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|Title= Lago the Lake God
|Title= Lago the Lake God
|image=  
|image= [[Image:Lago the Lake God.jpg|300px]]
|Start= May 28th, 1945  
|Start= May 28th, 1945  
|End= August 11th, 1945  
|End= August 11th, 1945  
|Strips= 66
|Strips= 66 (11 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Wilson McCoy]]
|Artist= [[Wilson McCoy]]
|Colorist=N/A
|Preceded="[[The Blue Gang]]"
|Preceded="[[The Blue Gang]]"
|Followed="[[The Wild Girl]]"
|Followed="[[The Wild Girl]]"
|}}
|}}
'''"Lago the Lake God"''' is the 25th [[The Phantom|Phantom]] [[daily story]]. The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Wilson McCoy]].  
'''"Lago the Lake God"''' is the 24th [[The Phantom|Phantom]] [[Daily stories|daily story]]. The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Wilson McCoy]].  


== Plot summary ==
== Plot synopsis ==
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Diana decides to take [[Hero]] for a ride, despite warnings from the others.  She finds herself witness to a sacrifice of one of the Swembi tribe to the Lake God, [[Lago]].  The sacrifice is sent out on a raft into the middle of the lake.  Diana saves him, but she is then captured by the other members of the tribe and held prisoner.  Trader Smith is introduced as Diana is being held.  Word gets to the Phantom and he arrives to free Diana, but is shot by Lago and winds up as the next sacrifice to Lago.  He pretends to be more wounded than he actually is and rolls off the raft, where Devil has dove into the water and helps to free him.


===Appearances===
Diana goes with the trader, expecting to get away, only to find that she is again taken prisoner.  The trader is posing as Lago the Lake God so he can get the treasure which the Swembi tribe sends out to him so he will not flood their village, through a series of dams in the Sulfur Swamp.  Both think the Phantom has died, but he finds the cave where Trader Smith is hiding and knocks him out and they all return in full view of the tribe and show how they were fooled and take Trader Smith prisoner as punishment for his crimes.
 
=== Appearances ===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[The current Phantom]]
*[[The 21st Phantom]]
*[[Hero]]
*[[Hero]]
*[[Devil]]
*[[Devil]]
*[[Diana Palmer]]
*[[Diana Palmer-Walker|Diana Palmer]]


'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Trader Smith
*Trader Smith


</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*Deep woods
*[[Bangalla]]
*Swembi village
**[[Deep Woods]]
**Swembi village


'''Tribes'''
'''Tribes'''
*Swembi
*[[Swembi]]
 
'''Organizations'''
 
'''Vehicles'''
 
'''Items'''
 
'''[[Old jungle sayings]]'''
 
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</div><br clear="all">
==Behind the scenes ==
[[Image:Phantom-d024-01.jpg|thumb|Title panel.]]
*The title "Lago, the Lake God" appears in the first strip of the story.


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==
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=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*[[Tit-Bits ?|''Tit-Bits'' #?]] [[Tit-Bits 2011|#2011]] (1947-1948)
*"El Dios del lago", ''[[Tit-Bits]]'' #1998 &ndash; #2011 (1947-1948)
*[[Selecciones Graficas 456|''Selecciones Graficas'' #456]] and ? (1950)
*"El falso Dios", [[Tit-Bits|''Tit-Bits suplemento'']] (1956)
*"El falso Dios", [[Libro de Oro 1|''Libro de Oro'' #1]] (1960)
*"El falso Dios", [[El Fantasma 84 (Impacto)|''El Fantasma'' #84]] (1966)


=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
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*[[The Phantom 1063 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1063]] (1994)
*[[The Phantom 1063 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1063]] (1994)
*[[The Phantom 1591 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1591]] (2011)
*[[The Phantom 1591 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1591]] (2011)
*[[The Phantom 1859 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1859]] (2020)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"O lago do terror", [[Fantasma 102 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #102]] (1965)
*"O Mistério do Lago", ''[[O Globo Juvenil]]'' #1321 &ndash; #1352
*"O lago do terror", [[Fantasma 319 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #319]] (1982)
*"O Lago do Terror", [[Fantasma 102 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #102]] (1965)
*"Lago, o rei do lago!", [[O Fantasma 29 (Saber)|''O Fantasma'' #29]] (1972)
*"O Lago do Terror", [[Fantasma 319 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #319]] (1982)
*"Lago, o Rei do Lago!", [[O Fantasma 29 (Saber)|''O Fantasma'' #29]] (1972)
*"O Rei do Lago", [[Fantasma - Edição Histórica 7 (Saber)|''Fantasma - Edição Histórica'' #7]] (1994)
*"O Rei do Lago", [[Fantasma - Edição Histórica 7 (Saber)|''Fantasma - Edição Histórica'' #7]] (1994)
*"Lacum, o Deus do Lago", [[O Fantasma Omnibus: A Filha do Marajá e Outras Histórias|''A Filha do Marajá e Outras Histórias'']] (2024)
=== [[Image:mini_canada.gif|border]] Canada===
*''[[The Daily Colonist]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Moncton Transcript]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[La Patrie]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' May 29, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*"Lago le dieu du lac", ''[[L'Action catholique]]'' June 30, 1945 &ndash; September 20, 1945


