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The Birmingham News is an American newspaper that published "The Phantom" Sunday strip from 1950 to 19?? and daily strip from 1943 to 19??.
History
The Birmingham News a daily newspaper based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Published stories
Sunday stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Thuggees" | January 29, 1950 | February 19, 1950 | the last four weeks only |
| "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | February 26, 1950 | May 7, 1950 | |
| "The Mysterious Passenger" | May 14, 1950 | July 16, 1950 | |
| "Jungle King" | July 23, 1950 | October 22, 1950 | |
| "The Phantom's Ring" | October 29, 1950 | June 10, 1951 | |
| "The Rope People" | June 17, 1951 | November 4, 1951 | |
| "Tale of Devil" | November 11, 1951 | March 23, 1952 | |
| "The 'Copter Pirates" | March 30, 1952 | July 13, 1952 | |
| "The Female Phantom" | July 20, 1952 | October 12, 1952 | |
| "Diana and the Bank Robbers" | October 19, 1952 | February 1, 1953 | |
| "The Chain" | February 8, 1953 | May 24, 1953 | |
| "Madcap Miriam" | May 31, 1953 | October 18, 1953 | |
| "The Imaginary Playmate" | October 25, 1953 | January 31, 1954 | |
| "The Belt" | February 7, 1954 | June 6, 1954 | |
| "The Master Spy" | June 13, 1954 | October 10, 1954 | |
| "Alexander's Cup" | October 17, 1954 | February 27, 1955 | |
| "The Gibs Brothers" | March 6, 1955 | April 3, 1955 | |
| "The Crescent Cult" | April 10, 1955 | August 7, 1955 | |
| "The Horned Star Demons" | August 14, 1955 | November 6, 1955 | |
| "A Proper Husband" | November 13, 1955 | February 12, 1956 | |
| "The Jungle Tourneys" | February 19, 1956 | May 20, 1956 | |
| "Pirate Day" | May 27, 1956 | August 19, 1956 | |
| "The Rattle" | August 26, 1956 | January 13, 1957 | |
| "Danglor, International Bank Thief" | January 20, 1957 | April 7, 1957 | |
| "A Lesson for Prince Orq" | April 14, 1957 | August 18, 1957 | |
| "The Frameup" | August 25, 1957 | December 22, 1957 | |
| "The Monster of Green Valley" | December 29, 1957 | July 27, 1958 | |
| "The Plant God of the Massau" | August 3, 1958 | December 21, 1958 | |
| "A Tale of the Good Mark" | December 28, 1958 | June 14, 1959 | |
| "The Childhood of the Phantom" | June 21, 1959 | January 3, 1960 | |
| "The River Gang" | January 10, 1960 | May 22, 1960 | |
| "The Honeymooners" | May 29, 1960 | October 23, 1960 | |
| "The Goggle-Eye Pirates" | October 30, 1960 | March 26, 1961 | |
| "Fluffy" | April 2, 1961 | August 13, 1961 | |
| "The Limper" | August 20, 1961 | October 29, 1961 | |
| "Queen Samaris XII" | November 5, 1961 | May 13, 1962 | |
| "Treasure of the Skull Cave" | May 20, 1962 | October 28, 1962 | |
| "The Astronaut and the Pirates" | November 4, 1962 | May 12, 1963 | |
| "Old Baldy" | May 19, 1963 | December 15, 1963 | |
| "The Giant Bird of Gandor" | December 22, 1963 | ? |
Daily stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Phantom's Engagement" | July 5, 1943 | July 24, 1943 | the last three weeks only |
| "High Seas Highjacker" | July 26, 1943 | February 26, 1944 | |
| "Diana" | February 28, 1944 | May 20, 1944 | |
| "The Crooner" | May 22, 1944 | August 26, 1944 | |
| "The Maharajah's Daughter" | August 28, 1944 | March 24, 1945 | |
| "The Blue Gang" | March 26, 1945 | May 26, 1945 | |
| "Lago the Lake God" | May 28, 1945 | August 11, 1945 | |
| "The Wild Girl" | August 13, 1945 | November 10, 1945 | |
| "The Mermaids of Melo Straits" | November 12, 1945 | February 16, 1946 | |
| "Princess Valerie" | February 18, 1946 | July 13, 1946 | |
| "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | July 15, 1946 | October 26, 1946 | |
| "Mister Hog" | October 28, 1946 | March 29, 1947 | |
