Romance and the Vesta Pirates

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Romance and the Vesta Pirates
Start date:	March 31st, 1947
End date:	November 29th, 1947
# of strips:	210 strips (35 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"Mister Hog"
Followed by:	"The Devil Road "

"Romance and the Vesta Pirates" is the 30th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Behind the scenes 3 Reprints 3.1 Australia 3.2 Brazil 3.3 Canada 3.4 Denmark 3.5 Finland 3.6 France 3.7 Italy 3.8 New Zealand 3.9 Norway 3.10 Spain 3.11 Sweden 3.12 USA 3.13 United Kingdom 3.14 West Germany

Plot summary

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Behind the scenes

• This story has often been reprinted with the title "Romance and the Vesta Pirates". However, the actual title "Romance" appears in the first strip of the story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #4 (1948; part 2)
• The Phantom #65A (1953; part 2)
• The Phantom #177 (1960; part 2)
• The Phantom #285 (1965; part 2)
• The Phantom #925A (1989)
• The Phantom #4 replica, included with The Phantom #1094 (1995; part 2)
• The Phantom #1606 (2011)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #1609 - #1690 (1947-1948)
• "Aventura no Mar", O Fantasma #21 and "O casamento de Diana", #22 (1972)
• "O Mistério do Vesta", Fantasma #262 (1977)
• "Aventura no Mar", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #20 (1996)

Canada

• La Patrie March 31, 1947 – November 29, 1947

Denmark

• "Diamant-mysteriet", Fantomet pocket #4 (1985)

Finland

• "Naamio ja merirosvot", Kippari Kalle 5/1955
• "Timantti-arvoitus", Sarjakirja #100 (1985)

France

• "La jeune fille aux diamants", Le Fantôme Spécial #72 – #73 and "Le signe de la terreur", #74 – #75 (1969)

Italy

• "La ragazza dei diamanti", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #151, "Il marchio del terrore", #153 and "Lo strano fidanzato", #155 (1965)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #14 – #18
• The Phantom #214 – #223
• The Phantom #506 – #510

Norway

• Aftenposten August 2, 1948 – April 8, 1949
• "Diamantmysteriet", Serie-pocket #104 (1985)
• "Diamant-mysteriet", Fantomets Krønike 1/2006

Spain

• "La muchacha de los diamantes", El Hombre Enmascarado #69, "Los amores de Diana", #70, (No Spanish title given), #71 (1991)

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda April 19, 1949 – December 23, 1949
• Fantomen 8 – 14/1952
• "Mysteriet S/S Vesta", Fantomen 2/1960
• "Diamantmysteriet", Fantomen 5/1967
• "Diamantmysteriet", Serie-pocket #148 (1985)
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1952, Del #1 – #2 (2004)
• "Mysteriet S/S Vesta", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1960, Del #1 (2011)

USA

• The Washington Reporter March 31, 1947 – November 29, 1947
• Oxnard Press-Courier March 31, 1947 – November 29, 1947

United Kingdom

• "Romance On the High Seas", The Phantom Illustrated Comic #9

West Germany

• "Die Seeräuber", Phantom-Heft 10/1954