 1951 |
30 | "Tale of Devil" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Nov 1951 | 23 Mar 1952 |
31 | "The 'Copter Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 30 Mar 1952 | 13 Jul 1952 |
32 | "The Female Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Jul 1952 | 12 Oct 1952 |
33 | "Diana and the Bank Robbers" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Oct 1952 | 1 Feb 1953 |
34 | "The Chain" | Falk | McCoy | 8 Feb 1953 | 24 May 1953 |
35 | "Madcap Miriam" | Falk | McCoy | 31 May 1953 | 18 Oct 1953 |
36 | "The Imaginary Playmate" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Oct 1953 | 31 Jan 1954 |
37 | "The Belt" | Falk | McCoy | 7 Feb 1954 | 6 Jun 1954 |
38 | "The Master Spy" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Jun 1954 | 10 Oct 1954 |
39 | "Alexander's Cup" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Oct 1954 | 27 Feb 1955 |
40 | "The Gibs Brothers" | Falk | McCoy | 6 Mar 1955 | 3 Apr 1955 |
41 | "The Crescent Cult" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Apr 1955 | 7 Aug 1955 |
42 | "The Horned Star Demons" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Aug 1955 | 6 Nov 1955 |
43 | "A Proper Husband" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Nov 1955 | 12 Feb 1956 |
44 | "The Jungle Tourneys" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Feb 1956 | 20 May 1956 |
45 | "Pirate Day" | Falk | McCoy | 27 May 1956 | 19 Aug 1956 |
46 | "The Rattle" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Aug 1956 | 13 Jan 1957 |
47 | "Danglor, International Bank Thief" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Jan 1957 | 7 Apr 1957 |
48 | "A Lesson for Prince Orq" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Apr 1957 | 18 Aug 1957 |
49 | "The Frameup" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Aug 1957 | 22 Dec 1957 |
50 | "The Monster of Green Valley" | Falk | McCoy | 29 Dec 1957 | 27 Jul 1958 |
51 | "The Plant God of the Massau" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Aug 1958 | 21 Dec 1958 |
52 | "A Tale of the Good Mark" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Dec 1958 | 14 Jun 1959 |
53 | "The Childhood of the Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Jun 1959 | 3 Jan 1960 |
54 | "The River Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Jan 1960 | 22 May 1960 |
55 | "The Honeymooners" | Falk | McCoy | 29 May 1960 | 23 Oct 1960 |
56 | "The Goggle-Eye Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 30 Oct 1960 | 26 Mar 1961 |
57 | "Fluffy" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Apr 1961 | 13 Aug 1961 |
58 | "The Limper" | Falk | McCoy, Infantino, Lignante | 20 Aug 1961 | 29 Oct 1961 |
59 | "Queen Samaris XII" | Falk | Lignante | 5 Nov 1961 | 13 May 1962 |
60 | "Treasure of the Skull Cave" | Falk | Barry | 20 May 1962 | 28 Oct 1962 |
61 | "The Astronaut and the Pirates" | Falk | Barry | 4 Nov 1962 | 12 May 1963 |
62 | "Old Baldy" | Falk | Barry | 19 May 1963 | 15 Dec 1963 |
63 | "The Giant Bird of Gandor" | Falk | Barry | 22 Dec 1963 | 28 Jun 1964 |
64 | "The Founding of the Jungle Patrol" | Falk | Barry | 5 Jul 1964 | 24 Jan 1965 |
65 | "The Great Web of Spidera" | Falk | Barry | 31 Jan 1965 | 27 Jun 1965 |
66 | "Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn" | Falk | Barry | 4 Jul 1965 | 24 Oct 1965 |
67 | "The Veiled Lady" | Falk | Barry | 31 Oct 1965 | 8 May 1966 |
68 | "Rex King" | Falk | Barry | 15 May 1966 | 11 Dec 1966 |
69 | "The Golden Sands of Keela-Wee" | Falk | Barry | 18 Dec 1966 | 2 Apr 1967 |
70 | "The Lions of Kukhan" | Falk | Barry | 9 Apr 1967 | 6 Aug 1967 |
71 | "The Super-Jet Gang" | Falk | Barry | 13 Aug 1967 | 26 Nov 1967 |
72 | "Strangers at Keela-Wee" | Falk | Barry | 3 Dec 1967 | 24 Mar 1968 |
73 | "The Little Ones" | Falk | Barry | 31 Mar 1968 | 11 Aug 1968 |
74 | "The Black Gold Pirates" | Falk | Barry | 18 Aug 1968 | 29 Dec 1968 |
