The Crooner

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The Crooner
Start date:	May 22nd, 1944
End date:	August 26th, 1944
# of strips:	84 strips (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"The Spy Gang"
Followed by:	"The Maharajah's Daughter"

"The Crooner" is the 22nd Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Appearances 2 Behind the scenes 3 Reprints 3.1 Argentina 3.2 Australia 3.3 Brazil 3.4 Canada 3.5 Finland 3.6 France 3.7 Italy 3.8 Mexico 3.9 New Zealand 3.10 Norway 3.11 Portugal 3.12 Spain 3.13 Sweden 3.14 USA 3.15 West Germany 3.16 Yugoslavia

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Devil
• Diana Palmer
• Dave Palmer
• Lily Palmer

One-time characters

• The Crooner
• Waxy
• Butch

Behind the scenes

• The title "The Crooner" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• El Fantasma #35 (1961)
• El Fantasma #72 (1965)

Australia

• The Phantom #77 (1955)
• The Phantom #164 (1960)
• The Phantom #268 (1964)
• The Phantom #481 (1972)
• The Phantom #584 (1976)
• The Phantom #777 (1983)
• The Phantom #1063 (1994)
• The Phantom #1560 (2010)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #1162 - #1202 (1944-1945)
• "O Cantor", Fantasma #77 (1963)
• "A Caveira Falsa", O Fantasma #34 (1972)
• "O Cantor", Fantasma #250 (1976)
• "A Caveira Falsa", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #13 (1995)

Canada

• La Patrie May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
• "Le chanteur" L'Action catholique June 6, 1944 – September 11, 1944

Finland

• "Naamio ja “Hurmuri”", Kippari Kalle 11/1954
• "Laulaja", Mustanaamio 13/1980

France

• "Le Fantôme et le chanteur", Le Fantôme du Bengale #23 (1951)
• "Le gangster mélody", Le Fantôme Spécial #98 (1972)

Italy

• "Il gangster Melody", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #25 (1962; with additonal art by unknown Fratelli Spada artist)
• "Il gangster Melody", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #169 (1966)
• "Il gangster Melody", Phantom #20 (1993)

Mexico

• "El Cantante", Paquito #970, #988, #1006, #1012, #1045, #1066, #1080, #1101 (1944)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #134 – #137
• The Phantom #378 – #381

Norway

• Aftenposten August 7, 1945 – November 12, 1945
• "Sangeren", Fantomet 16/1980

Portugal

• "Assalto ao Banco", Fantasma #8 (1979)
• "Assalto ao Banco", Fantasma Especial Férias #1 (1980?)

Spain

• "El Hombre Enmascarado y El Cantante", El Hombre Enmascarado #66, "Trucos de mala ley", #67 and "La inocencia del Hombre Enmascarado", #68
• "El Cantante", El Hombre Enmascarado #35 (1976)
• "La inocencia del Hombre Enmascarado", El Hombre Enmascarado #59 – #60 (1991)

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda June 7, 1946 – September 14, 1946
• "Sångaren", Fantomen 7/1980

USA

• Chester Times May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
• Oxnard Press-Courier May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
• The Washington Reporter May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
• Ace Comics #133 – #139 (1944)

West Germany

• "Der Scharmante", Phantom-Heft 1/1954

Yugoslavia

• "Pevač", Biblioteka Nostalgija #12 (1991)