The Sea God

The Sea God
Start date:	September 12th, 1966
End date:	December 24th, 1966
# of strips:	90 strips (15 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Original colorist:	N/A
Preceded by:	"The Killer"
Followed by:	"The Satchel"

"The Sea God" is the 95th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot Summary

The Touganda tribe live by the sea and dive to the bottom of the ocean for black pearls that they sacrifice to their fish god Touroo. The Phantom advice them to borrow some pearls from the god to invest in new fishing boats. Two scammers with a fish god costume visit the Touganda to relieve them of their black pearls.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Hero
• Devil

One-time characters

• Tod
• Ossie

Locations

• Bengali
  • The Deep Woods

Tribes

• Touganda

Old Jungle Sayings

• The Phantom has a thousand eyes and a thousand ears.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El dios del mar", Libro de Oro #39 (1968)
• "Perlas negras", Fantasía #164 (1971)

Australia

• "The Sea God", The Phantom #341 (1967)
• "The Sea God", The Phantom #494 (1973)
• "The Sea God", The Phantom #672 (1979)
• "The Sea God", Adventure Book #4 (1987)
• "The Sea God", The Phantom #888 (1987)
• "The Sea God", The Phantom #1312 (2002)

Brazil

• "As Pérolas Negras", Fantasma #128 (1967)
• "As Pérolas Negras", Fantasma #260 (1977)
• "As Pérolas Negras", Fantasma #352 – #353 (1985)
• "As Pérolas Negras", O Fantasma Crônicas #5 (2002)

Canada

• Le Nouvelliste September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• "Le dieu marin", L'Action January 25, 1967 – May 11, 1967

Denmark

• Aalborg Stiftstidende January 10, 1968 – April 24, 1968
• Horsens Folkeblad September 26, 1968 – January 10, 1969
• Hejmdal November 23, 1968 – March 11, 1969
• "Havgudens sorte perler", Fantomet #163 (1981)

Finland

• "Merenjumalan salaisuus", Mustanaamio 24/1976
• "Merenjumala", Ilta-Sanomat March 25, 2015 – April 16, 2015

France

• "Le dieu de la mer", Le Fantôme Spécial #92 (1971)

Greece

• Taxydromos ?, 1968 – November 1, 1968

Hungary

• "A Tengeristen titka", Fantom #6/1991

Iceland

• Tíminn September 9, 1967 – December 17, 1967 - without the last week

India

• "The Sea God", Indrajal Comics #67 (1968)
• "The Sacred Black Pearls", Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 14 (1985)
• "The Treasure of Black Pearls", Phantom #16
• "The Treasure of Black Pearls", Phantom #65
• "மீன் மனிதன்" (romanized as "Meen manithan"), Rani Comics #188 (1992)
• "கடல் பூதம்" (romanized as "Kadal putam"), Rani Comics #500 (2005)

Ireland

• Irish Independent June 17, 1967 – September 29, 1967

Italy

• "Il dio del mare", I Giganti #11 (1967)

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966

Mexico

• El Informador February 1, 1967 – May 17, 1967

Norway

• Aftenposten March 26, 1968 – July 16, 1968
• "Havgudens sorte perler", Fantomet 26/1970
• "Havguden", Fantomet 25/1976
• "Havguden", Fantomet Spesialalbum #9 (1990)
• "Havgudens svarte perler", Fantomet 2/1998
• "Havgudens svarte perler", Fantomets Krønike 6/2005
• "Havgudens sorte perler", Krønikebok #27 (2006)
• "Havgudens svarte perler", Fantomet 3/2017
• "Havgudens sorte perler", Fantomet Kronologisk #19 (2021)

Portugal

• "O Falso Turu", Mundo de Aventuras #1000 (1968)
• "O Deus do Mar", Fantasma (1975)

South Africa

• Landstem ?, 1968 – ?, 1968

Spain

• El Correo December 22, 1966 – ?
• "El dios del mar", El Hombre Enmascarado #11 (1974)
• "El dios del mar", The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado #4 (2019)

Sweden

• "Havsgudens svarta pärlor", Fantomen 18/1967
• "Havsguden", Svenska Dagbladet, August 10, 1967 – November 23, 1967
• "Havsguden", Göteborgs-Tidningen December 16, 1967 – March 30, 1968
• Nerikes Allehanda July 2, 1968 – October 14, 1968
• "Mysteriet med havsguden", Fantomen 17/1976
• "Havsgudens svarta pärlor", Fantomen 2/1998
• "Havsgudens svarta pärlor", Fantomen 25-26/2015
• "Havsgudens svarta pärlor", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1967, Del 4 (2018)

Turkey

• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske #14 – #15 (1973)
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske Albüm #4 (197?)
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske Albüm #100
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske Albüm #63 – #64
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #13
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm #5
• "Deniz Tanrısı", Yeni Kızılmaske #1 (2011)
• "Deniz İlâhı", Kızılmaske #3 (2013)

United Kingdom

• Birmingham Evening Mail and Despatch December 19, 1966 – April 5, 1967

USA

• Appleton Post-Crescent‎ September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Beaver County Times September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Beckley Post Herald September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Bradford Era September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Bucks County Courier Times September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Buffalo Courier-Express September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Charleston Daily Mail September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Charlotte News September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Courier-Post September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Daily Item September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Delaware County Daily Times September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Dispatch September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Denton Record-Chronicle September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Gadsden Times September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Green Bay Press-Gazette September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Herald News September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Indianapolis News September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Laurel Leader-Call September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Miami News September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Milwaukee Sentinel September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Oneonta Star September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Plattsburgh Press-Republican September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Pocono Record September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Reading Eagle September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Red Bank Register September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Republican Herald September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Rome Daily Sentinel September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Rome News-Tribune September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Sandusky Register Star News September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Syracuse Herald Journal September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Tampa Times September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Uniontown Morning Herald September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• The Washington Reporter September 12, 1966 – December 24, 1966
• Grand Prairie News Texan September 12, 1966 – December 25, 1966
• "The Sea God", The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Twenty 1966–1967 (2020)

West Germany

• "Das Monster der grünen Grotte", Phantom #14 (1975)
• "Das Monster der grünen Grotte", Phantom Das große Album #3

Yugoslavia

• Večernje novine April 1, 1966 – July 18, 1967
• "Crni biseri", Denis #76 – #78 (1977; in part 1 edited together with "Bullets' Town")
• "Црни бисери" (romanized as "Crni biseri"), Politikin Zabavnik #1754 – #1755 (1985)