Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 3

Five Days of the Dragon
Chapter 3
Produced for:	The Phantom Annual #1 (2007)
Story #:	3
# of pgs:	10
Writer:	Chuck Dixon
Artist:	Graham Nolan
Original colorist:	Patrick Williams
Producer:	Moonstone Books
Preceded by:	Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 2
Followed by:	Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 4

"Five Days of the Dragon, Chapter 3" is a 2007 Moonstone Phantom story by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan.

Plot synopsis

The story takes place in the days of the 16th Phantom.

After a long trip from Nogales through the Chihuahua deserts, a band of four men arrive in San Bernardo. The band's leader is a skull-marked man, Ghutar Singh of the Singh Brotherhood. The band soon realises that the Phantom has followed them to San Bernardo, and take the village priest as hostage.

After a shoot-out, the Phantom has disarmed the band. The Singh were after a jug in the village church, containing a piece of the Jade Dragon. The piece had been there for centuries, since the days of the Mixtecs.

As the Phantom leaves, the Singh believe that they will escape the Rurales or the Federales easily. When the Phantom informs them that a boy from the village they have beaten is in fact Victorio, son of an Apache chief, they realise that their fate is sealed.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 16th Phantom
• The 16th Phantom's horse

One-time characters

• Four unnamed Singh members
• Rafe, a Singh
• Taylor, a Singh
• Unnamed friar
• Ghutar Singh

Real-life characters

• Victorio

Locations

• USA
  • Chihuahua Wastes
  • California
    • San Bernardo
      • Church
    • San Francisco (mentioned)
• China
  • Macao (mentioned)
• Burma
  • Rangoon (mentioned)

Organizations

• The Singh Brotherhood
• Mixtecs
• Rurales (mentioned)
• Federales (mentioned)

Items

• One of the five pieces of the Jade Dragon
• Amphora containing piece of jade

Phantom Lore

• The Phantom does not shoot to kill

Behind the scenes

• The Hispanic residents and the vicinity of the Chihuahua Desert, along with the mention of Denver, Colorado, suggests the roughnecks arrive at San Bernardino, in southern California, rather than San Bernardo.
• It is not mentioned when the story takes place, but if the boy Victorio who appears in the story is supposed to be the actual Apache chief Victorio it would be around 1835–40.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Five Days of the Dragon, Chapter 3", The Phantom #1962 (2024)

Greece

• "Οι 5 Ημέρες Του Δράκου, μέρος Γ" (romanized as "Oi 5 Imeres Tou Drakou, meros G"), Blek #3 (2019)

USA

• "Five Days of the Dragon, Chapter 3", The Phantom Annual #1 (2007)