Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn

Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn
Start date:	July 4th, 1965
End date:	October 24th, 1965
# of strips:	17 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Great Web of Spidera"
Followed by:	"The Veiled Lady"

"Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn" is the 66th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Guran
• Hero
• Devil
• Colonel Weeks
• Patrolman Smythe
• Patrolman Sandy

One-time characters

• Ike
• Pete
• Eurada

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
  • The Jungle Patrol Headquarters
  • Wamba Falls Inn

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• El Fantasma #89 (1966)
• "La hosteria", Fantasía #139 (1970)

Australia

• The Phantom #346 (1967)
• The Phantom #501 (1973)
• The Phantom #679 (1979)
• The Phantom #909 (1988)
• The Phantom #1365 (2003)

Brazil

• "O Segredo do Hotel Cascata", Fantasma #118 (1966)
• Super Plá #3 – #5 (1971)
• "O Mistério do Hotel", Fantasma #308 (1981)
• "O Segredo do Hotel Cascata", Fantasma Especial #18 – #19 (1987-1988)
• "O Hotel do Crime", Stripmania #3 (2003)

Canada

• La Patrie July 1, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Le Soleil July 3, 1965 – October 23, 1965

Colombia

• El Tiempo October 10, 1965 – January 30, 1966

Denmark

• "Hotel Wambafaldet", Fantomet #85 (1978)

Finland

• Seura 51-52/1965 – 16/1966
• "Hotelli Wambaputous", Mustanaamio 23/1975
• "Hotelli Wamba -putous", Sarjakirja 1/1989
• "Hotelli Wambaputous", Mustanaamio 25/2000 – 1/2001

France

• "L'auberge infernale", Le Fantôme Spécial #99 (1973)

Greece

• "Η φωλιά των ληστών" (romanized as "I folia ton liston"), Fantom #33 (1976)

Iceland

• Vikan February 10, 1966 – June 9, 1966 (the last week and the first week of the next story out of order)

India

• "Wamba Falls Inn", Indrajal Comics #39 (1967)
• "The Game of Treachery", Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 36 (1983)
• Diamond Comics Digest: Phantom #2 (1990)
• Pujabarshiki 1996

Ireland

• Sunday Independent October 17, 1965 – February 13, 1966

Italy

• "La Locanda Infernale", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #177 (1966)

Mexico

• El Informador September 12, 1965 – January 2, 1966

The Netherlands

• "Moord in het hotel", Fantoom #2 (1984)

Norway

• Vi menn 12 – 28/1966
• "Hotell Wambafossen", Fantomet 24/1975
• "Hotell Wambafossen", Serie-pocket #143 (1989)
• "Hotell Wambafossen", Fantomet 25/2000 – 1/2001
• "Hotell Wambafossen", Krønikebok #38 (2007)

Portugal

• "O Hotel da Morte", Mundo de Aventuras #923 (1967)

Spain

• "El misterio del mesón 'Cataratas Wamba'", El Hombre Enmascarado #13 (1966)
• "El misterio de la posada de Wamba Falls", The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado #3 (2018)
• "El misterio de la posada de Wamba Falls", Héroes del Cómic #15 (2021)

Sweden

• "Hotell Wamba-fallet", Vecko-Revyn 41 – 52/1966
• "Hotell Wambafallet", Fantomen Christmas Album 1968
• "Hotell Wambafallet", Fantomen 14/1975
• "Hotell Wambafallet", Fantomen 25/2000 – 1/2001
• "Hotell Wambafallet", Sy Barry Söndagsäventyr #2 (2002)
• "Hotell Wambafallet", Fantomen Christmas Album 2018 - facsimile reprint of 1968 Christmas Album

Turkey

• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske #50 – #51 (1974)
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Albüm #13 (197?)
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Albüm #113
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Albüm #70
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #27
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #24
• "Otelde Cinayet", Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm #8
• "Wamba Çağlayanı Oeli'nin Esrarı", Kızılmaske #9 (2014)

United Kingdom

• "The Mystery of Wamba Falls", TV Tornado #57 – #61

Uruguay

• El Diario April 26, 1966 – ?, 1966

USA

• Anderson Herald July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Charleston Gazette-Mail July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Cumberland Sunday Times July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Danville Register July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Democrat July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Farmington Daily Times July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Gadsden Times July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Honolulu Advertiser July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Montgomery Advertiser July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The News Tribune July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• La Opinión July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Orlando Sentinel July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• San Antonio Light July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• San Francisco Examiner July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• St. Petersburg Times July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• The Tampa Tribune July 4, 1965 – October 24, 1965
• El Diario La Prensa August 1, 1965 – November 21, 1965
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Eight 1963–1966 (2020)

West Germany

• "Das Fangnetz", Phantom #75 (1977; edited together with "Little Girl")

Yugoslavia

• "Tajna hotela Uamba", Super EKS Almanah #80 (1986)