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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title=The Massacre
|image= [[Image:The Massacre.jpg|300px]]
|Start= May 21st, 1972
|End= August 27th, 1972
|Strips= 15 pages
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Sy Barry]]
|Colorist= [[King Features Syndicate|KFS]] staff
|Preceded="[[The Smugglers]]"
|Followed="[[The Bike Gang]]"
|}}
'''"The Massacre"''' is the 87th Phantom [[Sunday stories|Sunday story]]. The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Sy Barry]].

== Plot synopsis ==
The Phantom gets a lift from Walker's Table from a postman.  The postman tells the Phantom that a massacre took place nearby and the ghosts will appear that night.  The Phantom stays and is visited by those ghosts.

=== Appearances ===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[The 21st Phantom|The current Phantom]]
*[[Devil]]
*The 15th or 16th Phantom, the Phantom of 120-150 years ago / 1850 / The current Phantom's great-great-grandfather

'''One-time characters'''
*Mr. Postman
*Brave Pony
*Chief
*Shaman Magic Man
*Colonel
*Sergeant

</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*[[United States of America (location)|USA]]
**New Mexico
***[[Walker's Table]]
***Indian village
*[[Bangalla|Bengali]]
**[[Deep Woods]] 
***[[The Skull Cave]] 
****[[The Chronicle Chamber]]
*Europe (mentioned)
**[[Koqania|Castle ruin]] (mentioned)
'''Organizations'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service US Postal Service] (implied)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cavalry US Cavalry] (implied)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Armed_Forces US Military Court] (implied)
'''Vehicles'''
*Postal Service car
'''Tribes'''
*Brave Pony's tribe
'''Items'''
*Giant eagle feather
'''Deities'''
*Ah-ko-tonka, the great eagle spirit

</div><br clear="all">

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_argentina.gif]] Argentina ===
*"Gangsters del desierto", [[Fantasía 227|''Fantasía'' #227]] (1973)

=== [[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia ===
*[[The Phantom 504 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #504]] (1972)
*[[The Phantom 682 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #682]] (1980)
*[[The Phantom 912 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #912]] (1988)
*[[The Phantom 1405 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1405]] (2005)

=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*"A Lenda de Ah-Ko-Tonka", [[Fantasma 202 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #202]] (1973)
*"A Lenda da Lua Cheia", [[Fantasma 311 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #311]] (1981)
*"A Lenda da Lua Cheia", [[Gibi 9|''Gibi'' #9]] (1994)

=== [[Image:mini_canada.gif|border]] Canada===
*''[[La Patrie]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972

=== [[Image:mini_colombia.gif]] Colombia ===
*''[[El Tiempo]]'' July 16, 1972 &ndash; October 22, 1972

=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Spøgelsesbyen", [[Fantomet 51|''Fantomet'' #51]] (1975)
*"Spøgelsesbyen", [[Fantomet 295|''Fantomet'' #295]] (1988)

=== [[Image:mini_egypt.gif]] Egypt ===
*"المذبحة" (romanized as "Almuthbeha"), [[Alshabah 1|''Alshabah'' #1]]

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif|border]] Finland ===
*''[[Seura]]'' 7 &ndash; 21/1973
*"Aavekylä", [[Mustanaamio 4/1974|''Mustanaamio'' 4/1974]]
*"Aavekylä", [[Mustanaamio 23/1982|''Mustanaamio'' 23/1982]]
*"Aavekylä", [[Mustanaamio 12/2003|''Mustanaamio'' 12]] &ndash; [[Mustanaamio 13/2003|13/2003]]
*"Aavekylä", [[Lainsuojattomien maa|''Lainsuojattomien maa'']] (2023)

=== [[Image:Mini greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Η πανσέληνος του θεριστή" (romanized as "I panselinos tou theristi"), [[Fantom 64 (Kabanas-Hellas)|''Fantom'' #64]] (1976)

=== [[Image:mini_iceland.gif]] Iceland===
*''[[Vikan]]'' March 8, 1973 &ndash; June 14, 1973

