The Crooner
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The Crooner | |
Start date: | May 22nd, 1944 |
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End date: | August 26th, 1944 |
# of strips: | 84 strips (14 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Wilson McCoy |
Original colorist: | N/A |
Preceded by: | "Diana" |
Followed by: | "The Maharajah's Daughter" |
"The Crooner" is the 21st Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.
Plot synopsis
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- The Crooner
- Waxy
- Butch
Behind the scenes
- The title "The Crooner" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- Selecciones Graficas #374, #376, and ? (1948)
- El Fantasma #35 (1961)
- El Fantasma #72 (1965)
Australia
- The Phantom #77 (1955)
- The Phantom #164 (1960)
- The Phantom #268 (1964)
- The Phantom #411 (1970)
- The Phantom #584 (1976)
- The Phantom #777 (1983)
- The Phantom #1063 (1994)
- The Phantom #1560 (2010)
- The Phantom #1791 (2017)
Brazil
- "O Cantor", O Globo Juvenil #1162 – #1202 (1944-1945)
- "O Cantor", Fantasma #77 (1963)
- "A Caveira Falsa", O Fantasma #34 (1972)
- "O Cantor", Fantasma #250 (1976)
- "A Caveira Falsa", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #13 (1995)
Canada
- La Patrie May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Vancouver Sun May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- "Le chanteur" L'Action catholique June 6, 1944 – September 11, 1944
Finland
- Karjalainen June 7, 1945 – September 7, 1945
- "Naamio ja “Hurmuri”", Kippari Kalle 11/1954
- "Laulaja", Mustanaamio 13/1980
- "Laulaja", Ilta-Sanomat June 8, 2017 – July 20, 2017
France
- "Le Fantôme et le chanteur", Le Fantôme du Bengale #23 (1951)
- "Le gangster mélody", Le Fantôme Spécial #98 (1972)
Italy
- "Il gangster Melody", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #25 (1962; with additonal art by unknown Fratelli Spada artist)
- "Il gangster Melody", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #169 (1966)
- "Il gangster Melody", Phantom #20 (1993)
- "Il gangster Melody", The Phantom #3 (2015)
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
- Aftenposten August 7, 1945 – November 12, 1945
- "Sangeren", Fantomet 16/1980
- "Sangfuglen", Klassikerserien Wilson McCoy (1943-1959) (2006)
Portugal
- "Assalto ao Banco", Fantasma #8 (1979)
- "Assalto ao Banco", Fantasma Especial Férias #1 (1980?)
Spain
- "El Hombre Enmascarado y El Cantante", El Hombre Enmascarado #66, "Trucos de mala ley", #67 and "La inocencia del Hombre Enmascarado", #68 (194?)
- "El cantante", El Hombre Enmascarado #35 (1976)
- "La inocencia del Hombre Enmascarado", El Hombre Enmascarado #59 – #60 (1991)
- "El cantante", The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado #11 (2021)
Sweden
- "Charmören", Svenska Dagbladet May 30, 1945 – September 5, 1945
- Nerikes Allehanda June 7, 1946 – September 14, 1946
- "Sångaren", Fantomen 7/1980
USA
- The Birmingham News May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Charleston Daily Mail May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Chester Times May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Coos Bay Times May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Daily Item May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Evening News May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Hanford Morning Journal May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Herald News May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Monessen Daily Independent May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Nassau Daily Review-Star May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Oxnard Press-Courier May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Richmond Times-Dispatch May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Rome Daily Sentinel May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- San Antonio Light May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Sandusky Register Star News May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- Syracuse Herald Journal May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Washington Reporter May 22, 1944 – August 26, 1944
- The Nippu Jiji December 21, 1944 – March 17, 1945
- Ace Comics #133 – #139 (1948)
- The Complete Newspaper Dailies Vol. Five 1943–1944 (2013)
- "The Crooner", Comics Revue #383-384 (2018)
West Germany
- "Der Scharmante", Phantom-Heft 1/1954 (many panels missing)
Yugoslavia
- "Pevač", Biblioteka Nostalgija #12 (1991)