Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons
Start date:	February 20th, 1949
End date:	April 24th, 1949
# of strips:	54 daily strips & 10 sundays
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff (sundays)
Preceded by:	"The Masked Marvel" (dalies) "The Haunted Castle" (sundays)
Followed by:	"The Flirtatious Princess"

"Fathers and Sons" is the 34th Phantom daily story and the 22nd Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 20th Phantom
• Devil
• Hero
• Diana Palmer
• Lily Palmer
• Major Dave Palmer
• Hero's keeper

One-time characters

• Killer Styx
• Mike
• Curly

Locations

• North Africa
• England
  • London
    • Mike's
• USA
  • New York
    • Diana's Hometown
    • The Palmer Home
    • Compo House
• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne

Tribes

• Bandar (mentioned)

Behind the scenes

• Although Wilson McCoy began as a Phantom artist in 1942, and had been the sole artist on the daily strip since 1946, this story is the first to credit him. Wilson McCoy's name tag first appeared March 13th 1949 and his name on "the Phantom by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy" for the first time April 3rd 1949.
• Starting in February 1949 the Phantom Sundays and the Phantom daily strips featured the same stories. Unlike in the 1970's – where the stories "The Wedding of the Phantom", "The Three Bandits" and "The Heirs" ran both as dailies and Sundays – this adventures did not feature parallel stories but rather one story spanning over both weekdays and Sundays. However - since several newspapers only included either the Phantom dailies or the Phantom Sundays, the stories also had to be written in such way that the readers who didn't get both still were able to understand and appreciate the plot. As a result, the stories became quite repetitive when reading both Sundays and dailies, while the readers who only had access to either one of the two were left with some notable jumps in the storytelling. This practice was abandoned in May 1950, after four stories – "Father and Sons" being the first.
• This is the second daily story to feature a past Phantom - the first being "The Singh Brotherhood". In addition, the 1944 Sunday story "The Childhood of the Phantom" which also features the father of the current Phantom, also predates this story.
• The Phantom's father is said to have been active 40 years ago.
• Lily Palmer estimates the age of the current Phantom to about 30 years.
• In the first Sunday page of the story, Styx is said to be released from a "prison in South Africa". In the first daily strip, he is released from "a North African jail". Although it may seem like a strange mistake make the very next day, the Sunday page was actually made long before the daily strip so there would be time to color it as well. For the rest of the story, Styx refers to his past experiences in North Africa.

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Gold of Destiny" by Özcan Eralp

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Intervalo #227 – #234 (1949)
• "Deben ser los Gorilas", Album Pif-Paf #83 (1956) - Sundays only
• "El tesoro del mar", El Libro de la Historieta #22 (1959) - Sundays only
• "Crimen de antaño", La Sombra #9 (1959; edited together with "The Masked Marvel") - dailies only

Australia

• The Phantom #76 (1954) - dailies only
• The Phantom #163 (1960) - dailies only
• The Phantom #267 (1964) - dailies only
• The Phantom #409 (1969) - dailies only
• The Phantom #577 (1976) - dailies only
• The Phantom #950 (1990) - Sundays only
• The Phantom #1068 (1994) - dailies only
• The Phantom #1438 (2006) - dailies only
• The Phantom #1589 (2010) - dailies only
• The Phantom #1796 (2017) - dailies only

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #1903 – #1933 (1949) - dailies only
• "O Sinal do Fantasma", Fantasma #73 (1963) - Sundays only
• "O Velho Marcado", O Fantasma #45 (1974) - dailies only
• "A Marca do Fantasma", Fantasma #239 (1976) - Sundays only
• "A Marca do Fantasma", Fantasma #342 (1984) - Sundays only
• "O Velho Marcado", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #38 (1997) - dailies only

Canada

• Le Nouvelliste February 19, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - Sundays only
• Le Soleil February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• La Patrie February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• L'Action catholique April 6, 1949 – June 13, 1949 - dailies only

Denmark

• Aalborg Stiftstidende January 20, 1950 – March 23, 1950 - dailies only
• Horsens Folkeblad October 30, 1950 – January 3, 1951 - dailies only
• Hejmdal November 20, 1950 – January 24, 1951 - dailies only