| "Romance" | March 31, 1947 | November 29, 1947 | |
| "The Devil Road" | December 1, 1947 | May 22, 1948 | |
| "The Girls" | May 24, 1948 | October 30, 1948 | |
| "The Masked Marvel" | November 1, 1948 | February 19, 1949 | |
| "Fathers and Sons" | February 21, 1949 | April 23, 1949 | |
| "The Flirtatious Princess" | April 25, 1949 | August 20, 1949 | |
| "The Thuggees" | August 22, 1949 | February 25, 1950 | |
| "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" | February 27, 1950 | May 6, 1950 | |
| "The Movie Stars" | May 8, 1950 | September 9, 1950 | |
| "The White Monkey" | September 11, 1950 | December 2, 1950 | |
| "The Gray Gang" | December 4, 1950 | March 24, 1951 | |
| "Whirlpool Channel" | March 26, 1951 | June 16, 1951 | |
| "The Tiger Girl" | June 18, 1951 | September 15, 1951 | |
| "The Governor's Family" | September 17, 1951 | December 1, 1951 | |
| "The Professor" | December 3, 1951 | March 15, 1952 | |
| "The Jungle Patrol" | March 17, 1952 | May 31, 1952 | |
| "Bobo the Toy Dog" | June 2, 1952 | July 19, 1952 | |
| "The Great Ajax" | July 21, 1952 | October 11, 1952 | |
| "The Toad Men" | October 13, 1952 | February 28, 1953 | |
| "The Lady from Nowhere" | March 2, 1953 | June 20, 1953 | |
| "The Matchmaker" | June 22, 1953 | October 10, 1953 | |
| "The Super Apes" | October 12, 1953 | January 30, 1954 | |
| "Ragon's Game" | February 1, 1954 | June 5, 1954 | |
| "The Mob" | June 7, 1954 | September 11, 1954 | |
| "The Wrestling Tourney" | September 13, 1954 | December 18, 1954 | |
| "Aboard the SS Gay" | December 20, 1954 | March 12, 1955 | |
| "The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | March 14, 1955 | May 21, 1955 | |
| "Captain Kidder's Treasure" | May 23,1955 | July 30, 1955 | |
| "Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | August 1, 1955 | October 8, 1955 | |
| "Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | October 10, 1955 | January 21, 1956 | |
| "The Wisdom of Solomon" | January 23, 1956 | February 25, 1956 | |
| "U-Town" | February 27, 1956 | May 19, 1956 | |
| "The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | May 21, 1956 | September 1, 1956 | |
| "The Shoplifters" | September 3, 1956 | November 15, 1956 | |
| "The Heavyweight Champion" | November 19, 1956 | January 12, 1957 | |
| "Wambo the Gambler" | January 14, 1957 | March 30, 1957 | |
| "The White Princess" | April 1, 1957 | June 29, 1957 | |
| "The Valley of No Return" | July 1, 1957 | September 21, 1957 | |
| "The Crown Jewels of Corba" | September 23, 1957 | December 21, 1957 | |
| "The Scorpia" | December 23, 1957 | May 3, 1958 | |
| "The Two Signs" | May 5, 1958 | August 23, 1958 | |
| "The Crybaby" | August 25, 1958 | November 1, 1958 | |
| "The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | November 3, 1958 | March 7, 1959 | |
| "The Betrothal" | March 9, 1959 | June 13, 1959 | |
| "The Swamp Rats" | June 15, 1959 | October 3, 1959 | |
| "The Flying Horse" | October 5, 1959 | January 16, 1960 | |
| "The Reporter" | January 18, 1960 | April 2, 1960 | |
| "The Monkey Mail" | April 4, 1960 | August 6, 1960 | |
| "The Jungle Olympics" | August 8, 1960 | October 29, 1960 | |
| "The 50th Wife" | October 31, 1960 | February 25, 1961 | |
| "The Iron Dragon" | February 27, 1961 | May 13, 1961 | |
| "The Werewolf" | May 15, 1961 | August 19, 1961 | |
| "The Slave Market of Mucar" | August 21, 1961 | February 10, 1962 | |
| "The Epidemic" | February 12, 1962 | June 16, 1962 | |
| "The Wharf Rats" | June 18, 1962 | October 13, 1962 | |
| "The Mysterious Ambassador" | October 15, 1962 | June 1, 1963 | |
| "The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | June 3, 1963 | December 14, 1963 | |
| "The Drummer of Timpenni" | December 16, 1963 | ? |