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*"The Village of Ghosts", [[Indrajal Comics 196|''Indrajal Comics'' #196]] (1973)
*"Massacre in the Jungle", [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 38|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 22 No. 38]] (1985)
*"பேய் கோட்டை" (romanized as "Pei kottai"), [[Rani Comics 250|''Rani Comics'' #250]] (1995)
*"A Massacre", [[Diamond Comics Digest: Phantom 44|''Phantom'' #44]]
*[[Pujabarshiki 2000|''Pujabarshiki'' 2000]]

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"La notte del massacro", [[I Quaderni del Fumetto 18|''I Quaderni del Fumetto'' #18]]

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*''[[Vi menn]]'' 46/1972 &ndash; 7/1973
*"Spøkelsesbyen", [[Fantomet 24/1973|''Fantomet'' 24/1973]]
*"Spøkelsesbyen", [[Fantomet 24/1982|''Fantomet'' 24/1982]]
*"Massakren ved Walkers klippe", [[Fantomets Krønike 1/1992|''Fantomets Krønike'' 1/1992]]
*"Spøkelsesbyen", [[Fantomet 12/2003|''Fantomet'' 12]] &ndash; [[Fantomet 13/2003|13/2003]]
*"Spøkelsesbyen", [[Krønikebok 16|''Krønikebok'' #16]] (2004; excerpt) 

=== [[Image:mini_Portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Massacre dos Índios", [[A Capital|''Quadradinhos'']] #47 &ndash; #61 (1973)
*"O Massacre dos Índios", [[Mundo de Aventuras 9|''Mundo de Aventuras'' #9]] (1973)

=== [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"La masacre", [[The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado 6 (Dolmen)|''The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado'' #6]] (2019)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Spökbyn", ''[[Vecko-Revyn]]'' 46/1972 &ndash; 7/1973
*"Spökbyn", [[Fantomen 11/1973|''Fantomen'' 11/1973]]
*"Spökbyn", [[Fantomen 14/1982|''Fantomen'' 14/1982]]
*"Spökbyn", [[Fantomen Krönika 5/1998|''Fantomen Krönika'' 5/1998]]
*"Spökbyn", [[Fantomen 12/2003|''Fantomen'' 12]] &ndash; [[Fantomen 13/2003|13/2003]]
*"Spökbyn", [[I de laglösas land|''I de laglösas land'']] (2023)
*"Spökbyn", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1973, Del 2|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1973, Del 2]] (2024)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske 113 (First Series)|''Kızılmaske'' #113]] &ndash; [[Kızılmaske 114 (First Series)|#114]] (1975)
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske Albüm N˚ 34|''Kızılmaske Albüm'' #34]] (197?)
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske 23 (Third Series)|''Kızılmaske'' #23]] (198?)
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske Süper Albüm 6 (First Series)|''Kızılmaske Süper Albüm'' #6]]
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske Süper Albüm 66 (First Series)|''Kızılmaske Süper Albüm'' #66]]
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm 21|''Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm'' #21]]
*"Yerli Katliamı", [[Yeni Kızılmaske Süper Maceralar 4 (Demirbaş Yayıncılık)|''Yeni Kızılmaske Süper Maceralar'' #4]] (2012)
*"Katliam", [[Kızılmaske 11 (Büyülü Çizgi Roman)|''Kızılmaske'' #11]] (2014)

===[[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA===
*''[[Anderson Herald]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[Cumberland Sunday Times]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Danville Register]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Democrat]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Gadsden Times]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Huntsville Times]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Montgomery Advertiser]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The News Tribune]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[La Opinión]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Robesonian]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[San Antonio Light]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' September 3, 1972 &ndash; November 5, 1972
*''[[The Tampa Tribune]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972
*''[[The Tuscaloosa News]]'' May 21, 1972 &ndash; August 27, 1972

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Nestalo pleme", [[Denis 190|''Denis'' #190]] (1980)
*"Čudesni san", [[Super EKS Almanah 37|''Super EKS Almanah'' #37]] (1982)

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