The Crescent Cult (Sunday story)

The Crescent Cult
Start date:	April 10th, 1955
End date:	August 7th, 1955
# of strips:	18 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Gibs Brothers"
Followed by:	"The Horned Star Demons"

"The Crescent Cult" is the 41st 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
• Hero
• Devil

One-time characters

• Kratan
• Queen of Bengali
• queen's aunt
• Bogar

Locations

• Bengali
  • Bengali port
  • Royal palace of Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Waterfall
      • The Skull Cave
        • The Skull Throne
  • The Ancient Temple of the Moon Worshippers

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The Crescent Cult

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Crescent Cult" by Lee Falk and Bill Lignante

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #180 (1960)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #288 (1965)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #432 (1970)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #602 (1977)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #809 (1984)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #1234 (1999)
• "The Crescent Cult", The Phantom #1751 (2016)

Brazil

• "Os Adoradores da Lua", Fantasma #18 (1956)

Canada

• La Patrie April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• Le Soleil April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955

Finland

• Sarjakuvalehti 9 – 16/1959
• "Kuunpalvojat", Sarjakirja #27 (1976)
• "Kuoleman kynsissä", Mustanaamio 9/1968 (edited together with "The Rope People")
• "Kuoleman kynsissä", Mustanaamio 1968 (2012; edited together with "The Rope People")

France

• "Les adorateurs de la lune", Classiques de l'aventure #6 (1964)

India

• "The Lunar Cult", Indrajal Comics #6 (1964)
• "The Cult of Assassins", Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 16 (1988)
• "முடி சூட்டு விழா" (romanized as "Mudisoottu Vizha"), Rani Comics #485 (2004)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent May 1, 1955 – August 28, 1955

Italy

• "Gli adoratori della Luna", Il Vascello #2 (1958)
• "Gli adoratori della Luna", L'Uomo Mascherato #15 (1961)
• "Gli adoratori della Luna", I Classici dell'Avventura #28 (1963)
• "Gli adoratori della Luna", L'Uomo Mascherato #97 (1964)
• "Gli adoratori della Luna", Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #2 (1994)
• "Gli adoratori della Luna", Phantom #173
• L'uomo mascherato – Il mito dell'Ombra che cammina (2005)

Mexico

• El Informador May 22, 1955 – September 18, 1955

New Zealand

• The Phantom #144 – #145
• The Phantom #388 – #389

Norway

• "I dødens klør", Fantomet 9/1968 (edited together with "The Rope People")
• "Månesekten", Serie-pocket #13 (1976)
• "Månesekten", Serie-pocket #223 (1998)

Sweden

• "Månskärans kult", Vecko-Revyn 5 – 22/1958
• "Måndyrkarna", Fantomen 4 – 5/1958
• "I dödens klor", Fantomen 14/1964 (edited together with "The Rope People")
• "Månsekten", Serie-pocket #39 (1976)
• "Måndyrkarna", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1958, Del 1 (2009)

USA

• Anderson Herald April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• Charleston Daily Mail April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• Cumberland Sunday Times April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Democrat April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• Denton Record-Chronicle April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Honolulu Advertiser April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Huntsville Times April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Milwaukee Sentinel April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• La Opinión April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• Orlando Sentinel April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• San Antonio Light April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• San Francisco Examiner April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• St. Petersburg Times April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Virginian Pilot April 10, 1955 – August 7, 1955
• The Phantom Sundays #5 (1989)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Five 1953–1956 (2018)

West Germany

• "In den Klauen des Todes", Phantom #21 (edited together with "The Rope People") (1968)