The Swamp Dragon

The Swamp Dragon
Start date:	December 26th, 1976
End date:	April 17th, 1977
# of strips:	17 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Stolen Ring"
Followed by:	"The Hunters"

"The Swamp Dragon" is the 101st Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot synopsis

The 21st Phantom is called to rescue two small children who are lost in The Great Swamp in the jungle. The Phantom rescues them and encounters a strange creature called the Swamp Dragon by the jungle people. The Phantom finds out that it is actually a Dinosaur of genus Stegosaurus believed to be extinct. Realizing that it is herbivore, the Phantom, with the help of jungle village people, captures and then trains it. Phantom subsequently names it Stegy and takes it to the Isle of Eden.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Hero
• Stripes
• Old Baldy
• Solomon and Nefertiti
• Hzz
• Stegy, stegosaurus

One-time characters

• Boro-Han
• Mora
• Onda
• Toma

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
  • The Great Swamp
  • Eden

Tribes

Organizations

• University of Bangalla

Vehicles

Old Jungle Sayings

• There are times when the Phantom leaves the jungle and enters the town like an ordinary man.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #624 (1977)
• The Phantom #836 (1985)
• The Phantom #1219 (1999)
• The Phantom #1413 (2005)

Colombia

• El Tiempo February 6, 1976 – May 29, 1977

Denmark

• "Sumpuhyret", Fantomet #92 (1978)
• "Sumpuhyret", Fantomet #316 (1990)

Fiji

• Bera-Na-Liva #5 (1978)

Finland

• Seura 50/1977-13/1978
• "Suohirviö", Mustanaamio 5/1978
• "Suohirviö", Mustanaamio 21 – 24/2007

France

• "Le dragon des marais", Le Fantôme #474 (1978)

Iceland

• Vikan December 29, 1977 – April 20, 1978

India

• "ராட்சத விலங்கு" (romanized as "Ratchadha Vilangu"), Muthu Comics #73 (1978)
• "The Swamp Dragon", Indrajal Comics #325 (1979)
• "The Gigantic Beast", Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 20 (1989)
• "மீண்டும் டினோசார்" (romanized as "Meendum dinosar"), Rani Comics #268
• "The Swamp Dragon", Diamond Comics Digest: Phantom #52

Italy

• "Il drago della palude", Phantom – L'Uomo Mascherato #88 (1978)
• "Il drago della palude", Phantom #361

Norway

• Vi menn 24-41/1977
• "Sumpuhyret", Fantomet 6/1978
• "Sumpmonsteret", Fantomet 20 – 23/2007
• "Sumpuhyret", Krønikebok #43 (2008)

Spain

• "El dragon del pantano", El Hombre Enmascarado #6 - #7 (1988; the second part edited together with "The Hunters")

Sweden

• "Träskmonstret", Fantomen 22/1977
• "Träskmonstret", Fantomen 21 – 24/2007
• "Träskmonstret", Fantomen Christmas Album 2021

Turkey

• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske #255 – #256 (1977)
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Albüm #79
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Albüm #13
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Albüm #86
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #30 – #31
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #37
• "Bataklık Canavarı", Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm #13
• "Bataklık Ejderhası", Kızılmaske #12 (2014)

USA

• Anderson Herald December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Bluefield Daily Telegraph December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Chicago Tribune December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Cumberland Sunday Times December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Danville Register December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Gadsden Times December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Huntsville Times December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Kingsport Times-News December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Montgomery Advertiser December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The News Tribune December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• La Opinión December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Orlando Sentinel December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Robesonian December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Rome News-Tribune December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• San Antonio Light December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• St. Petersburg Times December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977
• The Tuscaloosa News December 26, 1976 – April 17, 1977

Yugoslavia

• "Змај из мочваре" (romanized as "Zmaj iz močvare"), Politikin Zabavnik #2044 (3D; 1991)