Oogooru (story)

Oogooru
Produced for:	The Phantom #4
# of pgs:	15
Writer:	Lee Falk & Bill Harris
Artist:	Bill Lignante
Original colorist:	unknown
Producer:	Gold Key

For the deity of the same name, see "Oogooru".

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"Oogooru" is a 1963 Gold Key story, written by Bill Harris, after an original script by Lee Falk, and with art by Bill Lignante.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Guran
• Hero
• The Colonel of the Jungle Patrol
• Dr Axel

One-time characters

• Ganti
• Gantu

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
  • Doom Peak
  • The Jungle Patrol Headquarters
  • Abandoned Well

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol
• The Oogooru Cult

Deities and idols

• Oogooru

Trivia

• This story mark the first appearances of Guran, Dr. Axel, Colonel Weeks and the Jungle Patrol in a Gold Key story. Weeks' name isn't mentioned though, and his appearance differs significantly from that of Colonel Weeks as he appears in the contemporary dailies and Sundays. In his next Gold Key appearance, "The Swamp Rats", his name is mentioned for the first time, and he has also kept his look as established in this first appearance.

Related stories

Remake of

• "The Flying Horse" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Guerra dos Feiticeiros", Fantasma #105 (1965)
• "A Guerra dos Feiticeiros", Fantasma #213 (1974)

Chile

• "Oogooru", El Fantasma #4 (1966)

France

• "Oogooru, le grand défi" Le Fantôme #357 (1971)

India

• "Oogooru the Diety of Murder", Indrajal Comics #32 (1966)

Italy

• "La grande sfida", L'Uomo mascherato #200 (1971)

USA

• "Oogooru", The Phantom #4 (1963)
• "Oogooru", The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years: Volume #1 (2011)

Venezuela

• "Oogooru", El Fantasma #4 (1963?)