The Tiger Girl

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The Tiger Girl
Start date:	June 18th, 1951
End date:	September 15th, 1951
# of strips:	78 (13 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"Whirlpool Channel"
Followed by:	"The Governor's Family"

"The Tiger Girl" is the 42nd Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Appearances 2 Related stories 2.1 Remade as 3 Reprints 3.1 Australia 3.2 Brazil 3.3 Canada 3.4 Denmark 3.5 Finland 3.6 France 3.7 India 3.8 Italy 3.9 Mexico 3.10 New Zealand 3.11 Norway 3.12 Spain 3.13 Kingdom of Spain 3.14 Sweden 3.15 USA 3.16 West Germany

Plot summary

Hard times for the business of the little touring carnival standing near the forests of Bengali. Jeannie and her tame tiger “Honey” lost her job; but a friend of her has an idea : with a salvage dress Jeannie could be appear as "Tira, the Tiger Girl" and pretend to be have raised by tigers in order to catch the press attention. But something goes wrong when a wild tiger, taking the place of the sweet "Honey", came along and attacks some journalists. The native people believe that the tame tiger and his mistress are bad spirits and are decided to destroy them. Jeannie is captured by a tribute and The Phantom is going to deliver her from the angry of the witch doctor.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Jeannie, "The Tiger Girl" (also nicknamed "Tira")
• "Honey", the tame tiger
• "Devil" the Phantom's dog

Related stories

Remade as

• "Tiger Girl by Lee Falk, Ulf Granberg, Felmang and Germano Ferri

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #50 (1952)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #145 (1959)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #245 (1963)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #381 (1968)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #539 (1974)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #720 (1981)
• "The Tiger Girl", The Phantom #1161 (1997)

Brazil

• Novo O Globo Juvenil #2031 (1951)
• "A Mulher Tigre", Fantasma #151 (1969)
• "A Mulher Tigre", O Fantasma #33 (1972)
• "A Mulher Tigre", Fantasma #335 (1983)
• "A Mulher Tigre", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #22 (1996)

Canada

• La Patrie June 18, 1951 – September 15, 1951

Denmark

• "Tigermysteriet", Serie-pocket #1 (1972)

Finland

• "Salaperäinen tiikeri", Sarjakirja #2 (1972)

France

• "Tira, la femme au tigre" Le Fantôme du Bengale #46 and "Le sorcier miraculeux", #47 (1952)
• "La femme sauvage", Le Fantôme #327 – #328 (1970)

India

• "The Tiger Girl", Indrajal Comics #97 (1969)

Italy

• "La donna tigre", Albo Traguardo #5, "La cattura della donna tigre" #7 and "Reincarnazione della donna tigre", #9 (1952)
• "La donna tigre", L'Uomo Mascherato #168 – #169 (1970)
• "La donna tigre", Phantom #29 (1993)

Mexico

• "La Mujer Tigre", Paquito # 10003 (1952)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #41 – #43
• The Phantom #265 – #268
• The Phantom #533 – #535

Norway

• Aftenposten June 30, 1952 – October 27, 1952
• "Tiger-mysteriet", Serie-pocket #0 (1972)
• "Tiger-mysteriet", Serie-pocket #211 (1996)
• Aftenposten May 3, 1999 – August 20, 1999
• Stavanger Aftenblad May 9, 2011 – August 8, 2011

Spain

• "La mujer tigre", El Hombre Enmascarado # 52A (1964)
• "La muchacha tigre", El Hombre Enmascarado #37 (1976)

Kingdom of Spain

• "La mujer tigre", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #34

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda August 18, 1953 – November 17, 1953
• "Tiger-flickan", Fantomen 26/1954 – 5/1955
• "Tiger-mysteriet", Fantomen 6/1961
• "Tigermysteriet", Serie-pocket #2 (1972)
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1954, Del 3 – 1955 Del 1 (2006-2007)

USA

• The Beaver County Times September 17, 1951 – December 1, 1951
• Oxnard Press-Courier September 17, 1951 – December 1, 1951
• Reading Eagle September 17, 1951 – December 1, 1951 - the last two weeks only
• The Washington Reporter September 17, 1951 – December 1, 1951

West Germany

• "Das Tigermädchen von Bengali", Phantom #1 (1976)