The Beachcomber
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| The Beachcomber | |
| Start date: | July 28th, 1940 |
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| End date: | December 29th, 1940 |
| # of strips: | 23 |
| Writer: | Lee Falk |
| Artist: | Ray Moore |
| Preceded by: | "The Fire Goddess" |
| Followed by: | "The Saboteurs" |
"The Beachcomber" is the 4th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.
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Plot summary
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Whitey
- Slick
- Joe
- Bat
Tribes
Locations
- Bengali
- Morristown
- The Deep Woods
- The Skull Cave
- The Skull Throne
- The Treasure Room
- The Skull Cave
- USA
- New York
- Ed's Place
- New York
Organizations
- The Singh Brotherhood (mentioned)
Trivia
- This is the first Phantom story where the Phantom Treasure (located in what decades later would be called the Small Treasure Room) is mentioned and seen.
- The Phantom tells Manna, Whitey and the judge about the origin of the Phantom. This is the second time he's seen revealing it to anyone, the first being Diana i "The Singh Brotherhood" where he also states that the only ones allowed to know about it is the Phantom's eldest son, and his supposed wife.
Related stories
Refers to
- "The Fire Goddess" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- The Phantom #44 (1952)
- Giant Size Phantom #4 (1957)
- The Phantom #222 (1962)
- The Phantom #1032 (1993)
- The Phantom #1343 (2003)
Brazil
- Gibi #226 – #294 (1940-1941)
- "O vagabundo da praia", O Fantasma: Sempre aos Domingos (2006)
Finland
- "Epäilty murhasta", Mustanaamio 16 – 18/1996
France
- Robinson #246 to #267 (1941) (one Sunday page missing)
- Le Fantôme #394 – #397 (1972)
- "Recherché pour meurtre", L'âge d'or – Le Fantôme #1 (1980)
Italy
- Serie Cronologica #8 – #11 (1972)
- L'epoca d'oro di Phantom #1 (1980)
New Zealand
Norway
- "Etterlyst for mord", A-magasinet #16–38/1941
- "Etterlyst for mord", Fantomet 16 – 18/1996
Sweden
- "Efterlyst för mord", Vecko-Revyn 18-40/1943
- "Efterlyst för mord", Fantomen Christmas Album 1945
- "Sabotörerna", Fantomen 8/1962 (edited together with "The Saboteurs")
- "Efterlyst för mord", Fantomen Christmas Album 1995
- "Misstänkt för mord", Fantomen 16 – 18/1996
USA
- King Comics #65 – #71 (1941-1942)
