The Swamp Rats (Gold Key story)
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| The Swamp Rats | |
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| Produced for: | The Phantom #5 |
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| # of pgs: | 15 |
| Writer: | Lee Falk & Bill Harris |
| Artist: | Bill Lignante |
| Original colorist: | unknown |
| Producer: | Gold Key |
"The Swamp Rats " is a 1963 Gold Key story, written by Bill Harris, after an original script by Lee Falk, and with art by Bill Lignante.
Plot synopsis
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Appearances
Recurring characters
One-time characters
- Patrolman Jones
- Bub
- Louie
- Pete
Locations
- Bengali (assumed)
Tribes
Organizations
- "He who sees the Phantom unmasked -- dies at once -- horribly!"
Behind the scenes
- This is the second time an old jungle saying is mentioned in the Gold Key Phantom production. However, just like the first time, the phrase "old jungle saying" isn't used.
- The name of the featured tribe is given as the Wambasi, as opposed to Wambesi as in the original daily story.
- While it is the second Gold Key appearance of Colonel Weeks, this is the first one to mention his name.
Related stories
Remake of
- "The Swamp Rats" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Brazil
- "Os Ratos do Pântano", Fantasma #107 (1965)
- "Os Ratos do Pântano", Fantasma #224 (1974)
Chile
- "Las ratas del pantano", El Fantasma #5 (1966)
Denmark
- "Sumprotterne", Fantomet #15 (1972)
France
- "Les rats du marécage", Le Fantôme #368 (1971)
Italy
- "I topi della palude", L'Uomo Mascherato #198 (1971)
Norway
- "Sumprottene", Fantomet 10/1990
Sweden
- "Träskråttorna", X9 4/1970
USA
- The Phantom #5 (1963)
- The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years: Volume #1 (2011)
- "The Swamp Rats", The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Sixteen 1959–1961 (2019) (first seven pages only)