The Imaginary Playmate

The Imaginary Playmate
Start date:	October 25th, 1953
End date:	January 31st, 1954
# of strips:	15 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"Madcap Miriam"
Followed by:	"The Belt"

"The Imaginary Playmate" is the 36th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom

One-time characters

• Conley
• Mr. Wright
• Slim

Locations

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Items

Old Jungle Sayings

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Phantom #154 (1959)
• The Phantom #258 (1964)
• The Phantom #398 (1969)
• The Phantom #565 (1975)
• The Phantom #755 (1982)
• The Phantom #1108 (1995)
• The Phantom #1818 (2018)
• Giantsize Phantom #21 (2022; colored by Ivan Pedersen)

Brazil

• "O Companheiro Misterioso ", Fantasma #9 (1954)

Canada

• La Patrie October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Le Soleil October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954

Finland

• Sarjakuvalehti 5/1956 – 19/1956
• "Tunkeilijat", Mustanaamio 6/1968 (edited together with "Madcap Miriam")

France

• "Un compagnon extraordinaire", Le Fantôme #4 (1963)

India

• "The Playmate", Indrajal Comics #8 (1964)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent November 22, 1953 – February 28, 1954

Italy

• "Un compagno eccezionale", L'Uomo Mascherato #12 (1960)
• "Un compagno eccezionale", I Classici dell'Avventura #32 (1963)
• "Un compagno eccezionale", Phantom #191 and #190
• L'uomo mascherato – Il mito dell'Ombra che cammina (2005)

Mexico

• El Informador December 6, 1953 – March 14, 1954
• "El Amigo Invisible", El Fantasma #16 (1966)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #140 – #141
• The Phantom #383 – #384

Norway

• "Inntrengerne", Fantomet 6/1968 (edited together with "Madcap Miriam")
• "Liksom-vennen", Fantomet Year Album 2022

Spain

• "Un compañero excepcional", Phantom #17 (1999)

Sweden

• "Conley Wright's “farbror”", Vecko-Revyn 32 – 46/1956
• "Lekkamrat med Fantomen!", Fantomen 22 – 25/1958
• "Inkräktarna", Fantomen 12/1967 (edited together with "Madcap Miriam")
• "Lekkamrat med Fantomen!", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1958, Del 3 (2009)

USA

• Anderson Herald October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Birmingham News October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Charleston Daily Mail October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Cumberland Sunday Times October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Democrat October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Denton Record-Chronicle October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Milwaukee Sentinel October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Montgomery Advertiser October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• La Opinión October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Orlando Sentinel October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• Richmond Times-Dispatch October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• San Antonio Light October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• San Francisco Examiner October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• St. Petersburg Times October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Tampa Tribune October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Virginian Pilot October 25, 1953 – January 31, 1954
• The Phantom Sundays #4 – #5 (1989)
• The Phantom #2 (1989; last 4 weeks)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Five 1953–1956 (2018)

West Germany

• "Die Eindringlinge", Phantom #18 (1968; edited together with "Madcap Miriam")
• "Aufruhr in der grünen Hölle", Phantom #88 (1977; edited together with "Madcap Miriam")
• "Aufruhr in der grünen Hölle", Phantom Super-band #12 (edited together with "Madcap Miriam")