A Tale of the Good Mark

A Tale of the Good Mark
Start date:	December 28th, 1958
End date:	June 14th, 1959
# of strips:	25 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Plant God of the Massau"
Followed by:	"The Childhood of the Phantom"

"A Tale of the Good Mark" is the 52nd Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

In 1908, on Bengali Bay, the 19th Phantom single-handedly boards a pirate ship, wreaks havoc, and burns the ship. A young doctor observes this through a spyglass, then risks his own life to save the stranger from the water and the sharks. Day and night, he nurses his patient through fever and delirium. The Phantom then gives the doctor's right wrist the Good Mark. The Phantom explains that it is a "harmless dye from a jungle plant."

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 19th Phantom

One-time characters

• Dr. Worth
• Conley
• Garr
• Pete

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave

Organizations

Vehicles

Old Jungle Sayings

• An angry Phantom chills the blood.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Conley's Good Mark", The Phantom #327 (1966)
• "Conley's Good Mark", The Phantom #481 (1972)
• "Conley's Good Mark", The Phantom #659 (1979)
• "The Good Mark", The Phantom #868 (1986)
• "Conley's Good Mark", The Phantom #1373 (2004)

Brazil

• Almanaque do Fantasma 1960

Canada

• La Patrie December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Le Soleil December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959

Colombia

• El Tiempo April 12, 1959 – September 27, 1959

Denmark

• "Afpresserligaen", Fantomet SUPER-album (1973)

Finland

• Seura 34/1959-6/1960 - without the first week
• "Kiristäjäkopla iskee", Suuri sarjakirja (1973)
• "Kiristäjäkopla", Mustanaamio 7/1967
• "Kiristäjäkopla", Mustanaamio 1966–1967 (2011)

France

• "L'Ombre et le petit Mike", Héros de l'aventure #20 (1965)

Greece

• "Το καλό σημάδι του Φαντομ" (romanized as "To kalo simadi tou Fantom"), Fantom #20 (1975)

Iceland

• Vikan April 30, 1959 – October 8, 1959 (one week missing)

India

• "The Phantom's Good Mark", Indrajal Comics #8 and "Thugs in Denkali", #9 (1964)
• "The Sacred Talisman", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 10 (1987)
• "உயிர் காக்கும் முத்திரை" (romanized as "Uyir kakkum muthirai"), Rani Comics #312 (1997)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent January 18, 1959 – September 5, 1959

Italy

• "L'Ombra e il piccolo Mike", Phantom #47
• "L'Ombra e il piccolo Mike", Phantom #102

Mexico

• El Informador March 8, 1959 – August 23, 1959

New Zealand

• The Phantom #333 – #335

Norway

• "Utpresserligaen", Fantomet 7/1967
• "Utpresserne", Kjempealbum (1973)
• "Utpresserligaen", Krønikebok #22 (2005)
• "Utpresserligaen", Fantomet Kronologisk #5 (2018)

Spain

• "El signo del Bien de Conley", Phantom #24 (1999)

Sweden

• "En berättelse om det goda märket", Vecko-Revyn 42/1961 – 14/1962
• "Utpressarligan", Fantomen 9/1965
• "Utpressarligan", Stora Fantomenboken (1973)
• "Utpressarligan", Fantomen Krönika 1/2001 (part only)
• "Utpressarligan", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1965, Del 2 (2015)

United Arab Republic

• "الوريث المطارد" (romanized as "Wareeth Mutarad"), Samir #370 – #375 (1963) - without the first two weeks

USA

• Anderson Herald December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Birmingham News December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Charleston Gazette-Mail December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Cumberland Sunday Times December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Democrat December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Farmington Daily Times December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Honolulu Advertiser December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Huntsville Times December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Montgomery Advertiser December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• La Opinión December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Orlando Sentinel December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• Richmond Times-Dispatch December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• San Antonio Light December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• San Francisco Examiner December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Tampa Tribune December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• The Virginian Pilot December 28, 1958 – June 14, 1959
• St. Petersburg Times December 28, 1958 – December 28, 1958 - the first week only
• The Phantom Sundays Special Edition #1 (1990)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Six 1956–1960 (2019)

West Germany

• "Die Erpresserliga", Phantom #9 (1967)
• "Im Zeichen des Totenkopfs", Phantom #85 - without the first week (1977)
• "Im Zeichen des Totenkopfs", Phantom Super-band #11 - without the first week

Yugoslavia

• "Знак среће" (romanized as "Znak sreće"), Politikin Zabavnik #1083 (1972)