The Prisoner of the Himalayas

The Prisoner of the Himalayas
Start date:	February 7th, 1938
End date:	June 18th, 1938
# of strips:	114 (19 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	"Little Toma"
Followed by:	"Adventure in Algiers"

"The Prisoner of the Himalayas" is the fifth Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot Summary

Diana and her mother are travelling in her Europe. In this adventure they are staying in an apartment at a French hotel called Georg III.

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Devil
• Guran (mentioned)
• Mrs. Palmer

One-time characters

• The Count
• Jerry
• Bob
• The Maharajah of Barogar
• Count Bart
• Captain Dudley
• Princess Karene
• Gar of Barogar
• Shiva
• Burdiv
• Shan

Locations

• India
  • Bengal
  • Bombay
  • Delhi
  • Barogar
  • Himalaya
    • Tibaw Pass
• Suez
• France
  • Havre
  • Paris
    • George III
• Hong Kong
• Australia

Organizations

• Scotland Yard

Trivia

• Diana's mother makes her first appearance, and meets the Phantom for the first time. Her name is given as Mrs. E.V. Palmer
• Four men propose to Diana - The Count, Jerry, Bob, and the Phantom. Diana even gets engaged to Bob, but the Phantom appeares on her wedding, and snatches her away from the cermony.

Related stories

Refers to

• "Little Toma" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore
• "The Diamond Hunters" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Diana's Wedding", The Phantom #2 (1938)
• "The Rajah of Barogar", The Phantom #3 (1939)
• The Phantom #21 – #22 (1950)
• The Phantom #122 (1957)
• The Phantom #227 – #228 (1962–63)
• The Phantom #931A (1989)
• The Phantom #1249 (2000)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #109 – #161 (1938)
• "O Mistério do Marajá", Álbum O Globo Juvenil #3 (1938)
• "O Prisioneiro do Himalaia", Fantasma Extra #7 (1971)
• "Missão Inadiável!", O Fantasma #14 (1971)
• "Missão em Barogar", Fantasma #331 (1983)
• "Missão Inadiável", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #33 (1997)

Denmark

• "Himalayas store Mysterium", Skipper Skræk 1/1938 – 4/1938 - the last two weeks only

Finland

• "Himalajan halki", Mustanaamio 22/2010

France

• Aventures 23/1938 – 41/1938
• "Mission secrète", Aventures et Mystère #16 and "Le prisonnier de l'Himalaya", #18 (1939)
• Aventures et Mystère #8 and #17 (1947)
• "Le diabolique comte Bart", Le Fantôme Spécial #8 and "La reconquête de Barogar", #9 (1964)
• "Le destin de Diana", Le Prisonnier de l'Himalaya (1981)
• "Le Prisonnier de l'Himalaya", Album Copyright Tome 3 (Futuroplis) Le Fantôme Vol. 3 1938 – 1939 (1985)

Italy

• "Il ratto di Diana", L'Avventuroso #184 – #200 (1938)
• "Il diabolico conte Bart", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #55 (1963)
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", L'uomo mascherato (1971)
• L'olimpo dei fumetti #7 (1971)
• Ristampa Nerbini (1975)
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", Phantom #1 and "La sfida del conte Bart", #2 (1977)
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", Phantom #6 (1991)
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", Phantom Raccolta #2 (1993?)
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", Phantom #120
• "Il prigioniero dell'Himalaya", I classici del Fumetto di Republica #15 (2003)

Mexico

• Paquito #10027 – #10030

New Zealand

• The Phantom #82 – #85

Norway

• "Fangen i Himalaya", Det første Fantomet - Fangen i Himalaya (1981)
• "Fangen i Himalaya", Fantomet 21/2010

Portugal

• "O Prisioneiro dos Himalayas", Jornal do Cuto #46 – #63 (1972)
• "O Prisioneiro dos Himalayas", Mandrake & Fantasma - Os Clássicos da Banda Desenhada #23 (2004)

Spain

• "El misterio del Barogar", El Hombre Enmascarado #12 and "El prisionero del Himalaya", #13 (1941)
• "El prisionero del Himalaya", El Hombre Enmascarado #013 and El misterio del Barogar", #014 (1960)
• "El misterio del Maharajà", El Hombre Enmascarado #42 (1977)
• "El prisionero del Himalaya", El Hombre Enmascarado #2 (1981)
• El Tebeo #10 (1990; excerpt only)
• "El prisionero del Himalaya", El Hombre Enmascarado #39 – #40 (1990)

Sweden

• "Fången i Himalaya", Den förste Fantomen - Fången i Himalaya (1971)
• "Fången i Himalaya", Fantomen 22/2010

USA

• Ace Comics 47 – #54 (1938)
• The Prisoner of the Himalayas (1969)
• The Prisoner of the Himalayas (1976)
• "Prisoner of the Himalyas", Comics Revue #166 – #180 (1999-2001)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Two 1937–1939 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• "Фантом у Скотланд Јарду" (romanized as "Fantom u Skotland Jardu"), Mika Miš #292 – #335 (1939)
• "Фантом у Скотланд Јарду" (romanized as "Fantom u Skotland Jardu"), Zabavnik #68 – #69 (1940)
• Pegaz #7 (1978)
• "Alijev karavan", Biblioteka Nostalgija #7 (1988)