Fishers of Pearls

Fishers of Pearls
Start date:	November 7th, 1938
End date:	January 28th, 1939
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	"The Shark's Nest"
Followed by:	"The Slave Traders"

"Fishers of Pearls" is the eighth Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The current Phantom
• Devil
• Guran
• Diana Palmer
• Mrs. Palmer (mentioned)
• Colonel Doolittle

One-time characters

• Roark
• Betty Roark
• Nelson
• Captain Neil

Locations

• The Phantom's Country
  • The Deep Woods
    • The Skull Throne
  • Swari Basin
  • The Swari Village

Tribes

• Swari
• Bandar
• Djarling

Trivia

• This is the first time Phantom's home is called the Deep Woods.
• Guran son, Timo, is yet to appear in the strip, but what seems to be a reference to him is made in this story, as Nelson tells Roark that he heard news about the Phantom from "a son of a pigmy witch-doctor."
• For the second time, the color of the Phantom's suit is mentioned, and just like in "The Singh Brotherhood", it's said to be gray.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Back to the Jungle", The Phantom #3 (1939)
• "Jungle Justice", The Phantom #4 (1940)
• The Phantom #9 (1949)
• The Phantom #118 (1957)
• The Phantom #208 (1962)
• The Phantom #322 (1966)
• The Phantom #488 (1972)
• The Phantom #959 (1990)
• The Phantom #1254 (2000)
• The Phantom #9 replica, included with The Phantom #1249 (2000)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #220 – #254 (1938-1939)
• "Traficantes de Pérolas", Álbum O Globo Juvenil #9 (1940)
• Fantasma #53 (1961)
• "Traficante de Pérolas", O Fantasma #12 (1970)
• "Traficante de Pérolas", Fantasma #245 (1976)
• "Os Traficantes de Pérolas", Fantasma #354 – #355 (1985)
• "Traficante de Pérolas", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #26 (1996)

Finland

• "Helmenkalastajat", Mustanaamio 5/1983

France

• "Les pêcherus des perles", Aventures et Mystère #23 (1940)
• "Les pêcherus des perles", Le Fantôme du Bengale #2 and "Les rebelles du désert", #3 (1949)
• "Les pêcherus des perles", Le Fantôme Spécial #53 (1968)

Italy

• "I pescatori di perle" L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #59 (1963)
• "I pescatori di perle", Phantom #16 (1977 or 1978)
• "I pescatori di perle", Phantom #145

New Zealand

• The Phantom #114 – #117

Norway

• "Perlefiskerne", Fantomet 5/1983
• "Perlefiskerne", Fantomet Spesial #5 (1999)

Spain

• "La pescadores de perlas", El Hombre Enmascarado #18 and "La ley del desierto", #19 (ca 1941; edited together with "The Slave Traders" in part 2)
• "La pescadores de perlas", El Hombre Enmascarado #019 and "La ley del desierto", #019 (1960; edited together with "The Slave Traders" in part 2)
• "Perlas prohibidas", El Hombre Enmascarado #43 – #44 (1977)
• "La pescadores de perlas", El Hombre Enmascarado #41 – #42 (1990)

Sweden

• "Pärlfiskarna", Fantomen 22/1982

Turkey

• "Inci Avcılarına Karşı", Red Kit #4 – ? (1965)
• "Inci Avcılarına Karşı", Kızıl Maske #8 – #9 (1968)

USA

• Chester Times November 7, 1938 – January 28, 1939
• The Monessen Daily Independent November 7, 1938 – January 28, 1939
• Ace Comics #60 – #64 (1938-1939)
• "The Pearl Divers", Comics Revue #203 – #211 (2002)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Two 1937–1939 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• Mika Miš #397 – #419 (1940)
• "Ajkulino gnezdo" Biblioteka Nostalgija #7 (1988; edited together with "Adventure in Algiers" & "The Shark's Nest")