Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man's Bluff
Produced for:	The Phantom #11
# of pgs:	26
Writer:	Dick Wood
Artist:	Bill Lignante
Original colorist:	unknown
Producer:	Gold Key

"Blind Man's Bluff" is a 1965 Gold Key story, written by Dick Wood and drawn by Bill Lignante.

Plot synopsis

Fighting pirates, The Phantom is blinded by a flare and when he attempts to return home to The Skull Cave he is trapped in quicksand.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Guran
• Hero
• Colonel Weeks
• Dr Axel

One-time characters

• Krake
• Meeks
• Zeke
• Chief Kala of Ossewey

Locations

• Bengali
  • Bengal Penal Colony
  • Deep Woods
  • The Jungle Patrol Headquarters
  • The Abandoned Well
  • Dr. Axel's Jungle Hospital

Tribes

• Wambesi
• Ossewey
• Bandar

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol

Behind the scenes

• This is the first full-length US Phantom story neither credited to Lee Falk nor using a rewritten version of a Falk script. It is also the first full-length Phantom story to be written directly for the Gold Key Phantom magazine. Bill Lignante is sometimes credited as writer, however a note on Comics.org discusses the possible writers: "According to a letter from Bill Harris in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 23, No 8, August 2012, he wrote all the Phantom stories, although The Comic Reader #40 notes that Dick Wood wrote this story, which was not an adaptation (Harris is credited as the author of all the Phantom adaptations)."

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Blind Man's Bluff", Giantsize Phantom #25 (2023)

Brazil

• "Os Piratas da Costa", Fantasma #119 (1966)
• "Piratas em Fuga", Fantasma #321 (1982)

Chile

• "La leyenda del Fantasma ciego!", El Fantasma #11 (1966)

Finland

• Mustanaamio 9/1980

France

• "Les yeux de l'Ombre" Le Fantôme #386 (1972)

India

• "The Phantom is Blinded", Indrajal Comics #36 (1967)

Italy

• "Gli occhi dell'Ombra", L'Uomo Mascherato #32 (1972)

Norway

• "Det blinde Fantomet", Fantomet 12/1980

Sweden

• "Den blinde Fantomen", X9 5/1970
• "Den blinde Fantomen", Fantomen 3/1980

USA

• "Blind Man's Bluff", The Phantom #11 (1965)
• "Blind Man's Bluff", The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years: Volume #2 (2012)

Venezuela

• "La leyenda del Fantasma ciego!", El Fantasma #11 (1966)

West Germany

• "Die Falle im Teufelssumpf", Phantom #170 (1980)
• "Die Falle im Teufelssumpf", Phantom Super-band #41