The Childhood of the Phantom (1944 story)

The Childhood of the Phantom
Start date:	July 2nd, 1944
End date:	January 7th, 1945
# of strips:	28 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"Hamid the Terrible"
Followed by:	"The Golden Princess"

"The Childhood of the Phantom" is the 11th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

Locations

• USA

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Behind the scenes

Title panel.

• The title "The Childhood of the Phantom" appears in the first strip of the story.

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Ghost Who Walks" by Lee Falk

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Young Phantom", The Phantom #35 (1951)
• "The Young Phantom", The Phantom #134 (1958)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #229 (1963)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #358 (1968)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #516 (1973)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #694 (1980)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #1063 (1994)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", The Phantom #1560 (2010)
• "The Childhood of the Phantom", Frew Trade Paperback #1 (2017)

Brazil

• "A Infância do Fantasma", Gibi #879 – #960 (1944-45)
• "Como Surgiu o Fantasma", Fantasma #1 (1953; the first page only)
• "A Infância do Fantasma", Fantasma #9 (1954)
• "A Infância do Fantasma", Fantasma #208 (1973)
• "A Infância do Herói", Album do Fantasma #1 (1979)
• "Como Surgiu o Fantasma", Fantasma Especial (1980; the first page only)
• "A Infância do Herói", Hiperalmanaque Fantasma #3 (1982)

Canada

• La Patrie July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945

Finland

• "Mustanaamion lapsuusaika", Mustanaamio 21 – 23/2003

France

• "La Jeunesse du Fantôme", Aventures et Mystère #99 (1949)
• "L'enfance du Fantôme", Le Fantôme #16 (1963; partialy redrawn)
• "L'enfance du Fantôme", Les héros de l'aventure #33 (1967; partialy redrawn)
• "L'enfance du Fantôme", Le Fantôme #420 – #423 (1973)
• "L'enfance du Fantôme", L'âge d'or – Le Fantôme #3 (1980)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent October 3, 1948 – October 31, 1948 - the last five weeks only

Italy

• "La stripe degli audaci", L'Uomo Mascherato #36 (1963; partialy redrawn)
• "La stripe degli audaci", I Classici dell'Avventura #80 (1965; partialy redrawn)
• "L'infanzia dell Ombra", Serie Cronologica #34 – #37 (1972-73)
• "L'infanzia dell Ombra", L'epoca d'oro di Phantom #3 (1980)

Mexico

• El Informador November 19, 1944 – February 18, 1945 - without the first fourteen weeks

New Zealand

• The Phantom #175 – #177

Norway

• "Fantomets barndom", Fantomet 21 – 23/2003

Serbia

• "Fantomovo detinjstvo", Biblioteka Nostalgija #2 (2015)

Spain

• "La niñez del Hombre Enmascarado", El Hombre Enmascarado #36 and "La juventud del Hombre Enmascarado", #37 (194?)
• "Historia del Hombre Enmascarado", Almanaque del Hombre Enmascarado 1951
• "La Infancia del Heroe", El Hombre Enmascarado #01 (1971)
• "La infancia del Héroe", Phantom #6 (1998)

Sweden

• "Fantomen barndom", Vecko-Revyn 10 – 36/1947
• "Den vandrande vålnaden", Fantomen Christmas Album 1961
• "Fantomens barndom", Fantomen 21 – 23/2003
• "Den vandrande vålnaden", Fantomen Christmas Album 2011 - facsimile reprint of 1961 Christmas Album

USA

• Charleston Daily Mail July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• Cumberland Sunday Times July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• The Milwaukee Sentinel July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• La Opinión July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• San Antonio Light July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• St. Petersburg Times July 2, 1944 – January 7, 1945
• "The Young Phantom", King Comics #117 – #123 (1946)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Two 1942–1945 (2014)

Yugoslavia

• "Detinjstvo", Strip 82 #43 – #45 (1982)
• "Fantomovo detinjstvo", Strip 82 #64 (1982)