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)

France

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

India

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

Ireland

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

Israel

• Nimrod (ca 1954)

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
• "Singhpiratene", Fantomet Kronologisk #17 (2021)

Panama

• The Star & Herald ?, 1954

Sweden

• "Fasornas ö", Fantomen 33/1958–36/1958
• "Singh-piraterna", Fantomen 18/1965
• "Singhpiraterna", Fantomen Krönika 5/2001
• "Singh-piraterna", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1965, Del 4 (2016)

USA

• Anderson Herald 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 Milwaukee Sentinel February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• La Opinión February 7, 1954 – June 6, 1954
• Orlando Sentinel 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 Phantom #2 (1989; first 2 weeks)
• 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