The Flirtatious Princess

The Flirtatious Princess
Start date:	April 25th, 1949
End date:	August 21st, 1949
# of strips:	102 daily strips and 17 Sundays
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	"Fathers and Sons"
Followed by:	"The Thuggees"

"The Flirtatious Princess" is the 35th Phantom daily story and the 23rd Phantom Sunday 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
• Guran
• Hero
• Diana Palmer (photography)
• Uncle Dave

One-time characters

• King Pater of Pathia
• Duke Jorge
• Baron Gant
• Princess Gwena of Pathia
• Major Carl
• Piko
• Tanto of Bandar
• The Chief of Llongo
• The Chief of Onawey

Tribes

• Bandar
• Llongo
• Onawey

Locations

• The Kingdom of Pathia
  • The Duchy of Jorge
  • The Barony of Gant
• The Palmer Home
• Bengali
  • The Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
  • Morristown

Jungle Festivities

• The Spring Festival

Trivia

• Starting in February 1949 the Phantom Sundays and the Phantom daily strips featured the same stories. Unlike in the 1970's – where the stories "The Wedding of the Phantom", "The Three Bandits" and "The Heirs" ran both as dailies and Sundays – thes adventures did not feature parallel stories but rather one story spanning over both weekdays and Sundays. However – since several newspapers only included either the Phantom dailies or the Phantom Sundays, the stories also had to be written in such way that the readers who didn't get both still were able to understand and appreciate the plot. As a result, the stories became quite repetitive when reading both Sundays and dailies, while the readers who only had access to either one of the two were left with some notable jumps in the storytelling. This practice was abandoned in May 1950, after four stories – "The Flirtatious Princess" being the second.
• Princess Gwena tells The Phantom to marry her.
• The jungle chiefs know about The Phantom's mortality, and are worried about him not getting a son.
• The Kingdom of Pathia is said to border The Deep Woods, but Pathia's relationship to Bengali isn't mentioned.

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Generals' Hunt" by Özcan Eralp

Behind the scenes

Title panel.

• The title "The Flirtatious Princess" appears in the first daily strip of the story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La princesa inconstante", La Sombra #10 (1959) - dailies only
• "La princesa coqueta", El Fantasma #67 (1964) - Sundays only

Australia

• The Phantom #57 – #58 (1953) - dailies only
• The Phantom #158 (1959) - dailies only
• The Phantom #262 (1964) - dailies only
• The Phantom #403 (1969) - dailies only
• The Phantom #563 (1975) - dailies only
• The Phantom #753 (1982) - dailies only
• The Phantom #986 (1991) - Sundays only
• The Phantom #1167 (1997) - dailies only
• The Phantom #1485 (2007) - Sundays only

Brazil

• "A Princesa e os Presidentes", O Globo Juvenil #1934 – #1984 (1949-1950) - dailies only
• "O Casamento da Princesa", Fantasma #74 (1963) - Sundays only
• "A Princesa Namoradeira", O Fantasma #30 (1972) - dailies only
• "Uma Mulher Para Dois", Fantasma #222 (1974) - Sundays only
• "O Casamento da Princesa", Hiperalmanaque Fantasma #1 (1981) - dailies only
• "A Princesa Namoradeira", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #23 (1996) - dailies only

Canada

• La Patrie April 25, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• Le Nouvelliste April 30, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - Sundays only
• Le Soleil May 1, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - Sundays only

Denmark

• "Duel i junglen", Fantomet pocket #3 (1984) - dailies only

Finland

• "Kilpakosijat", Sarjakuvalehti 16/1950 – 12/1951 - Sundays only
• "Naamio ja “Iloinen Prinsessa”", Kippari Kalle 8/1955 - dailies only
• "Kamppailu viidakossa", Sarjakirja #93 (1984) - dailies only

France

• "Menaces sur la jungle", Le Fantôme du Bengale #32 and "Le Major Carl", #33 (1951) - dailies only
• "La fuite danas la jungle", Le Fantôme Spécial #34 and "Prison de Brouillard", #35 (1966) - dailies only
• "La Princesse trop coquette", Le Fantôme #452 (1974) - Sundays only
• "La Princesse trop coquette", Le Fantôme Album #53 (probably 1975) - Sundays only

Ireland

• Sunday Independent October 16, 1949 – January 8, 1950 - without the last four weeks

Italy

• "Fuga nella giungla", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #157 and "Prigione di nebbia", #158 (1965) - dailies only
• "Fuga nella giungla", Phantom – L'Uomo Mascherato #66 (1974) - Sundays only
• "Fuga nella giungla", Phantom #23 (1993) - both Sundays and dailies
• "Fuga nella giungla", Phantom #249 – #250

Mexico

• "La Princesa Coqueta", El Informador June 20, 1949 – October 16, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• "La Princesa Coqueta", Paquito #10004 (1953) - dailies only
• "La Princesa Coqueta", El Fantasma #16 (1966) - Sundays only

New Zealand

• The Phantom #27 – #29 - dailies only
• The Phantom #240 – #244 - dailies only
• The Phantom #519 – #521 - dailies only

Norway

• Aftenposten July 22, 1950 – November 17, 1950
• Skippern 34/1956 – 16/1957
• "Duell i jungelen", Serie-pocket #91 (1984) - dailies only
• "Den ustadige prinsessen", Fantomet 13-14/2013 - dailies only

Spain

• EDICIONES M.A.S. #1 – #8 (1957) - dailies only
• "La princesa Gwena", El Hombre Enmascarado #64 - dailies only
• "La princesa Gwena", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #23 - both Sundays and dailies

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda May 31, 1951 – September 26, 1951 - dailies only
• "Den nyckfulla prinsessan", Vecko-Revyn 4-20/1952 - Sundays only
• Fantomen 11 – 15/1953 - dailies only
• "Rivalerna", Fantomen Christmas Album 1959 - Sundays only
• "Duell i djungeln", Fantomen 9/1963 - dailies only
• "Duell i djungeln", Seriepocket #136 (1984) - dailies only
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1953, Del 2 - dailies only
• "Rivalerna", Fantomen Christmas Album 2009 - Sundays only
• "Den nyckfulla prinsessan", Fantomen 10-11/2013 - dailies only

Turkey

• "Güzel Prenses", Haftalık Albüm #35 – #36 (1953) - dailies only

USA

• Bradford Era April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• Charleston Daily Mail April 25, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• Chester Times April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• Cumberland Sunday Times‎ May 1, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - Sundays only
• The Milwaukee Sentinel May 1, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - Sundays only
• The Oneonta Star April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• Oxnard Press-Courier April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• The Progress April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• San Antonio Light April 25, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• St. Petersburg Times May 1, 1949 – August 21, 1949 - Sundays only
• Sandusky Register Star News April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• Syracuse Herald Journal April 25, 1949 – August 20, 1949 - dailies only
• The Phantom Sundays #2 (1989) - Sundays only
• "The Flirtatious Princess", Comics Revue #317-318 – #331-332 (2012-13)

West Germany

• "Die lebhafte Prinzessin", Phantom-Heft 2/1955