The Fire Goddess

The Fire Goddess
Start date:	March 17th, 1940
End date:	July 21st, 1940
# of strips:	19
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Precious Cargo of Colonel Winn"
Followed by:	"The Beachcomber"

"The Fire Goddess" is the 3rd Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Guran
• Manna Day

One-time characters

• The High Seer of Mesabi
• The Evil Eye
• Slim
• Jake

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
    • The Bandar Village
  • Mesabi Plateau
  • Morristown

Tribes

• Mesabi
• Bandar
• Mori

Behind the scenes

Title panel.

• The title "The Fire Goddess" appears in the first strip of the story.
• In the Sunday stories, from this story on, The Phantom is said to be living in Bengali, not Bengal, thus making his home-country entirely fictitious.
• When The Phantom returns to the jungle, he announces his return by letting out "the Skull Bird".

Related stories

Refers to

• "The League of Lost Men" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #51 (1952)
• Giantsize Phantom #10 (1958)
• The Phantom #1032 (1993)
• The Phantom #1343 (2003)

Austria

• "Die Feuer-Göttin", Phantom – Die Legende #1 (2025)

Brazil

• "A Deusa do Fogo", Gibi #164 – #222 (1940)
• "A Deusa do Fogo", Novo O Globo Juvenil #2056 (1952)
• "A Deusa do Fogo", O Fantasma: Sempre aos Domingos (2006)

Canada

• La Patrie March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940

Denmark

• "Ildgudinden", Fantomet Year Album 1974

Finland

• "Tulikuningatar", Mustanaamio Year Album 1974
• "Tulijumalatar", Mustanaamio 13 – 15/1996

France

• Robinson #234 – #245 (1941; incomplete story)
• Le Fantôme #392 – #394 (1972)
• "La déesse de feu", L'âge d'or – Le Fantôme #1 (1980)

Italy

• Serie Cronologica #6 – #8 (1972)
• "La dea del fuoco", L'epoca d'oro di Phantom #1
• "La dea del fuoco", La raccolta de la grande avventura dei fumetti #4
• Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #1 (2017)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #165 – #166
• The Phantom #409 – #410

Norway

• "Flammegudinnen", A-magasinet 45/1940-15/1941
• "Ildgudinnen", Fantomet Year Album 1974
• "Ildgudinnen", Fantomet 13 – 15/1996

The Philippines

• The Tribune May 5, 1940 – September 8, 1940

Serbia

• "Vatrena boginja", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (2015)

Spain

• "La diosa del fuego", Phantom #2 (1998)

Sweden

• "Eldgudinnan", Vecko-Revyn 51/1942 – 17/1943
• "Eldgudinnan", Fantomen Christmas Album 1974
• "Eldgudinnan", Fantomen 13 – 15/1996
• "Eldgudinnan", Fantomen Christmas Album 2024 - facsimile reprint of 1974 Christmas Album

USA

• Charleston Daily Mail March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• The Greensboro Record March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• Ledger-Enquirer March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• The Milwaukee Sentinel March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• La Opinión March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• Richmond Times-Dispatch March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• San Antonio Light March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• San Francisco Examiner March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• St. Petersburg Times March 17, 1940 – July 21, 1940
• "The Fire Goddess", King Comics #61 – #65 (1941)
• Favorite Funnies #11 – #12 and Vintage Funnies ? (1973)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume One 1939–1942 (2012)
• Sundays Archive: Full Size Half Pages 1939-1942 (2016)