King of Beasts

King of Beasts
Start date:	March 24th, 1946
End date:	August 4th, 1946
# of strips:	20 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"Queen Pera the Perfect"
Followed by:	"The Scarlet Sorceress"

"King of Beasts" is the 15th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana
• Devil

One-time characters

• Poison Ivy
• The King of Beasts
• Unnamed Maharaja

Locations

• Bengali

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El rey de los animales", Historietas Extra #3 (196?)
• "El rey de los animales", El Libro de la Historieta #33 (1962)
• "El rey de las bestias", El Fantasma #65 (1964)

Australia

• "King of the Beasts", The Phantom #36 (1951)
• "King of Beasts", Giantsize Phantom #9 (1958)
• "King of Beasts", The Phantom #955 (1991)
• "The King of the Beasts", The Phantom #1423 (2005)

Brazil

• "O Rei das Feras", Gibi #1149 – #1206 (1946-47)
• "O Rei dos Animais", Fantasma Edição Extra #4 (1958)
• "O Rei dos Animais", Fantasma #91 (1961)
• "O Rei dos Animais", Hiperalmanaque Fantasma #2 (1982)
• "O Rei das Feras", Crônicas do Fantasma #7 (2021)

Canada

• La Patrie March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946

Chile

• Pulgarcito #446 – #465 (1946-47)

Denmark

• "Junglens konge", Fantom-hefte #17 (1953)

Finland

• "Eläinten kuningas", Mustanaamio 12 – 14/2004

France

• "Le roi des animaux", Le Fantôme du Bengale #13 (1950; edited together with "The Dragon God")
• "Les perles noires", Le Fantôme #431 – #433 (1973)
• "Les perles noires", L'âge d'or – Le Fantôme #4 (1980)

India

• "A String of Black Pearls", Indrajal Comics #22 (1965)

Italy

• "Alle prese con le belve", Albi nuove avventure #8 (1946)
• "Alle prese con le belve ", L'invincibile #7 (1954)
• "La collana del Governatore", Il Vascello #6 (1958)
• "La collana del Governatore", L'Uomo Mascherato #6 (1960)
• "Le perle nere", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #41 (1963)
• "Le perle nere", Serie Cronologica #45 – #47 (1973)
• "Le perle nere", L'epoca d'oro di Phantom #4 (1980)
• Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #3 (2019)

Mexico

• El Informador January 5 (?), 1947 – May 25 (?), 1947 - without the last week (?)
• "El Rey de las Fieras", El Fantasma #65 (1972)

New Zealand

• The Boys' Paper #26 – #35 (1948)
• The Phantom #181 – #182
• The Phantom #423 – #424

Norway

• Allers 47–48/1946 – 45–46/1946
• "Dyrenes konge", Fantomet og dyrenes konge (1949)
• "Jungelens konge", Fantom-hefte #17 (1953)
• "Dyrenes konge", Fantomet 22/1990 – 23/1990
• "Dyrenes konge", Serie-pocket #230 (1999)
• "Dyrenes konge", Fantomet 12 – 14/2004
• "Jungelens konge", Krønikebok #47 (2008)

Spain

• "El rey de los animales", El Hombre Enmascarado #101 (1948)
• "El rey de las fieras", Phantom #8 (1998?)

Sweden

• "Djurens konung", Vecko-Revyn 48/1948 – 16/1949
• Fantomen Christmas Album 1960
• "Djurens konung", Fantomen 12 – 14/2004
• "Djurens konung", Fantomen Christmas Album 2010 - facsimile reprint of 1960 Christmas Album

USA

• The Greensboro Record March 23, 1946 – August 3, 1946
• The Atlanta Constitution March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• Charleston Daily Mail March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• Cumberland Sunday Times March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• The Milwaukee Sentinel March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• The Montgomery Advertiser March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• La Opinión March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• Richmond Times-Dispatch March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• San Francisco Examiner March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• San Antonio Light March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• St. Petersburg Times March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• The Virginian Pilot March 24, 1946 – August 4, 1946
• King Comics #139 – #144
• "Phantom in the Curse of the Killer Beasts", Harvey Comics Hits #56 (1952)
• The Phantom Sundays #1 (1989)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Three 1945–1949 (2016)

West Germany

• "König im Dschungel", Phantom-Heft 17 – 18/1953

Yugoslavia

• "Kralj zveri", Strip 83 #85 – 83 #86 (1983)