The Ape Idol of the Durugu
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The Ape Idol of the Durugu | |
Start date: | February 26th, 1950 |
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End date: | May 7th, 1950 |
# of strips: | 60 daily strips & 11 sundays |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Wilson McCoy |
Original colorist: | KFS staff (sundays) |
Preceded by: | "The Thuggees" |
Followed by: | "The Movie Stars" (dalies) "The Mysterious Passenger" (sundays) |
"The Ape Idol of the Durugu" is the 37th Phantom daily story and the 25th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.
Plot synopsis
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Chief Wobu of the Durugu
- The Llongo Chief
- Chief Duru of Durugu
- "The Gorilla"
Behind the scenes
- Starting in February 1949 the Phantom Sundays and the Phantom daily strips featured the same stories. Unlike in the 1970's – when the stories "The Wedding of the Phantom", "The Three Bandits" and "The Heirs" ran both as dailies and Sundays – these 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 – "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" being the last.
- Guran is referred to by The Phantom as "the wisest man in the jungle".
- As he is about to fight the Ape Idol, The Phantom reveals to Duru that he is mortal – "I can only die once, Duru."
Related stories
Follows
- "The Thuggees" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
Remade as
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- "El ídolo Durugu", Tit-Bits #2199 – #2210 (1951) - dailies only
- El Fantasma #57 (1963) - dailies only
- "Contra el Ídolo Mono", Fantasma #1 (2003) - dailies only
Australia
- The Phantom #93 (1956) - dailies only
- The Phantom #983 (1991) - Sundays only
- The Phantom #1026 (1992) - dailies only
- The Phantom #1248 (1999) - Sundays only
- Giantsize Phantom #1 (2017) - Sundays only
- The Phantom #1951 (2023) - dailies only
Barbados
- Barbados Advocate April 27, 1950 – July 7, 1950 - dailies only
Brazil
- "O Fantasma Voador contra “O Ídolo-Macaco”" Novo O Globo Juvenil #2006 (1950) - dailies only
- "O Ídolo Ape", Fantasma #84 (1963) - Sundays only
- "A Lenda do Durugu", O Fantasma #28 (1972) - dailies only
- "O Deus Gorila", Fantasma #230 (1975)- Sundays only
- "O Deus Gorila", Fantasma #267 (1978) - dailies only
- "O Deus Gorila", Fantasma #339 (1984) - dailies only
- "A Lenda de Durugu", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #10 (1995) - dailies only
Canada
- Le Nouvelliste February 25, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - Sundays only
- Le Soleil February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- La Patrie February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - both Sundays and dailies
- L'Action catholique May 1, 1950 – July 12, 1950 - dailies only
Denmark
- Aalborg Stiftstidende January 28, 1951 – April 8, 1951 - dailies only
- Horsens Folkeblad November 10, 1951 – January 16, 1952 - dailies only
- Hejmdal December 6, 1951 – February 16, 1952 - dailies only
- "Abeguden", Fantom-hefte #9 (1953) - Sundays only
- "Mysteriet med abeguden", Serie-pocket #2 (1973) - dailies only
- Klassisk Album 1 (1985) - Sundays only
- Tegneserien 100 år - Sundays only
Finland
- "Apinajumala", Sarjakuvalehti 13 - 23/1952 - Sundays only
- "Outo apinavaltias", Sarjakirja #5 (1973) - dailies only
- "Apinajumalan arvoitus", Mustanaamio 4/1984 - dailies only
- Historiallisia Seikkailuja #1 (1984) - Sundays only
- "Outo apinavaltias", Sarjakirja #110 (1985) - dailies only
- Ilta-Sanomat January 18, 2019 – February 8, 2019 - both Sundays and dailies
France
- "La légende des Durugus", L'Aurore August 19, 1950 – October 27, 1950 - dailies only
- "L'idole de pierre", Le Fantôme du Bengale #37 (1952) - dailies only
- "Durugu, l'idole-singe", Le Fantôme #306 (1970) - dailies only
- "L'idole singe des Durugus", Le Fantôme #454 (1974) - Sundays only
India
- "The Legend of Durugu", Indrajal Comics #87 (1969) - dailies only
Ireland
- Sunday Independent July 9, 1950 – September 10, 1950 - Sundays only
Italy
- "Durugu l'idolo scimmia", L'Avventura Nuova serie #13 (1951) - dailies only
- "Durugu l'idolo scimmia" and "La grande sfida", L'Uomo Mascherato #21 (1959) - dailies only
- "Durugu l'idolo scimmia" and "La grande sfida", I Classici dell'Avventura #44 (1963) - dailies only
- "Durugu l'idolo scimmia", L'Uomo Mascherato #152 (1970) - dailies only
- "Durugu l'idolo scimmia", Phantom – L'Uomo Mascherato #68 (1974) - Sundays only