75 | "Walker's Table" | Falk | Barry | 5 Jan 1969 | 20 Apr 1969 |
76 | "The Hijackers" | Falk | Barry | 27 Apr 1969 | 3 Aug 1969 |
77 | "The Missing Link" | Falk | Barry | 10 Aug 1969 | 7 Dec 1969 |
78 | "The Golden People" | Falk | Barry | 14 Dec 1969 | 29 Mar 1970 |
79 | "The Dolphins" | Falk | Barry | 5 Apr 1970 | 14 Jun 1970 |
80 | "The Beach" | Falk | Barry | 21 Jun 1970 | 13 Sep 1970 |
81 | "Alexander's Diamond Cup" | Falk | Barry | 20 Sep 1970 | 7 Feb 1971 |
82 | "The Tale of the Gooley-Gooley Witch" | Falk | Barry | 14 Feb 1971 | 9 May 1971 |
83 | "The Stolen Trophy" | Falk | Barry | 16 May 1971 | 1 Aug 1971 |
84 | "The Wig" | Falk | Barry | 8 Aug 1971 | 31 Oct 1971 |
85 | "Tale of the Good Mark" | Falk | Barry | 7 Nov 1971 | 6 Feb 1972 |
86 | "The Smugglers" | Falk | Barry | 13 Feb 1972 | 14 May 1972 |
87 | "The Massacre" | Falk | Barry | 21 May 1972 | 27 Aug 1972 |
88 | "The Bike Gang" | Falk | Barry | 3 Sep 1972 | 5 Nov 1972 |
89 | "The Hawk Master" | Falk | Barry | 12 Nov 1972 | 11 Feb 1973 |
90 | "The Sky Divers" | Falk | Barry | 18 Feb 1973 | 27 May 1973 |
91 | "Rex and the Little People" | Falk | Barry | 3 Jun 1973 | 16 Sep 1973 |
92 | "The Golden Wood" | Falk | Barry | 23 Sep 1973 | 23 Dec 1973 |
93 | "Phantom Treasure" | Falk | Barry | 30 Dec 1973 | 9 Jun 1974 |
94 | "Tale of Joomba" | Falk | Barry | 16 Jun 1974 | 29 Dec 1974 |
95 | "Little Girl" | Falk | Barry | 5 Jan 1975 | 11 May 1975 |
96 | "The First Phantom" | Falk | Barry | 18 May 1975 | 10 Aug 1975 |
97 | "The Golden Beach" | Falk | Barry | 17 Aug 1975 | 21 Dec 1975 |
98 | "The Blue Giant" | Falk | Barry | 28 Dec 1975 | 11 Apr 1976 |
99 | "Joonkar and the Slavers" | Falk | Barry | 18 Apr 1976 | 29 Aug 1976 |
100 | "The Stolen Ring" | Falk | Barry | 5 Sep 1976 | 19 Dec 1976 |
101 | "The Swamp Dragon" | Falk | Barry | 26 Dec 1976 | 17 Apr 1977 |
102 | "The Hunters" | Falk | Barry | 24 Apr 1977 | 7 Aug 1977 |
103 | "The Delta Pirates" | Falk | Barry | 14 Aug 1977 | 23 Oct 1977 |
104 | "The Wedding of the Phantom" | Falk | Barry | 30 Oct 1977 | 5 Feb 1978 |
105 | "The Three Bandits" | Falk | Barry | 12 Feb 1978 | 16 Apr 1978 |
106 | "What's Wrong with Hzz?" | Falk | Barry | 16 Apr 1978 | 23 Jul 1978 |
107 | "The Star of Bangalla" | Falk | Barry | 30 Jul 1978 | 5 Nov 1978 |
108 | "The Heirs" | Falk | Barry | 12 Nov 1978 | 20 May 1979 |
109 | "Jungle Olympics" | Falk | Barry | 27 May 1979 | 2 Sep 1979 |
110 | "The Name" | Falk | Barry | 9 Sep 1979 | 9 Dec 1979 |
111 | "The Vault of Missing Men" | Falk | Barry | 16 Dec 1979 | 1 Jun 1980 |
112 | "The Uninvited Visitors" | Falk | Barry | 8 Jun 1980 | 16 Nov 1980 |
113 | "Crook's Haven" | Falk | Barry | 23 Nov 1980 | 24 May 1981 |
114 | "Crazy Louie's Story" | Falk | Barry | 31 May 1981 | 8 Nov 1981 |
115 | "Kit and the Little People" | Falk | Barry | 15 Nov 1981 | 11 Apr 1982 |
116 | "The Terrorists" | Falk | Barry | 18 Apr 1982 | 5 Sep 1982 |
117 | "The Missing Link Family" | Falk | Barry | 12 Sep 1982 | 16 Jan 1983 |
118 | "Mysterious Karapura" | Falk | Barry | 23 Jan 1983 | 31 Jul 1983 |
119 | "The Eastern Dark" | Falk | Barry | 7 Aug 1983 | 29 Jan 1984 |
120 | "The Golden Beach of Keela-Wee" | Falk | Barry | 5 Feb 1984 | 6 May 1984 |
121 | "The Deadliest Animals in the Jungle" | Falk | Barry | 13 May 1984 | 19 Aug 1984 |
122 | "The Third Phantom" | Falk | Barry | 26 Aug 1984 | 17 Feb 1985 |
123 | "The Whispering Grove" | Falk | Barry | 24 Feb 1985 | 9 Jun 1985 |
124 | "The Forest Giants" | Falk | Barry | 16 Jun 1985 | 5 Jan 1986 |
125 | "Phantom Head Peak" | Falk | Barry | 12 Jan 1986 | 27 Apr 1986 |
126 | "Sunken Treasure" | Falk | Barry | 4 May 1986 | 31 Aug 1986 |
127 | "The Escaped Convicts" | Falk | Barry | 7 Sep 1986 | 21 Dec 1986 |
128 | "Queen Amaza's Mate" | Falk | Barry | 28 Dec 1986 | 28 Jun 1987 |
129 | "The Twins' 8th Birthday" | Falk | Barry | 5 Jul 1987 | 27 Sep 1987 |
