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Delaware County Daily Times (until 1959 named Chester Times) is an American newspaper that published "The Phantom" daily strip from 1938 to 1977 and publishes now in present. The Sunday edition is known as the Delaware County Sunday Times, and has also published Phantom strips.
History
The first edition of the paper, then known as the Chester Times, was a four-page broadsheet printed on September 7, 1876 selling for one cent. "The Phantom" first appeared in Chester Times in October 1938.
In November 1959, the Chester Times changed its name to the Delaware County Daily Times and moved its main office from Chester, Pennsylvania to the Primos section of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. It is one of the only major newspapers in the state to be branded with a county name rather than a city.
Published stories
Daily stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Shark's Nest" | October 24, 1938 | November 5, 1938 | the last two weeks only |
| "Fishers of Pearls" | November 7, 1938 | January 28, 1939 | |
| "The Slave Traders" | January 30, 1939 | May 6, 1939 | |
| "The Mysterious Girl" | May 8, 1939 | September 2, 1939 | |
| "The Golden Circle" | September 4, 1939 | January 20, 1940 | |
| "The Sea Horse" | January 22, 1940 | July 27, 1940 | |
| "The Game of Alvar" | July 29, 1940 | December 14, 1940 | |
| "Diana Aviatrix Lost" | December 16, 1940 | July 12, 1941 | |
| "The Phantom's Treasure" | July 14, 1941 | January 31, 1942 | |
| "The Inexorables" | February 2, 1942 | January 9, 1943 | |
| "Bent Beak Broder" | January 11, 1943 | May 22, 1943 | |
| "The Phantom's Engagement" | May 24, 1943 | July 24, 1943 | |
| "High Seas Highjacker" | July 26, 1943 | February 26, 1944 | |
| "Diana" | February 28, 1944 | May 20, 1944 | |
| "The Crooner" | May 22, 1944 | August 26, 1944 | |
| "The Maharajah's Daughter" | August 28, 1944 | March 24, 1945 | |
| "The Blue Gang" | March 26, 1945 | May 26, 1945 | |
| "Lago the Lake God" | May 28, 1945 | August 11, 1945 | |
| "The Wild Girl" | August 13, 1945 | November 10, 1945 | |
| "The Mermaids of Melo Straits" | November 12, 1945 | February 16, 1946 | |
| "Princess Valerie" | February 18, 1946 | July 13, 1946 | |
| "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | July 15, 1946 | October 26, 1946 | |
| "Mister Hog" | October 28, 1946 | March 29, 1947 | |
| "Romance" | March 31, 1947 | November 29, 1947 | |
| "The Devil Road" | December 1, 1947 | May 22, 1948 | |
| "The Girls" | May 24, 1948 | October 30, 1948 | |
| "The Masked Marvel" | November 1, 1948 | February 19, 1949 | |
| "Fathers and Sons" | February 21, 1949 | April 23, 1949 | |
| "The Flirtatious Princess" | April 25, 1949 | August 20, 1949 | |
| "The Thuggees" | August 22, 1949 | February 25, 1950 | |
| "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | February 27, 1950 | May 6, 1950 | |
| "The Movie Stars" | May 8, 1950 | September 9, 1950 | |
| "The White Monkey" | September 11, 1950 | December 2, 1950 | |
| "The Gray Gang" | December 4, 1950 | March 24, 1951 | |
| "Whirlpool Channel" | March 26, 1951 | June 16, 1951 | |
| "The Tiger Girl" | June 18, 1951 | September 15, 1951 | |
| "The Governor's Family" | September 17, 1951 | December 1, 1951 | |
| "The Professor" | December 3, 1951 | March 15, 1952 | |
| "The Jungle Patrol" | March 17, 1952 | May 31, 1952 | |
| "Bobo the Toy Dog" | June 2, 1952 | July 19, 1952 | |
| "The Great Ajax" | July 21, 1952 | October 11, 1952 | |
| "The Toad Men" | October 13, 1952 | February 28, 1953 | |
| "The Lady from Nowhere" | March 2, 1953 | June 20, 1953 | |
| "The Matchmaker" | June 22, 1953 | October 10, 1953 | |
| "The Super Apes" | October 12, 1953 | January 30, 1954 | |
| "Ragon's Game" | February 1, 1954 | June 5, 1954 | |
| "The Mob" | June 7, 1954 | September 11, 1954 | |
| "The Wrestling Tourney" | September 13, 1954 | December 18, 1954 | |
