The Diamond Hunters

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The Diamond Hunters
Start date:	April 12th, 1937
End date:	September 18th, 1937
# of strips:	138 (23 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Preceded by:	"The Sky Band"
Followed by:	"Little Toma"

"The Diamond Hunters" is the third Phantom daily story. It was originally published in American newspapers from April 12th to September 18th, 1937.

The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Trivia 2 Behind the scenes 3 Reprints 3.1 Argentina 3.2 Australia 3.3 Brazil 3.4 France 3.5 Italy 3.6 Norway 3.7 Portugal 3.8 Spain 3.9 Sweden 3.10 USA 3.11 Yugoslavia

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Trivia

• Diana sees the Phantom without his mask for the first time, and has her first visit to the Bandar Village and the Phantom's home.
• This story features one of the rare occasions where the Phantom kills - Smiley is shot down and dies.
• The settlement at the outskirt of the Phantom's jungle is named for the first time: Frasertown. In the following story, "Little Toma", Frasertown is pinpointed to be in Bengal, India.

Behind the scenes

• This story has often been reprinted with the title "The Diamond Hunters". However, the actual title "War in the Jungle" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Tit-Bits? (1939)

Australia

• The Phantom #1 (1938)
• "War in the Jungle", The Phantom #2 (1938)
• The Phantom #196 (1961)
• The Phantom #307 (1966)
• The Phantom #456 (1971)
• The Phantom #631 (1978)
• The Phantom #1000 (1992)
• The Phantom #1569 (2010)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #29 – #60 (1937)
• Álbum O Globo Juvenil #1 (1937)
• "Guerra na Floresta", Fantasma Especial 1976
• "Guerra na Floresta", Almanaque Fantasma #19 (1984)
• "Os Caçadores de Diamantes", Fantasma #3 (1989)

France

• Aventures 33/1937 – 52/1937
• "Les chercheurs de diamants", Aventures et Mystère #8, "Diana est prisonnière", #10, and "Le petit protégé du Fantôme", #11 (1938)
• "Les chercheurs de diamants", Aventures et Mystère #4 and "Diana est prisonnière", #7(1947)
• Le Fantôme Spécial #49 – #50 (1967)
• Album Copyright Tome 2 (Futuroplis) Le Fantôme Vol. 2 1937 – 1938 (1984)

Italy

• "La guerra nella giungla", L'Avventuroso #155 – #160 and "La regina dei Bandar", #161 – #169 (1937-38)
• "Guerra nella giungla", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #77 and "La regina dei Bandar", #79 (1964)
• Ristampa Nerbini (1975)
• "Cacciatori di diamanti", Phantom #4 (1991)
• "Cacciatori di diamanti", Phantom #120

Norway

• "Diamantjegerne", Fantomet 7/1995

Portugal

• Mundo de Aventuras Especial #13 (1976)

Spain

• "Los buscadores de diamantes", El Hombre Enmascarado #8, "El secuestro de Diana Palmer", #9 and "El protegido del Hombre Enmascarado", #10
• El Hombre Enmascarado #36, #37 and #38

Sweden

• "Diamantjägarna", En odödlig legend (1996)

USA

• Ace Comics #25 – #40 (1937)
• Feature Book #53 (1948)
• The Diamond Hunters (1999)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume One 1936–1937 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• "Рат у џунгли" (romanized as "Rat u džungli"), Mika Miš #218 - #242 (1938)
• "Рат у џунгли" (romanized as "Rat u džungli"), Zabavnik #45 - #46 (1938)
• "Rat u džungli", Fantom - Rat u džungli #1 - #6 (1937-1938)
• "Ukleti dijamanti", Biblioteka Nostalgija #4 (1985)