The Game of Alvar

The Game of Alvar
Start date:	July 29th, 1940
End date:	December 14th, 1940
# of strips:	120 (20 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	"The Seahorse"
Followed by:	"Diana Aviatrix Lost"

"The Game of Alvar" is the 13th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Devil
• Diana Palmer
• Mrs. Palmer

One-time characters

• Mr. Alvar

Locations

• Bengali (mentioned)
  • The Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
• USA
  • The Palmer Home

Tribes

• Bandar (mentioned)

Trivia

• Although the contemporary Sunday stories have begun to refer to the home-country of The Phantom as Bengali, this story has Diana talking about Bengal.
• The small island visited in the story remains unknown, just as its governor, chief of police and mayor. In many ways it resembles a Caribbean island, though.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #7 (1949) - second half only
• The Phantom #120 (1957) - second half only
• The Phantom #211 (1962) - second half only
• The Phantom #460 (1971) - second half only
• The Phantom #939 (1989)
• The Phantom #1436 (2006)
• The Phantom #7 replica, included with The Phantom #1187 (1998)

Brazil

• "O Mistério do Z. O. Z.", O Globo Juvenil #493 – #560 (1940-1941)
• "O Mistério do Z. O. Z.", Fantasma Edição Extra #1 (1953)
• "Caça ao contrabando!", O Fantasma #5 (1970)
• "Caça ao contrabando!", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #3 (1993)

Denmark

• "Vaabensmuglerne", Fantom-hefte #4 (1952)
• "Guldmysteriet", Fantomet #21 (1972)

Finland

• "Naamio ja aseiden salakuljettajat", Kippari Kalle 1/1953
• "Alvar", Mustanaamio 10/1980 - last 8 weeks only

France

• Aventures 22/1941 – 40/1941
• "L'association Z.O.Z", Le Fantôme du Bengale #9, #10 and "La fin d'un traitre", #11 (1949-1950)
• "Les trafiquants d'armes", Le Fantôme Spécial #62 and "La déroute d'Alvar", #63 (1968)

Kingdom of Italy

• "I trafficanti d’armi", L'Avventuroso #333 – #350 (1910)

Italy

• "I trafficanti d’armi", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #85 and "La Sconfitta di Alvar", #87 (1964)
• "I trafficanti d’armi", Phantom #13 (1992)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #66 – #68

Norway

• Aftenposten March 30, 1942 – August 20, 1942
• "Våpensmuglerne", Fantom-hefte #1 (1952)
• "I skrekkens vold", Fantomet 9/1977 - last 8 weeks only
• "Alvor", Fantomet 13/1980
• "I skrekkens vold", Krønikebok #41 and "Våpensmuglerne", #45 (2008)

Spain

• "El juego de Alvar", El Hombre Enmascarado #45 – #46

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda Januaray 14, 1944 – June 3, 1944
• Fantomen 9/1961 and 13/1961
• "I skräckens våld", Fantomen 21/1976 - last 8 weeks only
• "Alvar", Fantomen 4/1980

Turkey

• Binbir Roman #1 – #30 (1948)
• "Alvar'a Karşı", Red Kit #14 – #19 (1965)
• "Alvar'a Karşı", Kızıl Maske #7 – #8 (1968)

USA

• The Game of Alvar (1976)
• The Game of Alvar (1999)

West Germany

• "Die Waffenschmuggler", Phantom-Heft 9/1952 and 21/1953