The Plant God of the Massau

The Plant God of the Massau
Start date:	August 3rd, 1958
End date:	December 21st, 1958
# of strips:	21 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Monster of Green Valley"
Followed by:	"A Tale of the Good Mark"

"The Plant God of the Massau" is the 51st Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

James survives a plane crash in the Massau Badlands and makes it to Morristown for medical treatment where members of the Explorers' Club hear of the human-eating Plant God of the Massau. Mead and Maggie Bell go exploring to see the human sized carnivorous plant for themselves before being rescued by the Phantom.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Hero

One-time characters

• Phantom's scout and drummer
• James
• Maggie Bell
• Mead
• Mac
• Taru
• Benji

Locations

• Bengali
  • Morristown
    • Bengali Explorers' Club
  • Massau Badlands

Tribes

• Massau
• Wambesi
• Llongo

Organizations

• Explorers' Club‏‎

Phantom lore

• Jungle drums

Deities and Idols

• The Plant God

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Fantasía ? – ? (195?)

Australia

• The Phantom #328 ‎ (1966)
• The Phantom #482 ‎ (1972)
• The Phantom #660 (1979)
• The Phantom #869 ‎ (1986)
• The Phantom #1280 ‎ (2001)

Brazil

• Fantasma #38 (1959)
• "Mistério na Tribo Massau", Fantasma #305 (1981)
• "O Deus-Planta de Massau", Crônicas do Fantasma #2 (2019)

Canada

• Le Soleil August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• La Patrie August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958

Colombia

• El Tiempo November 16, 1958 – April 5, 1959

France

• "La plante carnivore", Héros de l'aventure #19 (1966)

Greece

• "Το φυτό - θεός τών Μασσώ" (romanized as "To fyto - theos ton Masso"), Fantom #19 (1975)

Iceland

• Vikan January 15, 1959 – April 23, 1959 - six weeks missing

India

• "The Man-eating Plant", Indrajal Comics #7 (1964)
• "Legend of the Massau Deity", Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 8 (1987)
• "உயிர் குடிக்கும் செடி" (romanized as "Uyir kudikkum chedi"), Rani Comics #316 (1997)
• "ஆள் விழுங்கிப் பூ" (romanized as "Al vilunkip pu"), Rani Comics #477 (2004)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent August 24, 1958 – January 11, 1959

Italy

• "La pianta carnivora", L'Uomo Mascherato #50 (1961)
• "La pianta carnivora", Phantom #102
• "La pianta carnivora", Phantom #4 (1994)

Mexico

• El Informador October 12, 1958 – March 1, 1959

New Zealand

• The Phantom #332 – #333

Norway

• "Massaus plantegud", Fantomet Year Album 2024

Spain

• "La planta sagrada de los Massau", Phantom #24 (1999)

Sweden

• "Massau's växtgud", Vecko-Revyn 21/1961 – 41/1961
• "Mysteriet med skräck-växten", Fantomen Christmas Album 1965
• "Mysteriet med skräck-växten", Fantomen Christmas Album 2015 - facsimile reprint of 1965 Christmas Album

USA

• Anderson Herald August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Atlanta Constitution August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Birmingham News August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• Charleston Gazette-Mail August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• Cumberland Sunday Times August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Democrat August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• Farmington Daily Times August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Honolulu Advertiser August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Huntsville Times August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Montgomery Advertiser August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• La Opinión August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• Orlando Sentinel August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• Richmond Times-Dispatch August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• San Antonio Light August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• San Francisco Examiner August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• St. Petersburg Times August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Tampa Tribune August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Virginian Pilot August 3, 1958 – December 21, 1958
• The Phantom Sundays Special Edition #1 (1990)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Six 1956–1960 (2019)

Yugoslavia

• "Зелени људождер" ("romanized as "Zeleni ljudožder"), Politikin Zabavnik #977 (1970)