=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Lago, søguden", ''[[Horsens Folkeblad]]'' January 9, 1946 &ndash; March 26, 1947
*"Lago, søguden", ''[[Aalborg Stiftstidende]]'' April 7, 1946 &ndash; June 28, 1946
*"Lago, søguden", ''[[Hejmdal]]'' March 25, 1947 &ndash; June 17, 1947
*"Søguden Lago", [[Fantom-hefte 22 (Denmark)|''Fantom-hefte'' #22]] (1954)
*"Mysteriet om søguden" [[Fantomet pocket 4|''Fantomet pocket'' #4]] (1985)
*"Mysteriet om søguden" [[Fantomet pocket 4|''Fantomet pocket'' #4]] (1985)


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*"Merenjumalan salaisuus" [[Mustanaamio 2/1968|''Mustanaamio'' 2/1968]]
*"Merenjumalan salaisuus" [[Mustanaamio 2/1968|''Mustanaamio'' 2/1968]]
*"Järvijumalan arvoitus" [[Sarjakirja 100|''Sarjakirja'' #100]] (1985)
*"Järvijumalan arvoitus" [[Sarjakirja 100|''Sarjakirja'' #100]] (1985)
*"Merenjumalan salaisuus", [[Mustanaamio 1968 (reprint)|''Mustanaamio'' 1968]]
*"Lago, järven jumala", ''[[Ilta-Sanomat]]'' September 25, 2017 &ndash; October 12, 2017


=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Tao il Dio del lago", [[Avventure americane – L'Uomo Mascherato 62 (La Freccia)|''L'Uomo Mascherato'' #62]] (1961)
*"Tao il dio del lago", [[Avventure Americane – L'Uomo Mascherato 62 (La Freccia)|''L'Uomo Mascherato'' #62]] (1961)
*"Tao, Dio del lago" [[L'Uomo Mascherato Super albo 161|''L'Uomo Mascherato Super albo'' #161]] (1965)
*"Tao, il dio del lago", [[I Classici dell'Avventura – L'Uomo Mascherato 32 (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #32]] (1963; redrawn by unknown local artist)
*"Tao, Dio del lago", [[L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo 161 (Fratelli Spada)|''L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo'' #161]] (1965)
*"Tao, il dio del lago", [[Phantom 403 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|''Phantom'' #403]]
 
=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*"Lago, el lago dios", ''[[El Informador]]'' July 16, 1945 &ndash; September 29, 1945


