The Sinbad Stone

The Sinbad Stone
Start date:	October 5th, 2003
End date:	March 28th, 2004
# of strips:	26
Writer:	Graham Nolan
Artist:	Graham Nolan
Original colorist:	Graham Nolan
Preceded by:	"Terror in Mawitaan"
Followed by:	"The Viking Fortress Mystery"

"The Sinbad Stone" is the 159th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written and drawn by Graham Nolan, and is the first and only newspaper strip story created by only one person.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Guran
• Devil

One-time characters

• Professor Banning
• Johanson
• Miller

Locations

• Bangalla
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
• unnamed island

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Items

• The Sinbad Stone

Old jungle sayings

• The Phantom is rough with roughnecks.
• The Phantom is silent as a jungle cat.

Behind the scenes

• Graham Nolan named the character DePaul after writer Tony DePaul, who was unable to write new scripts at the time due to a serious motorcycle accident. This was the first time that his name appeared in the newspaper strip, as he didn't recieve official credit until 2005.
• This story is one of the few examples where the Phantom can be seen unmasked.

Related stories

References

• "Terror in Mawitaan" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Sinbad Stone", The Phantom #1384 (2003)
• "The Sinbad Stone", The Phantom #1936 (2023)

Brazil

• "A Pedra de Simbad", O Fantasma #10 (2021)

Finland

• Seura 7 – 35/2005
• "Sinbadin smaragdi", Mustanaamio 12-13/2009

Germany

• "Der Sindbad-Stein", Phantom Spezial #3 (2025)

Greece

• "Το Πετράδι του Σεβάχ" (romanized as "To Petradi tou Sevach"), Blek #26 (2022)

India

• Pujabarshiki 2004
• "The Sinbad Stone", The Phantom #2 (2020)

Norway

• "Sinbads smaragd", Fantomet 11-12/2009

Sweden

• "Sinbads smaragd", Fantomen 12-13/2009

Turkey

• "Simbad Taşı", Kızılmaske #36 (2016)

USA

• Republican Herald October 4, 2003 – March 27, 2004
• The Advocate-Messenger October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• The Birmingham News October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• Chippewa Herald October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• Daytona Beach News-Journal October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• Ledger-Enquirer October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• Reading Eagle October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• Staten Island Advance October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• St. Petersburg Times October 5, 2003 – March 28, 2004
• "The Sinbad Stone", The Graham Nolan Sundays volume one (2005)