The Belt (Sunday story)

The Belt
Start date:	February 7th, 1954
End date:	June 6th, 1954
# of strips:	18 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Imaginary Playmate"
Followed by:	"The Master Spy"

"The Belt" is the 37th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 20th Phantom
• Guran
• Rama Singh

One-time characters

• Ramsay
• Calder
• Mik

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
• Gullique Isles

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• Explorers' Club‏‎

Vehicles

Old Saying

• When The Phantom comes to destroy Gullique, there’ll be a double rainbow in the sky

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Belt" by Bill Harris and Bill Lignante
• "Gullique - The Island of Doom" by Ulf Granberg and Kari Leppänen

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #166 (1960)
• The Phantom #272 (1964)
• The Phantom #414 (1970)
• The Phantom #586 (1976)
• The Phantom #792 (1984)
• The Phantom #1219 (1999)
• The Phantom #1503 (2008)
• The Phantom #1791 (2017)

Brazil

• "O Cinto do Fantasma", Fantasma #11 (1954)

Canada

• La Patrie February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Le Soleil February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954

Denmark

• "Singh-piraterne", Fantomet SUPER-album (1972)

Finland

• Sarjakuvalehti 20 – 13/1957
• "Singh -merirosvot", Suuri sarjakirja (1973)
• "Singh -merirosvot", Miten kaikki alkoi (1985)

France

• "L'île des pirates", Le Fantôme #4 (1963)

India

• "The Phantom's Belt", Indrajal Comics #1 (1964)
• "The Belt", The Phantom #21 (2025)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent March 7, 1954 – July 4, 1954

Israel

• Nimrod (ca 1954)

Italy

• "L'isola dei pirati", L'Uomo Mascherato #19 (1959)
• "L'isola dei pirati", L'Uomo Mascherato #8 (1961)
• "L'isola dei pirati", I Classici dell'Avventura #22 (1962)
• "L'isola dei pirati", Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #2 (1994)
• "L'isola dei pirati", Phantom #190
• L'uomo mascherato – Il mito dell'Ombra che cammina (2005)

Mexico

• "El Cinto", El Informador March 21, 1954 – July 18, 1954
• "El Cinto de la Muerte", El Fantasma #14 (1966)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #141 – #142
• The Phantom #384 – #385

Norway

• "Singhpiratene", Fantomet 17/1970
• "Singpiratene", Kjempealbum (1972)
• "Singhpiratene", Fantomet Kronologisk #17 (2021)

Panama

• The Star & Herald ?, 1954

Spain

• "El cinturón de Phantom", Phantom #18 (1999)

Sweden

• "Bältet", Vecko-Revyn 47/1956 – 13/1957
• "Fasornas ö", Fantomen 33 – 36/1958
• "Singh-piraterna", Fantomen 18/1965
• "Singh-piraterna", Stora Fantomenboken (1973)
• "Singhpiraterna", Fantomen Krönika 5/2001
• "Fasornas ö", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1958, Del 4 (2009)
• "Singh-piraterna", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1965, Del 4 (2016)

USA

• Times Herald February 7, 1954 – March 14, 1954 - the first six weeks only
• Bangor Daily News February 6, 1954 – June 5, 1954
• Anderson Herald February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Birmingham News February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Charleston Daily Mail February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Cumberland Sunday Times February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Democrat February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Denton Record-Chronicle February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Huntsville Times February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Milwaukee Sentinel February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Montgomery Advertiser February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• La Opinión February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Orlando Sentinel February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Richmond Times-Dispatch February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• San Antonio Light February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• San Francisco Examiner February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• St. Petersburg Times February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Tampa Tribune February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Virginian Pilot February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• The Phantom #2 (1989) - the first two weeks only
• The Phantom Sundays #5 (1989)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Five 1953–1956 (2018)

West Germany

• "Die Insel der Piraten", Phantom #86 (1977)
• "Die Insel der Piraten", Phantom Super-band #12