- "Durugu, l'idolo scimmia", Phantom #26 (1993) - both Sundays and dailies
Mexico
- El Informador April 23, 1949 – July 2, 1950 - both Sundays and dailies
- Paquito #10006 and "Vence al Hombre mono", #10007 (1953) - dailies only
New Zealand
- The Phantom #33 – #34 - dailies only
- The Phantom #250 – #253 - dailies only
- The Phantom #525 – #526 - dailies only
Norway
- "Apeguden", Fantom-hefte #9 (1953) - Sundays only
- "Mysteriet med apeguden", Serie-pocket #1 (1973) - dailies only
- "Mysteriet med apeguden", Fantomet 5/1984 - dailies only
- "Apeguden", Klassisk Album 1 (1985) - Sundays only
- "Mysteriet med apeguden", Comics - 100 år med tegneserier - Sundays only
Portugal
- "A Lenda de Durugu", Fantasma #1 (1979) - dailies only
Spain
- "El idolo viviente", El Hombre Enmascarado #36 and "Combate por el poder", #37 (19??) - dailies only
- "El hombre enmascarado destronado", El Hombre Enmascarado #29A and "Duelo a muerte", #30A (1964) - dailies only
- "Durugu, el ídolo viviente", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #29 - both Sundays and dailies
Sweden
- Svenska Dagbladet April 24, 1951 – July 5, 1951 - dailies only
- Halland June 19, 1951 – August 28, 1951 - dailies only
- Nerikes Allehanda April 5, 1952 – June 25, 1952 - dailies only
- "Apguden", Vecko-Revyn 47/1952 – 6/1953 - Sundays only
- Fantomen 1 – 5/1954 - dailies only
- "Dödens gudinna", Fantomen Christmas Album 1957 - Sundays only
- "Mysteriet med ap-guden", Fantomen 11/1962 - dailies only
- "Mysteriet med ap-guden", Seriepocket 8 (1973) - dailies only
- "Mysteriet med apguden", Fantomen 21/1983 - dailies only
- "Apguden", Fantomen Christmas Album 1985 - Sundays only
- "Mysteriet med apguden", Comics - Serierna 100 år (1996) - Sundays only
- Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1954, Del 1 - dailies only
- "Dödens gudinna", Fantomen Christmas Album 2007 - Sundays only - facsimile reprint of 1957 Christmas Album
Switzerland
- L'Impartial August 31, 1955 – November 9, 1955 - dailies only
Turkey
- "Afrikada İsyan", Haftalık Albüm #15 – #16 - dailies only
United Kingdom
- Birmingham Evening Despatch May 4, 1950 – July 5, 1950 - dailies only
- "The Living Ape Idol", The Phantom Illustrated Comic #10 (1960) - dailies only
USA
- Bradford Era February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Charleston Daily Mail February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Chester Times February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Daily Item February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Daily Record February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Evening News February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Hanford Morning Journal February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Herald News February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Morristown Gazette Mail February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Nassau Daily Review-Star February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Oneonta Star February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Oxnard Press-Courier February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Progress February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Rome Daily Sentinel February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- Sandusky Register Star News February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- San Francisco Examiner February 27, 1950 – May 6, 1950 - dailies only
- The Democrat February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- Cumberland Sunday Times February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- The Milwaukee Sentinel February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- La Opinión February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- San Antonio Light February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - both Sundays and dailies
- St. Petersburg Times February 26, 1950 – May 7, 1950 - Sundays only
- The Phantom Sundays #3 (1989) - Sundays only
- "The Ape Idol of the Durugu", Comics Revue #361-362 – #369-370 (2016-17; colored by Ivan Pedersen) - both Sundays and dailies
- "The Ape Idol of the Durugu", The Complete Newspaper Dailies and Sundays: Volume Ten 1950–1951 (2016) - both Sundays and dailies
West Germany
- "Der Affengott", Phantom-Heft 10/1952 - Sundays only
- "Die Nacht des großen Zaubers", Phantom #2 (ca 1976) - dailies only