Captain Kidder's Treasure (daily story)

Captain Kidder's Treasure
Start date:	May 23rd, 1955
End date:	July 30th, 1955
# of strips:	60 (10 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	N/A
Preceded by:	"The Slimming of Prince Tagon"
Followed by:	"Dr Axel and the Witchmen"

"Captain Kidder's Treasure" is the 57th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 1st Phantom
• Hero
• Devil
• Guran
• Colonel Weeks
• Prince Tagon (mentioned)
• Princess Meline (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Captain Kidder
• Professor Digg
• Rod
• Mark
• Gyp

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
  • The Jungle Patrol Headquarters
  • The Abandoned Well
• Tomas

Tribes

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol

Vehicles

Items

Old jungle sayings

Related stories

Remade as

• "Captain Kidder's Treasure" by Lee Falk and Bertil Wilhelmsson

Trivia

• There is a post box, in which the letters from the Jungle Patrol slide into a box in the abandoned well for the Commander to read.
• There is no safe and no room, where messages can be returned by the Commander.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El tesoro del Capitán Kidder", Tit-Bits #2469 – #2479 (1956-57)
• "El tesoro del pirata", El Fantasma #34 (1961)
• "El tesoro del Capitán Thomas", El Fantasma #56 (1963)
• "El tesoro del pirata", El Espectro #103 (1967)
• "El tesoro del pirata", El Espectro #110 (1969)

Australia

• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #95 (1956)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #183 (1961)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #291 (1965)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #438 (1971)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #1009 (1992)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #1529 (2009)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #1736 (2015)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", The Phantom #1944 (2023)

Brazil

• "O Tesouro do Capitão Tomas", Fantasma #17 (1955)
• "O Tesouro do Capitão Kidder", O Fantasma Edição Extra #76 (1974)
• "O Tesouro Pirata", Fantasma #267 (1978)
• "O Tesouro Pirata", Fantasma #346 (1984)

Canada

• The Moncton Transcript May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• La Patrie May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Le Progrès du Saguenay July 20, 1955 – September 26, 1955
• L'Action catholique January 9, 1956 – March 17, 1956

Denmark

• Aalborg Stiftstidende July 3, 1956 – September 10, 1956
• Horsens Folkeblad April 4, 1957 – June 20, 1957
• Hejmdal April 25, 1957 – July 8, 1957
• Comics - Verdens bedste tegneserier 2 (1971)

Finland

• "Mustanaamio aarteen jäljillä", Sarjakuvalehti 3/1962
• "Salaperäinen aarre", Mustanaamio 2/1969
• "Salaperäinen aarre", Mustanaamio 1969 (2013)
• "Suuri aarre", Ilta-Sanomat May 16, 2013 – May 29, 2013

France

• "Le boucanier du Bengale", Le Fantôme Spécial #23 (1965)

Germany

• Phantom #1 (1996)

Italy

• "Il bucaniere del Bengali", Il Vascello #19 (1959)
• "Il bucaniere del Bengala", Ristampe mensili – L'Uomo Mascherato #6 (1961)
• "Il bucaniere del Bengala", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #125 (1965)
• "Il bucaniere del Bengala", Phantom #39 (1994)
• "Il bucaniere del Bengala", Phantom #127

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner October 13, 1955 – December 22, 1956

Mexico

• El Informador July 18, 1955 – September 24, 1955

New Zealand

• The Phantom #151 – #153
• The Phantom #394 – #397

Norway

• Aftenposten August 14, 1956 – October 20, 1956
• "Den mystiske skatten", Fantomet 1/1965
• "Den mystiske skatten", Fantomet 1/1969
• "Den mystiske skatten", Fantomet Kronologisk #2 (2017)
• "Den mystiske skatten", Fantomet Kronologisk #9 (2019)

Portugal

• "Safari Para a Morte", Mundo de Aventuras #809 (1965)

Spain

• "El tesoro del pirata", El Hombre Enmascarado #4 (1973)
• "El tesoro del pirata", El Hombre Enmascarado #1 (1979)
• "El tesoro del pirata", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #5 (1997?)

Sweden

• Svenska Dagbladet September 10, 1956 – November 19, 1956
• Katrineholmskuriren March 30, 1957 – June 13, 1957
• Göteborgs-Tidningen April 29, 1957 – July 5, 1957
• Fantomen 14/1957 – Fantomen 17/1957
• Nerikes Allehanda July 29, 1957 – October 5, 1957
• "Den mystiska skatten", Fantomen 4/1964
• Upsala Nya Tidning December 13, 1968 – February 25, 1969
• "Kapten Kidders skatt", Comics - Den stora serieboken #2 (1971)
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1957, Del 2 (2008)
• "Den mystiska skatten", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1964, Del 1 (2014)
• "Kapten Kidders skatt", Fantomens historiska äventyr #1 (2025)

United Kingdom

• "The Chronicles", The Phantom Illustrated Comic #12 (1960)

USA

• The Alabama Journal May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Alliance Times-Herald May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Asheville Times May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Atlanta Constitution May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Bangor Daily News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Beaver County Times May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Birmingham News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Bradford Era May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Bristol Daily Courier May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Carthage Evening Press May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Charleston Daily Mail May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Charlotte News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Chester Times May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Courier-Post May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Daily Advance May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Daily Item May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Daily Standard May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Decatur Daily May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Evening News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Gloucester County Times May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Green Bay Press-Gazette May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Greensboro Record May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Hanford Morning Journal May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Hanford Sentinel May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Herald News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Jersey Journal May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Johnson City Press May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Ledger-Enquirer May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Monessen Daily Independent May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Morning Press May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Morning Sentinel May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Morristown Gazette Mail May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Oneonta Star May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Oxnard Press-Courier May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Plattsburgh Press-Republican May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Pocono Record May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Progress May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Reading Eagle May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Richmond Times-Dispatch May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Rome Daily Sentinel May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Sandusky Register Star News May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The State May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Syracuse Herald Journal May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Times Recorder May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Uniontown Morning Herald May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Washington Reporter May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• The Winchester Sun May 23, 1955 – July 30, 1955
• Denton Record-Chronicle July 4, 1955 – July 30, 1955 - without the first six weeks
• The Leaf-Chronicle July 11, 1955 – July 30, 1955 - the last three weeks only
• "The Secret of the Lost Treasure City", Harvey Hits #36 (1960)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Thirteen 1954–1956 (2018)
• "Captain Kidder's Treasure", Comics Revue #377-378 (2017)

West Germany

• "Der geheimnisvolle Schatz", Phantom #25 (1969)
• Comics - Weltbekannte Zeichenserien #2 (1972)

Yugoslavia

• "Nestali grad", Denis #193 (1980)