Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure
Start date:	December 19th, 1994
End date:	April 29th, 1995
# of strips:	114 (19 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	George Olesen & Keith Williams
Original colorist:	N/A
Preceded by:	"The Phantom Cowboy"
Followed by:	"The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak"

"Buried Treasure" is the 183rd Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by George Olesen and Keith Williams.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• "Daddy's father"
• "Daddy's grandfather"
• The 15th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 15th Phantom's wife (mentioned)
• The 13th Phantom
• The 13th Phantom's wife (mentioned)
• The 11th Phantom (mentioned)
• Diana
• Kit
• Heloise
• Guran
• Devil
• Hero
• Joomba
• Saba
• Colonel Worobu

One-time characters

• Torgo of Tongon
• Wise Man of Tongon
• Chief/King of Tongon
• Convicts
• Bangalla Treasurer

Locations

• Bangalla
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Phantom Grove
  • Phantomhead Peak
  • Keela-Wee
    • The Jade Hut
  • Tongon village
• Spain (mentioned)
• India (mentioned)

Tribes

• The Forest Giants (mentioned)
• The Rope People (mentioned)
• Bandar
• Tongon

Organizations

• Sangh Pirates
• Spanish seamen
• Council of Chiefs (mentioned)
• The Jungle Patrol

Vehicles

• Spanish galleon
• Sangh pirate ship
• Jungle Patrol helicopters

Items

• Spanish treasure chest
• Pirate treasure chest

Newspaper

• News

Old jungle sayings

• Beware Phantom wrath.
• Phantom moves faster than eye can see.
• Phantom faster than lightning flash.

Behind the scenes

• This is the first story drawn completely by George Olesen and Keith Williams. Williams was credited from March 13 and Olesen from April 10 (at first sporadically and misspelled as Olsen).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Buried Treasure", The Phantom #1117 (1995)

Brazil

• "O Misterioso Tesouro dos Piratas", O Fantasma Pocket #2 (2001)

Canada

• Le Nouvelliste July 13, 1995 – November 22, 1995

Denmark

• Aalborg Stiftstidende March 13, 1998 – August 6, 1998
• Horsens Folkeblad January 26, 2000 – June 14, 2000

India

• Anandabazar Patrika ? – ?

Italy

• "Il messaggio nella bottiglia", Phantom #357

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995

Mexico

• El Informador October 26, 1996 – March 22, 1997 (the last strip missing)

Norway

• Aftenposten January 22, 1996 – July 5, 1996
• "Piratskatten", Fantomet Spesial #6 (1999)

Sweden

• "Piratskatten", Fantomen Christmas Album 1996
• Svenska Dagbladet September 5, 1995 – January 5, 1996
• Norra Västerbotten March 21, 1997 – ?

Turkey

• "Gömülü Hazine", Kızılmaske #28 (2015)

USA

• Bangor Daily News December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Daily American December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Daily Item December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Daily Journal December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• Green Bay Press-Gazette December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• Herald News December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Indianapolis News December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• Observer-Reporter December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Plattsburgh Press-Republican December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• Reading Eagle December 19, 1994 – April 29, 1995
• The Baltimore Sun December 24, 1994 – April 29, 1995 (Saturday and one Monday strips only to the end of 1994)
• "Buried Treasure", Comics Revue #110 – #114 (1995)