Jungle Gold

Jungle Gold
Start date:	May 21st, 1979
End date:	September 8th, 1979
# of strips:	96 strips (16 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Original colorist:	N/A
Preceded by:	"The Heirs"
Followed by:	"The Return of General Bababu"

"Jungle Gold" is the 141st Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot Summary

A gang of prison convicts use a helicopter and automatic rifles to rob jungle villages.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Hero
• Wambatta
• Llionto
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit and Heloise

One-time characters

• Jokko
• Cap
• Bo
• Torpedo
• Tobo

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • Phantom Head Peak
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Radio Control Room

Tribes

• Wambesi
• Llongo

Organizations

Vehicles

Old Jungle Sayings

• The Phantom has thousand eyes and thousand ears.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Jungle Gold", The Phantom #684 (1980)
• "The Man Bird", The Phantom #913 (1988)
• "Jungle Gold", The Phantom #1373 (2004)

Brazil

• O Globo September 3, 1979 – December 21, 1979
• "O Pássaro-de-Metal", Almanaque do Fantasma #5 (1980)
• "O Pássaro-de-Metal", Fantasma Extra #27 (1991)

Canada

• Le Nouvelliste October 4, 1979 – February 1, 1980 (first strip missing)

Denmark

• "Helikopterligaen", Fantomet #153 (1981)
• Djursland December 5, 1980 – June 18, 1981
• Aalborg Stiftstidende January 13, 1981 – July 24, 1981
• Horsens Folkeblad January 16, 1981 – July 23, 1981
• "Helikopterligaen", Fantomet #357 (1993)

Finland

• "Helikopteriliiga", Mustanaamio 5/1980
• "Helikopteriliiga", Sarjakirja 2/1990
• "Helikopteriliiga", Sarjakirja 1/1991
• "Helikopteriliiga", Mustanaamio 6/2004
• Ilta-Sanomat October 15, 2021 – November 12, 2021

Iceland

• Tíminn March 5, 1980 – July 9, 1980

India

• Deewana ?
• "The Jungle Gold", Indrajal Comics #363 (1980)

Italy

• "Gli uomini uccello", Phantom #77

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979

Mexico

• El Informador July 18, 1979 – November 21, 1979

Norway

• Aftenposten February 14, 1980 – June 12, 1980
• "Helikopterligaen", Fantomet 8/1980
• "Helikopterligaen", Serie-pocket #155 (1990)
• "Helikopterligaen", Serie-pocket #159 (1991)
• "Helikopterligaen", Fantomet 6/2004
• "Helikopterligaen", Fantomet Gullalderen #7 (2012)

Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea Post-Courier March 10, 1981 – July ?, 1981

Portugal

• "O Tesouro dos Wanbesi", Mundo de Aventuras #392 (1981)

Spain

• Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #8 – #9 (1986)
• "El oro de la jungla", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #69 (1999)

Sweden

• "Helikopterligan", Fantomen 25/1979
• Svenska Dagbladet March 31, 1980 – July 26, 1980
• Göteborgs-Tidningen July 6, 1980 – October 25, 1980
• Nerikes Allehanda March 25, 1981 – July 29, 1981
• Folkbladet June 9, 1982 – November 11, 1982 and April 11, 1990 – July 3, 1990
• Östgöten November 12, 1982 – March 7, 1983 and August 3, 1990 – October 9, 1990 (the beginning and the end are missing)
• Eesti Päevaleht October 22, 1983 – February 10, 1984
• "Helikopterligan", Fantomen 6/2004

Turkey

• "Altın Hırsızları", Kızılmaske #13 – #14
• "Altın Hırsızları", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #57
• "Altın Hırsızları", Kızılmaske #16 – #17 (198?)
• "Altın Hırsızları", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #4 – #5
• "Altın Hırsızları", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #62 – #63
• "Orman Altını", Kızılmaske #14 (2014)

United Kingdom

• Birmingham Evening Mail December 6, 1979 – March 29, 1980

USA

• Anchorage Daily News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Bangor Daily News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Charlotte News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Chippewa Herald May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Daily American May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Daily Item May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Daily Journal May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Gadsden Times May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Green Bay Press-Gazette May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Herald News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Indianapolis News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Morning News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The News Journal May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Observer-Reporter May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Orlando Sentinel May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Plattsburgh Press-Republican May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Reading Eagle May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Red Bank Register May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Republican Herald May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• Rome News-Tribune May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Times May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Tuscaloosa News May 21, 1979 – September 8, 1979
• The Montgomery Advertiser May 26, 1979 – September 8, 1979 (Saturday strips only)
• "Jungle Gold", The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Twenty-Eight 1978–1980 (2023)

West Germany

• "Das heiße Gold der Bandas", Phantom #178 (1981)
• "Das heiße Gold der Bandas", Phantom Super-band #45

Yugoslavia

• "Човекова птица" (romanized as "Čovekova ptica"), Politikin Zabavnik #1867 (1987)