The Return of the Sky Band

The Return of the Sky Band
Start date:	March 2nd, 1941
End date:	February 22nd, 1942
# of strips:	52 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Saboteurs"
Followed by:	"The Impostor"

"The Return of the Sky Band" is the 6th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Sala
• Margo

One-time characters

• Colonel Whitley
• Captain Grunz

Locations

Organizations

• The Sky Band

Related stories

Remade as

• "The Pirates Island" & "Underwater Battle" by Guido Fantoni.

Refers to

• "The Sky Band" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore.

Referenced in

• "The Plutonium Wreck" by Tony DePaul and Joan Boix
• "Revenge of the Sky Band" by Andrew Constant and Jason Paulos

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La banda del aire", Libro de Oro #29 (1966)

Australia

• The Phantom #74 - #75 (1954)
• Giantsize Phantom #21 – #22
• "The Return of the Sky Band", The Phantom #939A (1989)
• "The Return of the Sky Band", The Phantom #1270 (2000)
• "The Return of the Sky Band", Frew Trade Paperback #2 (2018; colored by Ivan Pedersen)

Austria

• "Die Rückkehr der Sky-Band", Phantom – Die Legende #2 (2026)

Brazil

• "A Volta dos Piratas do Céu", Gibi #321 – #474 (1941-1942)
• "O Retorno dos Piratas do Céu", O Fantasma: Sempre aos Domingos (2006)
• "A Volta das Piratas do Céu", O Fantasma #1 (2013)

Canada

• The Star Weekly March 1, 1941 – March 29, 1941 - the first four weeks only
• La Patrie March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942

Denmark

• "Luftpiraterne", Serie-pocket #26 (1979)

Finland

• "Ilmojen rosvot", Sarjakirja #48 (1979)
• "Ilmarosvojen paluu", Mustanaamio 25-26/2010

France

• Robinson #276 – #279 (1941; incomplete)
• "La bande du ciel", Le Fantôme #398 – #404 (1972)
• "La bande du ciel", L'âge d'or – Le Fantôme #2 (1980)

Italy

• Il Ritorno della Banda Aerea (1972)
• "Il ritorno della banda aerea", Serie Cronologica #12 – #18 (1972)
• "La banda aerea", Superfumetti in Film #7 (1977)
• Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #1 (2017)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #168 – #171
• The Phantom #412 – #415

Norway

• "Himmelpiratene", A-magasinet 47/1941–13/1942 (incomplete)
• "Piratjakten", Serie-pocket #37 (1979)
• "Luftpiratene vender tilbake", Fantomet 24-25/2010

The Philippines

• The Tribune April 20, 1941 – ?, 1942 (interrupted, in January 1942 daily strips were published on Sundays)

Serbia

• "Povratak Nebeske bande", Biblioteka Nostalgija #1 (2015)

Spain

• "Las muchachas Piratas", El Hombre Enmascarado #2, "Rivalidad en la banda", #3, "Fuga temeraria", #4, and "La gran lucha", #5 (19??; part 1 edited together with "The Saboteurs")
• "El retorno de la Banda del Cielo", Phantom #3 (1998)

Sweden

• "Luftpiraterna kommer tillbaka", Vecko-Revyn 49/1943 – 47/1944
• "Luftpiraternas återkomst", Fantomen Christmas Album 1950
• "Luftpiraterna", Fantomen 4/1962
• "Luftpiraterna", Serie-pocket #79 (1979)
• "Luftpiraterna", Fantomen Christmas Album 2000 - facsimile reprint of 1950 Christmas Album
• "Luftpiraternas återkomst", Fantomen 25-26/2010

USA

• Charleston Daily Mail March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• The Greensboro Record March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• Ledger-Enquirer March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• The Milwaukee Sentinel March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• The Montgomery Advertiser March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• La Opinión March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• Richmond Times-Dispatch March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• San Antonio Light March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• San Francisco Examiner March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• St. Petersburg Times March 2, 1941 – February 22, 1942
• "The Return of the Sky Band", King Comics #73 – #86 (1942-1943)
• The Return of the Sky Band (1977)
• Comics Revue #281-282 – #305-306 (2009-2011)
• The Complete Sundays: Volume One 1939–1942 (2012)
• Sundays Archive: Full Size Half Pages 1939-1942 (2016)

West Germany

• "Die Luftpiraten", Die Sprechblase #14, #15, #16, #18, #20, #22, and #26
• "Die Luftpiraten", Bibliothek der Grossen Comics (1982)
• Comic Rundschau #13 (1991; 1-page excerpt)