130 | "The Irrondi and the Great Ones" | Falk | Barry | 4 Oct 1987 | 10 Apr 1988 |
131 | "The Bride of Xali" | Falk | Barry | 17 Apr 1988 | 17 Jul 1988 |
132 | "Exodus of the Little People" | Falk | Barry | 24 Jul 1988 | 26 Feb 1989 |
133 | "Death from the Sky" | Falk | Barry | 5 Mar 1989 | 23 Jul 1989 |
134 | "Captain Amazon - Pirate Queen" | Falk | Barry | 30 Jul 1989 | 7 Jan 1990 |
135 | "The Eastern Dark at Janorra" | Falk | Barry | 14 Jan 1990 | 13 May 1990 |
136 | "Return of the Thuggees" | Falk | Barry | 20 May 1990 | 11 Aug 1991 |
137 | "The Fourth Son" | Falk | Barry | 18 Aug 1991 | 17 May 1992 |
138 | "Tiger, Tiger" | Falk | Barry | 24 May 1992 | 6 Dec 1992 |
139 | "How The Phantom Saved The Earth" | Falk | Barry | 13 Dec 1992 | 18 Jul 1993 |
140 | "The Jungle Olympics" | Falk | Barry | 25 Jul 1993 | 16 Jan 1994 |
141 | "The Isle of Death" | Falk | Barry | 23 Jan 1994 | 3 Jul 1994 |
142 | "Phantom World" | Falk | Barry, Olesen, Doescher | 10 Jul 1994 | 4 Dec 1994 |
143 | "Battle of the Jungle Boys" | Falk | Doescher, Olesen, Fredericks | 11 Dec 1994 | 17 Sep 1995 |
144 | "Queen Medusa" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 24 Sep 1995 | 26 May 1996 |
145 | "The Lookout" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 2 Jun 1996 | 24 Nov 1996 |
146 | "Dig" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 1 Dec 1996 | 24 Aug 1997 |
147 | "Waterman" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 31 Aug 1997 | 19 Apr 1998 |
148 | "The Vanished Village" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 26 Apr 1998 | 27 Sep 1998 |
149 | "The Floradon Mystery" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 4 Oct 1998 | 14 Feb 1999 |
150 | "The Kidnappers" | Falk, Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 21 Feb 1999 | 15 Aug 1999 |
151 | "The Wharf Rats" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks | 22 Aug 1999 | 26 Dec 1999 |
Remakes
Gold Key/King/Charlton stories
# | Title | (Re-)writer | Artist |
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1 | "The Game" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
2 | "The Rattle" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
3 | "The Test" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
4 | "The Diamond Cup" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
5 | "The Crybaby" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
6 | "Oogooru" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
7 | "The Goggle-Eye Pirates" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
8 | "The Swamp Rats" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
9 | "The Phantom's Boyhood" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
10 | "The Lady from Nowhere" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
11 | "The Phantom's Boyhood: Diana" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
12 | "The Super Apes" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
13 | "The Phantom's Boyhood: School" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
14 | "The Belt" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
15 | "The Sixth Man" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
16 | "The Sleeping Giant" | Falk, Harris | Lignante |
17 | "The Patrol" | Harris | Lignante |
18 | "The Historian" | Lignante | Lignante |
19 | "Grandpa" | Lignante | Lignante |
20 | "The River Pirates" | Lignante | Lignante |
21 | "The Tournament" | Lignante | Lignante |
22 | "The Chain" | Lignante | Lignante |
23 | "The Crescent Cult" | Lignante | Lignante |
24 | "Samaris" | Lignante | Lignante |
25 | "The Treasure of the Skull Cave" | Wood | Lignante |
26 | "The Astronaut and the Pirates" | Harris | Lignante |
27 | "The Masked Emissary" | Harris | Lignante |
Team Fantomen stories
Fratelli Spada stories
# | Title | (Re-)writer | Artist | |
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1 | "Solomon's Judgment" | ? | Ferri | ¤ |