The Vault of Missing Men (story): Difference between revisions

From PhantomWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Newspaperbox  
{{Newspaperbox  
|Title=The Vault of Missing Men
|Title=The Vault of Missing Men
|image=  
|image= [[Image:The Vault of Missing Men (story).jpg|300px]]
|Start= December 16th, 1979
|Start= December 16th, 1979
|End= June 1st, 1980
|End= June 1st, 1980
Line 7: Line 7:
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Sy Barry]]
|Artist= [[Sy Barry]]
|Colorist= [[King Features Syndicate|KFS]] staff
|Preceded="[[The Name]]"
|Preceded="[[The Name]]"
|Followed="[[The Uninvited Visitors]]"
|Followed="[[The Uninvited Visitors]]"
Line 15: Line 16:


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==
While the twins are sleeping, [[Diana Palmer-Walker|Diana]] is looking around in [[The Skull Cave|the skull cave]], finding a metal door with a lock. [[The 21st Phantom|The Phantom]] tell her that this door is always locked but he will make an exception and show what is inside to Diana and [[Rex]]. Inside are tombs of famous people who have their final resting place there. One of the tombs belong to a pirate who was put to rest there by [[the 13th Phantom]]. He grew up the United States at the end of the 18th century, meeting the distinguished Americans of that time.
While the twins are sleeping, [[Diana Palmer-Walker|Diana]] is looking around in [[The Skull Cave|the skull cave]], finding a metal door with a lock. [[The 21st Phantom|The Phantom]] tells her that this door is always locked but he will make an exception and show what is inside to Diana and [[Rex]]. Inside are tombs of famous people who have their final resting place there. One of the tombs belongs to a pirate who was put to rest there by [[the 13th Phantom]] who He grew up in the United States at the end of the 18th century, meeting the distinguished Americans of that time.


One day he rescues a young woman from a gang of thieves. She is grateful but refuses to say her name. He finally finds her house but is thrown out by her brother, the pirate Jean Lafitte. His attempts at courting her is put to an end when he receive news from Bengali that his father, [[the 12th Phantom]] is seriously ill. He leaves the US but not before giving [[Jeanette Lafitte|Jeanette]] a farewell kiss.
One day he rescues a young woman from a gang of thieves. She is grateful but refuses to tell her name. He finally finds her house but is thrown out by her brother, the pirate Jean Lafitte. His attempts at courting her are put to an end when he receives news from Bengali that his father, [[the 12th Phantom]] is seriously ill. He leaves the US but not before giving [[Jeanette Lafitte|Jeanette]] a farewell kiss.


After his father's death Kit becomes [[the 13th Phantom]]. He decides to go back to the US to meet Jeanette again. Crossing the Atlantic on a Spanish ship, the ship is attacked by Jean Lafitte's pirate ship. Before the final duel between the Phantom and Lafitte, the pirate captain is shot in the back from his sister. He dies shortly after but not before giving his blessing to their marriage. The Phantom take Jeanette with him to Bengali, where the pirate is buried in the vault of missing men.
After his father's death Kit becomes [[the 13th Phantom]]. He decides to go back to the US to meet Jeanette again. Crossing the Atlantic on a Spanish ship, the ship is attacked by Jean Lafitte's pirate ship. Before the final duel between the Phantom and Lafitte, the pirate captain is shot in the back from his sister. He dies shortly after but not before giving his blessing to their marriage. The Phantom take Jeanette with him to Bengali, where the pirate is buried in the vault of missing men.


After finishing the story, the Phantom tell Rex that there are many more famous people buried in the vault but those stories will have to wait to another time.
After finishing the story, the Phantom tells Rex that there are many more famous people buried in the vault but those stories will have to wait for another time.


== Appearances ==
== Appearances ==
Line 135: Line 136:


[[Category:Sunday stories|Vault of Missing Men, The]]
[[Category:Sunday stories|Vault of Missing Men, The]]
[[Category:1980 Stories|Vault of Missing Men, The]]

Revision as of 16:10, 26 May 2019

The Vault of Missing Men
The Vault of Missing Men (story).jpg
Start date: December 16th, 1979
End date: June 1st, 1980
# of strips: 25 pages
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Sy Barry
Original colorist: KFS staff
Preceded by: "The Name"
Followed by: "The Uninvited Visitors"

"The Vault of Missing Men" is the 111th Phantom Sunday story. It was originally published in American newspapers from December 16th, 1979, to June 1st, 1980.

The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot Summary

While the twins are sleeping, Diana is looking around in the skull cave, finding a metal door with a lock. The Phantom tells her that this door is always locked but he will make an exception and show what is inside to Diana and Rex. Inside are tombs of famous people who have their final resting place there. One of the tombs belongs to a pirate who was put to rest there by the 13th Phantom who He grew up in the United States at the end of the 18th century, meeting the distinguished Americans of that time.

One day he rescues a young woman from a gang of thieves. She is grateful but refuses to tell her name. He finally finds her house but is thrown out by her brother, the pirate Jean Lafitte. His attempts at courting her are put to an end when he receives news from Bengali that his father, the 12th Phantom is seriously ill. He leaves the US but not before giving Jeanette a farewell kiss.

After his father's death Kit becomes the 13th Phantom. He decides to go back to the US to meet Jeanette again. Crossing the Atlantic on a Spanish ship, the ship is attacked by Jean Lafitte's pirate ship. Before the final duel between the Phantom and Lafitte, the pirate captain is shot in the back from his sister. He dies shortly after but not before giving his blessing to their marriage. The Phantom take Jeanette with him to Bengali, where the pirate is buried in the vault of missing men.

After finishing the story, the Phantom tells Rex that there are many more famous people buried in the vault but those stories will have to wait for another time.

Appearances

Recurring Characters

One-time Characters

  • Jean Lafitte
  • Gollo

Real-life characters

  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Andrew Jackson
  • James Madison

Locations

Tribes


Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Mini australia.gif Australia

Mini brazil.gif Brazil

Mini canada.gif Canada

  • La Revue populaire May 3, 1980 – July 5, 1980 - without the first twelve and the last seven weeks

Mini colombia.gif Colombia

Mini denmark.gif Denmark

Mini finland.gif Finland

Mini france.gif France

Mini iceland.gif Iceland

  • Vikan January 22, 1981 – July 30, 1981

Mini india.gif India

Mini italy.gif Italy

Mini norway.gif Norway

Mini Portugal.gif Portugal

Mini sweden.gif Sweden

Mini turkey.gif Turkey

Mini usa.gif USA

Mini germany.gif West Germany

Mini yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia

Retrieved from "http://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Vault_of_Missing_Men_(story)&oldid=186474"