=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
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*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Fantomet 2/1968|''Fantomet'' 2/1968]]
*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Fantomet 2/1968|''Fantomet'' 2/1968]]
*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Serie-pocket 104 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #104]] (1985)
*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Serie-pocket 104 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #104]] (1985)
*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Fantomet 13-14/2012|''Fantomet'' 13-14/2012]]
*"Mysteriet med sjøguden", [[Fantomet Kronologisk 6|''Fantomet Kronologisk'' #6]] (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"'Lago' - El dios del pantano", [[Almanaque del Hombre Enmascarado 1947|''Almanaque del Hombre Enmascarado'' 1947]] - ''without the first three weeks''
*"El dios del lago" [[El Hombre Enmascarado 52 (Vértice)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #52]] (1978)
*"El dios del lago" [[El Hombre Enmascarado 52 (Vértice)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #52]] (1978)
*"El dios del lago" [[El Hombre Enmascarado 63 (Tebeos_S.A)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #63]] (1991)
*"El dios del lago" [[El Hombre Enmascarado 63 (Tebeos_S.A)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #63]] (1991)
*"Tao, el dios del lago", [[Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado 56 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado'' #56]] (1999)
*"El dios del lago", [[The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado 17 (Dolmen)|''The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado'' #17]] (2024)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*''[[Nerikes Allehanda]]'' May 27, 1947 &ndash; August 13, 1947
*"Lago, sjöguden", ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'' June 14, 1946 &ndash; August 30, 1946
*[[Fantomen 5/1951|''Fantomen'' 5/1951]] [[Fantomen 8/1951|8/1951]]
*''[[Halland]]'' 1946 &ndash; 1946
*[[Fantomen 22/1959|''Fantomen'' 22/1959]]
*"Lago, sjöguden", ''[[Katrineholmskuriren]]'' December 11, 1946 &ndash; March 1, 1947
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden" [[Fantomen 2/1967|''Fantomen'' 2/1967]]
*"Lago, sjöguden", ''[[Nerikes Allehanda]]'' May 27, 1947 &ndash; August 13, 1947
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden" [[Serie-pocket 148 (Sweden)|''Serie-pocket'' #148]] (1985)
*[[Fantomen 5/1951|''Fantomen'' 5/1951]] &ndash; [[Fantomen 8/1951|8/1951]]
*"Lago, sjöguden", ''[[Tierps-Posten]]'' August 23, 1951 &ndash; January 24, 1952
*"Lago, sjöguden", ''[[Östhammars Tidning]]'' August 23, 1951 &ndash; January 24, 1952
*"I sjögudens våld", [[Fantomen 22/1959|''Fantomen'' 22/1959]]
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden", [[Fantomen 2/1967|''Fantomen'' 2/1967]]
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden", [[Serie-pocket 148 (Sweden)|''Serie-pocket'' #148]] (1985)
*[[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1951, Del 1|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1951, Del 1]] (2003)
*"I sjögudens våld", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1959, Del 3|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1959, Del 3]] (2010)
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden", [[Fantomen 14-15/2012|''Fantomen'' 14-15/2012]]
*"Mysteriet med sjöguden", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1967, Del 1|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1967, Del 1]] (2017)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''[[The Alabama Journal]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Birmingham News]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Carthage Evening Press]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Chester Times]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Coos Bay Times]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Daily Item]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Daily Record]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Decatur Daily]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Detroit Evening Times]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Dziennik dla Wszystkich]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Evening News]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Gloucester County Times]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Greensboro Record]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Hanford Morning Journal]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Hanford Sentinel]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Herald News]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Johnson City Press]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Ledger-Enquirer]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Monessen Daily Independent]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Nassau Daily Review-Star]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Rome Daily Sentinel]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[San Antonio Light]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Sandusky Register Star News]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Syracuse Herald Journal]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Times Herald]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Washington Reporter]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The Winchester Sun]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[The World]]'' May 28, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*''[[Bangor Daily News]]'' June 2, 1945 &ndash; August 11, 1945
*"Vengeance of the Lake God", [[Harvey Hits 15|''Harvey Hits'' #15]] (1958)
*"Vengeance of the Lake God", [[Harvey Hits 15|''Harvey Hits'' #15]] (1958)
*"Lago the Lake God", [[The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Six 1944–1946‎|''The Complete Newspaper Dailies:'' Volume Six 1944–1946‎]] (2013)
*"Lago the Lake God", [[Comics Revue 447-448|''Comics Revue'' #447-448]] (2023)


=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===
=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===
*"Der Seegott Lago", [[Phantom-Heft 5/1954|''Phantom-Heft'' 5/1954]]
*"Der Seegott Lago", [[Phantom-Heft 5/1954|''Phantom-Heft'' 5/1954]]
*"Der geheimnisvolle Seegott", [[Phantom 14 (Semic)|''Phantom'' #14]] (1968)


[[Category: Daily stories|Lago the Lake God]]
[[Category: Daily stories|Lago the Lake God]]
[[Category: 1945 Stories|Lago the Lake God]]

Latest revision as of 17:51, 10 September 2025

Lago the Lake God
Lago the Lake God.jpg
Start date: May 28th, 1945
End date: August 11th, 1945
# of strips: 66 (11 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Wilson McCoy
Original colorist: N/A
Preceded by: "The Blue Gang"
Followed by: "The Wild Girl"

"Lago the Lake God" is the 24th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

Diana decides to take Hero for a ride, despite warnings from the others. She finds herself witness to a sacrifice of one of the Swembi tribe to the Lake God, Lago. The sacrifice is sent out on a raft into the middle of the lake. Diana saves him, but she is then captured by the other members of the tribe and held prisoner. Trader Smith is introduced as Diana is being held. Word gets to the Phantom and he arrives to free Diana, but is shot by Lago and winds up as the next sacrifice to Lago. He pretends to be more wounded than he actually is and rolls off the raft, where Devil has dove into the water and helps to free him.

Diana goes with the trader, expecting to get away, only to find that she is again taken prisoner. The trader is posing as Lago the Lake God so he can get the treasure which the Swembi tribe sends out to him so he will not flood their village, through a series of dams in the Sulfur Swamp. Both think the Phantom has died, but he finds the cave where Trader Smith is hiding and knocks him out and they all return in full view of the tribe and show how they were fooled and take Trader Smith prisoner as punishment for his crimes.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Trader Smith

Locations

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Items

Old jungle sayings


Behind the scenes

Title panel.
  • The title "Lago, the Lake God" appears in the first strip of the story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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  • "Lago, el lago dios", El Informador July 16, 1945 – September 29, 1945

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