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The Girls | |
Start date: | May 24nd, 1948 |
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End date: | October 30th, 1948 |
# of strips: | 138 (23 weeks) |
Writer: | Lee Falk |
Artist: | Wilson McCoy |
Original colorist: | N/A |
Preceded by: | "The Devil Road" |
Followed by: | "The Masked Marvel" |
"The Girls" (also known as "The Lady Luck") is the 32nd Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.
Plot summary
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Moll
- Cap
- Peg
- Judy (mentioned)
- Marge
- Reggie
- Agnes
- Mike
Locations
- Bengali
- USA
- E. Norwich
- The Palmer Home
- E. Norwich
- Bartena
- Bartena Airport
- Flamingo Isle
Tribes
Organizations
- The Singh Pirates (mentioned)
- Globetrotter, Inc.
Vehicles
- The Lady Luck
- S.S. Playboy
Behind the scenes
- This story has often been reprinted with the title "The Lady Luck". However, the actual title "The Girls" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.
- This story begins with a retelling of the Phantom's origin.
- Diana's address is given as "Diana Palmer, 7 Sasqua Road, E. Norwich, U.S.A."
- Diana is said to be 23 years old.
- The Lady Luck pirates look up "The Phantom" in a dictionary, where it, among other things, is said that the Phantom can turn himself into a wolf.
Related stories
Remade as
- "The Lady Luck, Part 1" and "Part 2" by Ulf Granberg and Felmang
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Argentina
- Selecciones Graficas #486 and ? (1950)
- "La isla de las mujeres piratas", La Sombra #8 (1959)
- "La isla flamingo", El Fantasma #53 (1963)
Australia
- "The Girls", The Phantom #53 – #54 (1952-53)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #148 – #149 (1959)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #252 – #253 (1964)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #389 – #390 (1969)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #554 – #555 (1975)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #746 – #747 (1982)
- "The Lady Luck", The Phantom #1156 (1997)
- "The Girls", The Phantom #1831 – #1825 (2018-19)
Brazil
- "O Barco Senhora Fortuna", O Globo Juvenil #1789 – #1856 (1948-1949)
- "Mulheres Piratas", O Fantasma #44 (1974)
- "O Barco Senhora Fortuna", Almanaque do Fantasma (1978)
Canada
- La Patrie May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- L'Action catholique June 25, 1948 – December 6, 1948
Denmark
- Hejmdal March 11, 1950 – July 29, 1950 - without the first four weeks, but with intro text
- Skipper Skræk ? – 21/1953
Finland
- Fantom 1957
- "Merirosvolaiva", Mustanaamio 5/1968
- "S/S Lady Luck", Mustanaamio 5/1981
- "Merirosvolaiva", Mustanaamio 10/1989
- "Merirosvolaiva", Mustanaamio 1968
- "Merirosvolaiva Lady Luck", Ilta-Sanomat June 27, 2018 – August 2, 2018
France
- "L'ile des femmes corsaires", Le Fantôme Spécial #93 and "Les femmes corsaires", #94 (1971)
Italy
- "La crociera di Lady Luck", Mistero Comics #1 and "Il segreto dell'isola", #5 (1949; with additional art by Tullo Palasciano)
- "L'isola delle corsare", L'Uomo Mascherato #15 (1962; part 2 only, with additional art by Tullo Palasciano)
- "L'isola delle corsare", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #170 – #171 (1966)
Jamaica
- The Daily Gleaner May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
Mexico
- El Informador August 2, 1948 – December 25, 1948
New Zealand
Norway
- Aftenposten October 8, 1949 – March 21, 1950
- Fantomet og de kvinnelige pirater (1951)
- Skippern 23/1955 – 13/1956
- "Piratskipet", Fantomet 5/1968
- "S/S Lady Luck", Fantomet 9/1981
- "De kvinnelige pirater", Serie-pocket #230 (1999)
- "Piratskipet", Krønikebok #23 (2005)
- "Piratskipet", Fantomet Kronologisk #7 (2018)
Spain
- "Las muchachas piratas", El Hombre Enmascarado #17 and "Las mujeres piratas", #18 (1979)
- "La travesía del "Lady Luck", El Hombre Enmascarado #72 – #74 (1992)
Sweden
- Svenska Dagbladet July 2, 1949 – December 9, 1949
- Nerikes Allehanda June 16, 1950 – November 24, 1950
- Fantomen 22/1952 – 2/1953
- "Piratskeppet", Fantomen 5/1960
- "Mysteriet med piratskeppet Lady Luck", Fantomen 10/1967
- "S/S Lady-Luck", Fantomen 24/1980
- Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1952, Del 3 (2004) – 1953, Del 1 (2005)
- "Piratskeppet", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1960, Del 1 (2010)
- "Mysteriet med piratskeppet Lady Luck" , Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1967, Del 2 (2017)
USA
- Bradford Era May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Charleston Daily Mail May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Chester Times May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Daily Item May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Daily Record May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Evening News May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Hanford Morning Journal May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Herald News May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Morristown Gazette Mail May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Nassau Daily Review-Star May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Oxnard Press-Courier May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Progress May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- The Rome Daily Sentinel May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- San Antonio Light May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Sandusky Register Star News May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- Syracuse Herald Journal May 24, 1948 – October 30, 1948
- "The Girls (The Lady Luck)", The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Eight 1947–1949 (2015)
West-Germany
- Buntes Allerlei 3 – 42/1953
- "Das Piratenschiff", Phantom #17 (1968)