Wambo the Gambler

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Wambo the Gambler
Start date:	January 14, 1957
End date:	March 30, 1957
# of strips:	66 strips (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"The Heavyweight Champion"
Followed by:	"The White Princess"

"Wambo the Gambler" is the 65th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 1.1 Appearances 2 Reprints 2.1 Australia 2.2 Brazil 2.3 Canada 2.4 Denmark 2.5 Finland 2.6 France 2.7 India 2.8 Italy 2.9 Norway 2.10 Spain 2.11 Sweden 2.12 Turkey 2.13 United Kingdom 2.14 USA 2.15 Yugoslavia

Plot Summary

The sons of the jungle chiefs is sent to school in the city. One of them, Wambo, son of the Wambesi chief, gambles away some of the money sent to him by his father and gets more. When he returns to his tribe, he suggests that the tribe's gold be put in a bank. After consulting the Phantom, he gets half of it to put it in a bank. He puts everything he gets in a bank account but keeps one pot of gold which he takes to a gambling establishment and loses everything, partly due to the fact that they are cheating. The runners then persuades him to start writing checks from the bank account that he has just opened. Wambo, not having totally grasped the concept of checks, loses everything that has been entrusted to him. When he realizes what he have done, he feels very deeply ashamed of himself but, having nowhere else to go, he returns to the jungle, where his father is very proud of his son. After some agonizing time, he tells the Phantom what he has done and the Phantom accompanies him back and forces the crooks to hand back all money except for that first pot that Wambo lost.

Appearances

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Wambo the Gambler",The Phantom #115 (1957)
• "Wambo the Gambler",The Phantom #205 (1962)
• "Wambo the Gambler", The Phantom #318 (1966)
• "Wambo the Gambler", The Phantom #472 (1972)
• "Wambo the Gambler", The Phantom #648 (1978)
• "The Prodigal Son", The Phantom #857 (1986)
• "Wambo the Gambler", The Phantom #1297 (2001)

Brazil

• "O Príncipe", Fantasma #29 (1957)
• "O Príncipe Wambo", O Fantasma #24 (1972)
• "O Príncipe", Fantasma #261 (1977)
• "O Príncipe", Fantasma #344 (1984)
• "O Príncipe Wambo", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #17 (1995)

Canada

• La Patrie January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957

Denmark

• "Den enarmede bandit", Serie-pocket #34 (1981)

Finland

• "Pelihimoa", Sarjakirja #58 (1980)
• "Viidakon jumalatar", Sarjakirja 1/1994

France

• "Une bande de filous", Le Fantôme Spécial #78 (1970)

India

• "The Casino Gangsters", Indrajal Comics #65 (1968)
• "The Web of Deceit", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 10 (1985)

Italy

• "La banda dei Bari", L'Uomo Mascherato #3 (1959)
• "La banda dei Bari", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #174 (1966)
• "La banda dei Bari", Phantom #43 (1995)

Norway

• Aftenposten April 24, 1958 – July 14, 1958
• "Spillegalskap", Serie-pocket #52 (1981)

Spain

• "El Principe en la ciudad", El Hombre Enmascarado #7 (1958)
• "El Principe en la ciudad", El Hombre Enmascarado #46A (1964)
• "El Principe en la ciudad", Album de El Hombre Enmascarado (1965)
• "El Principe en la ciudad", El Hombre Enmascarado Biblioteca Eterna #10 (1970)
• "El Principe en la ciudad", El Hombre Enmascarado #4 (1973)
• "El Principe en la ciudad", El Hombre Enmascarado #9 (1979)
• "El casino de los tramposos", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #12

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda April 8, 1959 – June 27, 1959
• Västernorrlands Allehanda ?, 1959 – February 24, 1960
• Örnsköldsviks Allehanda December 30, 1959? – March 17, 1960
• "I spelets våld", Fantomen 27/1959
• "Den enarmade banditen", Fantomen 18/1966
• "Den enarmade banditen", Serie-pocket #99 (1981)
• "I spelets våld", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1959, Del #4 (2010)

Turkey

• "Genç Wambesi", Kızılmaske #201 – #203 (1977)

United Kingdom

• "The Prodigal Son", The Phantom Illustrated Comic #5 (1959)

USA

• The Beaver County Times January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957
• Chester Times January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957
• Oxnard Press-Courier January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957
• Reading Eagle January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957
• Rome News-Tribune January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957
• The Washington Reporter January 14, 1957 – March 30, 1957

Yugoslavia

• "Gorko iskustvo", Denis #198 (1980)