Finland

• Sarjakuvalehti 6 – 15/1950 - Sundays only
• "...ja meren aarre", Sarjakuvalehti 1/1961 - dailies only
• "Meren arvoitus", Supermustiskirja (1975) - dailies only
• "Vaarallista kultaa", Ilta-Sanomat August 30, 2018 – September 14, 2018 - dailies only (but the last Sunday page was included)

France

• "Styx le Terrible", Le Fantôme du Bengale #31 (1951) - dailies only
• "Le trésor sous les eaux", Le Fantôme Spécial #6 (1964) - dailies only
• "De père en fils", Le Fantôme #452 (1974) - Sundays only
• "De père en fils", Le Fantôme Album #53 (1974) - Sundays only

Ireland

• Sunday Independent August 7, 1949 – October 9, 1949 - Sundays only

Italy

• "Il tesoro sommerso", L'Avventura Albo tascabile #8 (1950)
• "Il tesoro sommerso", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #41 (1963) - dailies only
• "Il tesoro sommerso", Phantom – L'Uomo Mascherato #66 (1974) - Sundays only
• "Il tesoro sommerso", Phantom #22 (1993) - both Sundays and dailies
• "Il tesoro sommerso", Phantom #249 - both Sundays and dailies

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner December 15, 1949 – February 9?, 1950 - dailies only (incomplete story?)

Mexico

• "Padres e hijos", El Informador April 17, 1949 – June 19, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies

New Zealand

• The Phantom #26 – #27 - dailies only
• The Phantom #238 – #240 - dailies only
• The Phantom #518 – #519 - dailies only

Norway

• Skippern 16/1956 – 33/1956 - dailies only
• "Skatten i dypet", Stor jubileumsbok (1975) - dailies and Sundays
• "Farlig gull", Fantomets Krønike 2/2003 - dailies only

Spain

• "Padres e hijos", El Hombre Enmascarado #17 (19??) - Sundays only
• "Oro bajo los aguas", El Hombre Enmascarado #56 (1978) - dailies only (incomplete story)
• "El tesoro sumergido", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #11 - both Sundays and dailies

Sweden

• Svenska Dagbladet April 5, 1950 – June 12, 1950 - dailies only
• Nerikes Allehanda March 22, 1951 – May 30, 1951 - dailies only
• "Fäder och söner", Vecko-Revyn 46/1951 – 3/1952 - Sundays only
• Fantomen 8 – 10/1953 - dailies only
• "Farligt guld", Fantomen Christmas Album 1954 - Sundays only
• "Farligt guld", Fantomen 5/1961 - dailies only
• "Skatten i djupet", Stora jubileumsboken (1975) - dailies and Sundays
• "Farligt guld", Fantomen Christmas Album 2004 - Sundays only - facsimile reprint of 1954 Christmas Album
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1953, Del 1 – Del 2 - dailies only

Turkey

• "40 Yıl Sonra", Haftalık Albüm #3 (1952) - dailies only

United Kingdom

• Birmingham Evening Despatch August 22, 1949 – October 22, 1949 - dailies only

USA

• Cumberland Sunday Times February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• The Milwaukee Sentinel February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• La Opinión February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• San Francisco Examiner February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• St. Petersburg Times February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - Sundays only
• Charleston Daily Mail February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• San Antonio Light February 20, 1949 – April 24, 1949 - both Sundays and dailies
• Bradford Era February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Chester Times February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Daily Item February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Daily Record February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Evening News February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Hanford Morning Journal February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Herald News February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Morristown Gazette Mail February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Nassau Daily Review-Star February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Oneonta Star February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Oxnard Press-Courier February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Progress February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• The Rome Daily Sentinel February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Sandusky Register Star News February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• Syracuse Herald Journal February 21, 1949 – April 23, 1949 - dailies only
• "Curse of the Sunken Treasure", Harvey Hits #6 (1958) - dailies only
• The Phantom Sundays #2 (1989) - Sundays only
• "Fathers and Sons", Comics Revue #307-308 – #315-316 (2011-12; colored by Ivan Pedersen) - both Sundays and dailies
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies and Sundays: Volume Nine 1949–1950 (2016) - both Sundays and dailies

West Germany

• "Der Fluch des Goldes", Phantom-Heft 3/1953 - Sundays only