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|31 || "[[The Horned Star Demons]]" || Falk || McCoy || 14 Aug 1955 || 6 Nov 1955 | |31 || "[[The Horned Star Demons]]" || Falk || McCoy || 14 Aug 1955 || 6 Nov 1955 | ||
Revision as of 13:32, 15 September 2010
Robert Wilson McCoy (April 6th, 1902 – July 20th, 1961) was the second artist on The Phantom comic strip. He started out as Ray Moore's assistant, but when Moore retired from the strip after a war injury, McCoy gradually took over the entire strip and was solely responsible for the artwork by 1949.
Wilson McCoy was born in Troy, Missouri and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The American Academy, and Washington University's School of Fine Arts, where he later served on the faculty. Working as a commercial artist, he made paintings for Liberty Magazine covers, calendars, prints, pin-ups and advertisements for major companies. When his friend Ray Moore served in the military during World War II, McCoy took over the responsibilities of illustrating the syndicated newspaper strip, "The Phantom". His wife, Dorothy, did the lettering.
McCoy is well known for his unique, naive style of drawing. Unlike Ray Moore, he always drew with tremendous attention to details, and used photographic references for every drawing, having his family and friends pose for him and act out the different situations happening in the stories he worked on.
Like Phantom-creator Lee Falk, Wilson McCoy was a world traveler with an adventurous spirit. He frequently visited far off jungles, and visited several native tribes, among them the Ituri tribe, consisting of pygmies, much like the Bandar tribe in the Phantom strip.
McCoy died on July 20th, 1961 after a heart attack. He was survived by his wife Dorothy, and two children: Robert and Carol. The art on the Phantom strip was taken over by Bill Lignante for a short while, and then Sy Barry.
Works by McCoy
Daily stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Inexorables" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 2 Feb 1942 | 9 Jan 1943 |
| 2 | "Bent Beak Broder" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Jan 1943 | 22 May 1943 |
| 3 | "The Phantom's Engagement" | Falk | McCoy | 24 May 1943 | 24 Jul 1943 |
| 4 | "The Governor and Suzie" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Jul 1943 | 26 Feb 1944 |
| 5 | "The Spy Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Feb 1944 | 20 May 1944 |
| 6 | "The Crooner" | Falk | McCoy | 22 May 1944 | 26 Aug 1944 |
| 7 | "The Maharajah's Daughter" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Aug 1944 | 24 Mar 1945 |
| 8 | "The Blue Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Mar 1945 | 26 May 1945 |
| 9 | "Lago the Lake God" | Falk | McCoy | 28 May 1945 | 11 Aug 1945 |
| 10 | "The Wild Girl" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Aug 1945 | 10 Nov 1945 |
| 11 | "Princess Valerie" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 18 Feb 1946 | 13 Jul 1946 |
| 12 | "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | Falk | McCoy | 15 Jul 1946 | 26 Oct 1946 |
| 13 | "Mister Hog" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Oct 1946 | 29 Mar 1947 |
| 14 | "Romance and the Vesta Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 31 Mar 1947 | 29 Nov 1947 |
| 15 | "The Devil Road" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Dec 1947 | 22 May 1948 |
| 16 | "The Lady Luck" | Falk | McCoy | 24 May 1948 | 30 Oct 1948 |
| 17 | "The Masked Marvel" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Nov 1948 | 19 Feb 1949 |
| 18 | "Fathers and Sons" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Feb 1949 | 23 Apr 1949 |
| 19 | "The Flirtatious Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Apr 1949 | 20 Aug 1949 |
| 20 | "The Thuggees" | Falk | McCoy | 22 Aug 1949 | 25 Feb 1950 |
| 21 | "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1950 | 6 May 1950 |
| 22 | "The Movie Stars" | Falk | McCoy | 8 May 1950 | 9 Sep 1950 |