| "Aboard the SS Gay" | December 20, 1954 | March 12, 1955 | |
| "The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | March 14, 1955 | May 21, 1955 | |
| "Captain Kidder's Treasure" | May 23,1955 | July 30, 1955 | |
| "Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | August 1, 1955 | October 8, 1955 | |
| "Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | October 10, 1955 | January 21, 1956 | |
| "The Wisdom of Solomon" | January 23, 1956 | February 25, 1956 | |
| "U-Town" | February 27, 1956 | May 19, 1956 | |
| "The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | May 21, 1956 | September 1, 1956 | |
| "The Shoplifters" | September 3, 1956 | November 15, 1956 | |
| "The Heavyweight Champion" | November 19, 1956 | January 12, 1957 | |
| "Wambo the Gambler" | January 14, 1957 | March 30, 1957 | |
| "The White Princess" | April 1, 1957 | June 29, 1957 | |
| "The Valley of No Return" | July 1, 1957 | September 21, 1957 | |
| "The Crown Jewels of Corba" | September 23, 1957 | December 21, 1957 | |
| "The Scorpia" | December 23, 1957 | May 3, 1958 | |
| "The Two Signs" | May 5, 1958 | August 23, 1958 | |
| "The Crybaby" | August 25, 1958 | November 1, 1958 | |
| "The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | November 3, 1958 | March 7, 1959 | |
| "The Betrothal" | March 9, 1959 | June 13, 1959 | from May 25, 1959 Delaware County Daily Times |
| "The Swamp Rats" | June 15, 1959 | October 3, 1959 | |
| "The Flying Horse" | October 5, 1959 | January 16, 1960 | |
| "The Reporter" | January 18, 1960 | April 2, 1960 | |
| "The Monkey Mail" | April 4, 1960 | August 6, 1960 | |
| "The Jungle Olympics" | August 8, 1960 | October 29, 1960 | |
| "The 50th Wife" | October 31, 1960 | February 25, 1961 | |
| "The Iron Dragon" | February 27, 1961 | May 13, 1961 | |
| "The Werewolf" | May 15, 1961 | August 19, 1961 | |
| "The Slave Market of Mucar" | August 21, 1961 | February 10, 1962 | |
| "The Epidemic" | February 12, 1962 | June 16, 1962 | |
| "The Wharf Rats" | June 18, 1962 | October 13, 1962 | |
| "The Mysterious Ambassador" | October 15, 1962 | June 1, 1963 | |
| "The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | June 3, 1963 | December 14, 1963 | |
| "The Drummer of Timpenni" | December 16, 1963 | March 21, 1964 | |
| "The Reef" | March 23, 1964 | June 27, 1964 | |
| "The Adventures of Lucy Cary" | June 29, 1964 | December 12, 1964 | |
| "The Bad Ones" | December 14, 1964 | April 17, 1965 | |
| "The Hanta Witch" | April 19, 1965 | July 31, 1965 | |
| "Prince Hali and the White Stallion" | August 2, 1965 | January 1, 1966 | |
| "Bullets' Town" | January 3, 1966 | May 28, 1966 | |
| "The Killer" | May 30, 1966 | September 10, 1966 | |
| "The Sea God" | September 12, 1966 | December 24, 1966 | |
| "The Satchel" | December 26, 1966 | March 18, 1967 | |
| "The Crime School" | March 20, 1967 | June 24, 1967 | |
| "Deadman's Point" | June 26, 1967 | September 30, 1967 | |
| "The Rogue Elephant" | October 2, 1967 | January 20, 1968 | |
| "Jungle Olympics" | January 22, 1968 | May 4, 1968 | |
| "The Frame-Up" | May 6, 1968 | July 6, 1968 | |
| "The Hydra" | July 8, 1968 | October 12, 1968 | |
| "The Art Thieves" | October 14, 1968 | February 8, 1969 | |
| "The Masked Ball" | February 10, 1969 | March 22, 1969 | |
| "The Jungle Home" | March 24, 1969 | June 21, 1969 | |
| "Rex, the Missing Heir" | June 23, 1969 | October 4, 1969 | |
| "The Gladiator" | October 6, 1969 | January 17, 1970 | |
| "The Missing Daddy" | January 19, 1970 | April 18, 1970 | |
| "Luaga's Undercover Tour" | April 20, 1970 | July 25, 1970 | |
| "The Mission" | July 27, 1970 | December 5, 1970 | |
| "Yes" | December 7, 1970 | February 13, 1971 | |
| "The Fence" | February 15, 1971 | May 8, 1971 | |
| "The Mysterious Passenger" | May 10, 1971 | July 24, 1971 | |
| "The Vultures" | July 26, 1971 | November 6, 1971 | |