| 23 | "The White Monkey" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Sep 1950 | 2 Dec 1950 |
| 24 | "The Gray Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 4 Dec 1950 | 24 Mar 1951 |
| 25 | "Whirlpool Channel" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Mar 1951 | 16 Jun 1951 |
| 26 | "The Tiger Girl" | Falk | McCoy | 18 Jun 1951 | 15 Sep 1951 |
| 27 | "The Governor's Family" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Sep 1951 | 1 Dec 1951 |
| 28 | "The Professor" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Dec 1951 | 15 Mar 1952 |
| 29 | "The Jungle Patrol" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Mar 1952 | 31 May 1952 |
| 30 | "Bobo the Toy Dog" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Jun 1952 | 19 Jul 1952 |
| 31 | "The Great Ajax" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Jul 1952 | 11 Oct 1952 |
| 32 | "The Toad Men" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Oct 1952 | 28 Feb 1953 |
| 33 | "The Lady from Nowhere" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Mar 1953 | 20 Jun 1953 |
| 34 | "The Matchmaker" | Falk | McCoy | 22 Jun 1953 | 10 Oct 1953 |
| 35 | "The Super Apes" | Falk | McCoy | 12 Oct 1953 | 30 Jan 1954 |
| 36 | "Ragon's Game" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Feb 1954 | 5 Jun 1954 |
| 37 | "The Mob" | Falk | McCoy | 7 Jun 1954 | 11 Sep 1954 |
| 38 | "The Wrestling Tourney" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Sep 1954 | 18 Dec 1954 |
| 39 | "Aboard the SS Gay" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Dec 1954 | 12 Mar 1955 |
| 40 | "The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Mar 1955 | 21 May 1955 |
| 41 | "Captain Kidder's Treasure" | Falk | McCoy | 23 May 1955 | 30 Jul 1955 |
| 42 | "Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Aug 1955 | 8 Oct 1955 |
| 43 | "Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Oct 1955 | 21 Jan 1956 |
| 44 | "The Wisdom of Solomon" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Jan 1956 | 25 Feb 1956 |
| 45 | "U-Town" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1956 | 19 May 1956 |
| 46 | "The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | Falk | McCoy | 21 May 1956 | 1 Sep 1956 |
| 47 | "The Shoplifters" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Sep 1956 | 17 Nov 1956 |
| 48 | "The Heavyweight Champion" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Nov 1956 | 12 Jan 1957 |
| 49 | "Wambo the Gambler" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Jan 1957 | 30 Mar 1957 |
| 50 | "The White Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Apr 1957 | 29 Jun 1957 |
| 51 | "The Valley Of No Return" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Jul 1957 | 21 Sep 1957 |
| 52 | "The Crown Jewels of Corba" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Sep 1957 | 21 Dec 1957 |
| 53 | "The Scorpia" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Dec 1957 | 3 May 1958 |
| 54 | "The Carlyle's Good Mark" | Falk | McCoy | 5 May 1958 | 23 Aug 1958 |
| 55 | "The Crybaby" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Aug 1958 | 1 Nov 1958 |
| 56 | "The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Nov 1958 | 7 Mar 1959 |
| 57 | "The Betrothal" | Falk | McCoy | 9 Mar 1959 | 13 Jun 1959 |
| 58 | "The Swamp Rats" | Falk | McCoy | 15 Jun 1959 | 3 Oct 1959 |
| 59 | "Oogooru and the Witchmen" | Falk | McCoy | 5 Oct 1959 | 16 Jan 1960 |
| 60 | "The Reporter" | Falk | McCoy | 18 Jan 1960 | 2 Apr 1960 |
| 61 | "The Diamond Hijackers" | Falk | McCoy | 4 Apr 1960 | 6 Aug 1960 |
| 62 | "The Gurk Twins" | Falk | McCoy | 8 Aug 1960 | 29 Oct 1960 |
| 63 | "The 50th Wife" | Falk | McCoy | 31 Oct 1960 | 25 Feb 1961 |
| 64 | "The Iron Dragon" | Falk | McCoy | 27 Feb 1961 | 13 May 1961 |
| 65 | "The Werewolf" | Falk | McCoy | 15 May 1961 | 19 Aug 1961 |
Sunday stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | Start | End |
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| 1 | "Castle in the Clouds" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 18 Oct 1942 | 18 Apr 1943 |