| "The Lost City of Pheenix" | November 8, 1971 | January 8, 1972 | |
| "The Witchman" | January 10, 1972 | April 8, 1972 | |
| "The Tanker-Jackers" | April 10, 1972 | July 15, 1972 | |
| "The Keeper of the Peace" | July 17, 1972 | October 14, 1972 | |
| "The Giant of Kaluga" | October 16, 1972 | January 27, 1973 | |
| "The Trial of Patrolman Zokko" | January 29, 1973 | May 5, 1973 | |
| "The Things" | May 7, 1973 | August 18, 1973 | |
| "Vandal-Looters" | August 20, 1973 | November 24, 1973 | |
| "The Pampered Princess" | November 26, 1973 | March 30, 1974 | |
| "The Curse of the Sacred Image" | April 1, 1974 | August 24, 1974 | |
| "The Normal Life" | August 26, 1974 | December 28, 1974 | |
| "The Cavelands" | December 30, 1974 | April 19, 1975 | |
| "T" | April 21, 1975 | September 13, 1975 | |
| "Hzzz" | September 15, 1975 | November 29, 1975 | |
| "Star of Bangalla" | December 1, 1975 | March 6, 1976 | |
| "Mystery of Kula-Ku" | March 8, 1976 | July 31, 1976 | |
| "S.S. Blitz" | August 2, 1976 | October 30, 1976 | |
| "Return of the Terrorists" | November 1, 1976 | February 19, 1977 | |
| "The Proposal" | February 21, 1977 | April 2, 1977 | |
| "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" | April 4, 1977 | August 13, 1977 | |
| "The Tyrant of Tarakimo" | August 15, 1977 | October 29, 1977 | |
| "Phantom Wedding" | October 31, 1977 | December 31, 1977 | without the last five weeks |
| "Chatu's Fate" | ? | May 7, 2011 | |
| "The College Kid" | May 9, 2011 | August 13, 2011 | |
| "A Detente with Crime" | August 15, 2011 | December 10, 2011 | |
| "The Den of Tigers" | December 12, 2011 | April 7, 2012 | |
| "Mexico's Phantom" | April 9, 2012 | August 18, 2012 | |
| "The Phantom Lion" | August 20, 2012 | March 30, 2013 | |
| "The Aeronaut" | April 1, 2013 | November 30, 2013 | |
| "The Scoundrel" | December 2, 2013 | April 19, 2014 | |
| "Terror's Mutiny" | April 21, 2014 | August 23, 2014 | |
| "John X" | August 25, 2014 | December 27, 2014 | |
| "Patrolman X" | December 29, 2014 | May 9, 2015 | |
| "The Challenge" | May 11, 2015 | September 12, 2015 | |
| "The Twins' Futures" | September 14, 2015 | January 30, 2016 | |
| "The Baronkhan Sedition" | February 1, 2016 | June 4, 2016 | |
| "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | June 6, 2016 | November 5, 2016 | |
| "The Phantom Stamp" | November 7, 2016 | March 11, 2017 | |
| "The Curse of Old Man Mozz" | March 13, 2017 | September 23, 2017 | |
| "The Return of the Locust" | September 25, 2017 | February 17, 2018 | |
| "A Reckoning with the Nomad" | February 19, 2018 | November 10, 2018 | |
| "Kit's Letter Home" | November 12, 2018 | December 8, 2018 | |
| "Heloise Comes Home" | December 10, 2018 | September 28, 2019 | |
| "The Rhodian Column" | September 30, 2019 | February 22, 2020 | |
| "Unfinished Business" | February 24, 2019 | March 28, 2020 | |
| "The Llongo Forest" | March 30, 2020 | July 18, 2020 | |
| "The Reunion" | July 20, 2020 | October 24, 2020 | |
| "Then Came Towns Ellerbee" | October 26, 2020 | April 24, 2021 | |
| "Hello the Himalayas" | April 26, 2021 | May 22, 2021 | |
| "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" | May 24, 2021 | October 23, 2021 | |
| "The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz" | October 25, 2021 | January 15, 2022 | |
| "Death in the Himalayas" | January 17, 2022 | April 16, 2022 | |
| "Phantom's End" | April 18, 2022 | October 1, 2022 | |
| "The Breakout" | October 3, 2022 | February 11, 2023 |
Sunday stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Little Detective Who Disappeared" | May 5, 2019 | May 12, 2019 | the last two weeks only |
| "The Free Avar Front" | May 19, 2019 | November 10, 2019 | |
| "The Spy Ship" | November 17, 2019 | July 12, 2020 | |
| "Vigil at Phantom Head" | July 19, 2020 | March 14, 2021 | |
| "The Visitor" | March 21, 2021 | April 11, 2021 | the first four weeks only |