| 2 | "The Ismani Cannibals" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Apr 1943 | 4 Jul 1943 |
| 3 | "Hamid the Terrible" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Jul 1943 | 25 Jun 1944 |
| 4 | "The Childhood of the Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Jul 1944 | 7 Jan 1945 |
| 5 | "The Golden Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Jan 1945 | 24 Jun 1945 |
| 6 | "The Strange Fisherman" | Falk | McCoy | 1 Jul 1945 | 2 Dec 1945 |
| 7 | "The Scarlet Sorceress" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 11 Aug 1946 | 22 Dec 1946 |
| 8 | "The 12 Tasks" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 29 Dec 1946 | 29 Jun 1947 |
| 9 | "The Marshall Sisters" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 23 Nov 1947 | 16 May 1948 |
| 10 | "The Haunted Castle" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | 12 Sep 1948 | 13 Feb 1949 |
| 11 | "Fathers and Sons" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Feb 1949 | 24 Apr 1949 |
| 12 | "The Flirtatious Princess" | Falk | McCoy | 1 May 1949 | 21 Aug 1949 |
| 13 | "The Thuggees" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Aug 1949 | 19 Feb 1950 |
| 14 | "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Feb 1950 | 7 May 1950 |
| 15 | "The Mysterious Passenger" | Falk | McCoy | 14 May 1950 | 16 Jul 1950 |
| 16 | "Jungle King" | Falk | McCoy | 23 Jul 1950 | 22 Oct 1950 |
| 17 | "The Phantom's Ring" | Falk | McCoy | 29 Oct 1950 | 10 Jun 1951 |
| 18 | "The Rope People" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Jun 1951 | 4 Nov 1951 |
| 19 | "Tale of Devil" | Falk | McCoy | 11 Nov 1951 | 23 Mar 1952 |
| 20 | "The 'Copter Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 30 Mar 1952 | 13 Jul 1952 |
| 21 | "The Female Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Jul 1952 | 12 Oct 1952 |
| 22 | "Diana and the Bank Robbers" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Oct 1952 | 1 Feb 1953 |
| 23 | "The Chain" | Falk | McCoy | 8 Feb 1953 | 24 May 1953 |
| 24 | "Madcap Miriam" | Falk | McCoy | 31 May 1953 | 18 Oct 1953 |
| 25 | "The Imaginary Playmate" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Oct 1953 | 31 Jan 1954 |
| 26 | "The Belt" | Falk | McCoy | 7 Feb 1954 | 6 Jun 1954 |
| 27 | "The Master Spy" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Jun 1954 | 10 Oct 1954 |
| 28 | "Alexander's Cup" | Falk | McCoy | 17 Oct 1954 | 27 Feb 1955 |
| 29 | "The Gibs Brothers" | Falk | McCoy | 6 Mar 1955 | 3 Apr 1955 |
| 30 | "The Crescent Cult" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Apr 1955 | 7 Aug 1955 |
| 31 | "The Horned Star Demons" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Aug 1955 | 6 Nov 1955 |
| 32 | "A Proper Husband" | Falk | McCoy | 13 Nov 1955 | 12 Feb 1956 |
| 33 | "The Jungle Tourneys" | Falk | McCoy | 19 Feb 1956 | 20 May 1956 |
| 34 | "Pirate Day" | Falk | McCoy | 27 May 1956 | 19 Aug 1956 |
| 35 | "The Rattle" | Falk | McCoy | 26 Aug 1956 | 13 Jan 1957 |
| 36 | "Danglor, International Bank Thief" | Falk | McCoy | 20 Jan 1957 | 7 Apr 1957 |
| 37 | "A Lesson for Prince Orq" | Falk | McCoy | 14 Apr 1957 | 18 Aug 1957 |
| 38 | "The Frameup" | Falk | McCoy | 25 Aug 1957 | 22 Dec 1957 |
| 39 | "The Monster of Green Valley" | Falk | McCoy | 29 Dec 1957 | 27 Jul 1958 |
| 40 | "The Plant God of the Massau" | Falk | McCoy | 3 Aug 1958 | 21 Dec 1958 |
| 41 | "Conley's Good Mark" | Falk | McCoy | 28 Dec 1958 | 14 Jun 1959 |
| 42 | "The Childhood of the Phantom" | Falk | McCoy | 21 Jun 1959 | 3 Jan 1960 |
| 43 | "The River Gang" | Falk | McCoy | 10 Jan 1960 | 22 May 1960 |
| 44 | "The Honeymooners" | Falk | McCoy | 29 May 1960 | 23 Oct 1960 |
| 45 | "The Goggle-Eye Pirates" | Falk | McCoy | 30 Oct 1960 | 26 Mar 1961 |
| 46 | "Fluffy" | Falk | McCoy | 2 Apr 1961 | 13 Aug 1961 |
| 47 | "The Limper" | Falk | McCoy, Infantino, Lignante | 20 Aug 1961 | 29 Oct 1961 |
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