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{{Newspaperbox  
{{Newspaperbox  
|Title= The Swamp Rats
|Title= The Swamp Rats
|image=  
|image= [[Image:The Swamp Rats (daily story).jpg|300px]]
|Start= June 15th, 1959
|Start= June 15th, 1959
|End= October 3rd, 1959
|End= October 3rd, 1959
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|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Wilson McCoy]]
|Artist= [[Wilson McCoy]]
|Colorist=N/A
|Preceded="[[The Betrothal]]"
|Preceded="[[The Betrothal]]"
|Followed="[[The Flying Horse (daily story)|The Flying Horse]]"
|Followed="[[The Flying Horse (daily story)|The Flying Horse]]"
|}}
|}}
'''"The Swamp Rats"''' is the 74th [[The Phantom|Phantom]] [[daily story]].  
'''"The Swamp Rats"''' is the 74th [[The Phantom|Phantom]] [[Daily stories|daily story]].  
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Wilson McCoy]].
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Wilson McCoy]].


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot synopsis ==
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<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
'''Recurring characters'''
 
*[[The 21st Phantom]]
*[[Guran]]
*[[Devil]]
*[[Colonel Weeks]]
*[[Otter]]
'''One-time characters'''
'''One-time characters'''
*Mac
*Private Jones
*Sergeant Cole
*Louie
*Pete


</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
 
*[[Bangalla|Bengali]]
**[[Deep Woods]]
***[[The Skull Cave]]
**[[The Great Swamp]]
**[[The Jungle Patrol Headquarters]]
**[[The Abandoned Well]]
**Tiger Lake
**Blue Mountains
'''Tribes'''
'''Tribes'''
*[[Bandar]]
*[[Wambesi]]
'''Organizations'''
*[[The Jungle Patrol]]
*The Swamp Rats
'''Vehicles'''


'''Organizations'''
'''Items'''


'''Vehicles'''
'''[[Old jungle sayings]]'''


</div><br clear="all">
</div><br clear="all">
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*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom 1156 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1156]] (1997)
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom 1156 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1156]] (1997)
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom 1684 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1684]] (2014)
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom 1684 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1684]] (2014)
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom 1803 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1803]] (2018)


=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
=== [[Image:mini_brazil.gif]] Brazil ===
*[[Fantasma 41 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #41]] (1959)
*"Os Ratos do Pântano", [[Fantasma 41 (RGE)|''Fantasma'' #41]] (1959)
*"Os Ratos do Pantano", [[O Fantasma Edição Extra 8|''O Fantasma Edição Extra'' #8]] (1974)
*"Os Ratos do Pântano", [[O Fantasma Edição Extra 8|''O Fantasma Edição Extra'' #8]] (1974)
 
=== [[Image:mini_canada.gif|border]] Canada===
*''[[The Moncton Transcript]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Le Nouvelliste]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Le Progrès du Saguenay]]'' July 6, 1959 &ndash; October 23, 1959
*''[[L'Action catholique]]'' February 12, 1960 &ndash; June 6, 1960
 
=== [[Image:mini_denmark.gif]] Denmark ===
*"Sumprotterne", ''[[Aalborg Stiftstidende]]'' August 20, 1960 &ndash; December 9, 1960
*"Sumprotterne", ''[[Horsens Folkeblad]]'' June 8, 1961 &ndash; September 27, 1961
*"Sumprotterne", ''[[Hejmdal]]'' July 27, 1961 &ndash; October 26, 1961


=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif|border]] Finland ===
=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif|border]] Finland ===
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=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Les pillards du grand marécage", [[Le Fantôme Spécial 85|''Le Fantôme Spécial'' #85]] (1970)
*"Les pillards du grand marécage", [[Le Fantôme Spécial 85|''Le Fantôme Spécial'' #85]] (1970)
*"Les pillards du grand marécage", [[Le Fantôme Spécial Album 16|''Le Fantôme Spécial Album'' #16]] (1970?)
=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] Germany ===
*[[Phantom 4 (Incos)|'' Phantom'' #4]] (1997)
=== [[Image:Mini greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Οι δραπέτες" (romanized as "Oi drapetes"), [[Fantom 34 (Kabanas-Hellas)|''Fantom'' #34]] (1976)


=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
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=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[Avventure Americane – L'Uomo Mascherato 34 (La Freccia)|''L'Uomo Mascherato'' #34]] (1960)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[Avventure Americane – L'Uomo Mascherato 34 (La Freccia)|''L'Uomo Mascherato'' #34]] (1960)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[I Classici dell'Avventura – L'Uomo Mascherato 24 (Fratelli Spada)|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #24]] (1962)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[I Giganti 3|''I Giganti'' #3]] (1967)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[I Giganti 3|''I Giganti'' #3]] (1967)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[Phantom 50 (Comic Art)|''Phantom'' #50]] (1996)
*"I predoni della grande palude", [[Phantom 50 (Comic Art)|''Phantom'' #50]] (1996)
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=== [[Image:mini_jamaica.gif]] Jamaica ===
=== [[Image:mini_jamaica.gif]] Jamaica ===
*''[[The Daily Gleaner (Jamaican newspaper)|The Daily Gleaner]]'' August 15, 1959 &ndash; November 7, 1959
*''[[The Daily Gleaner (Jamaican newspaper)|The Daily Gleaner]]'' August 15, 1959 &ndash; November 7, 1959
=== [[Image:mini_mexico.gif]] Mexico ===
*''[[El Informador]]'' September 5, 1959 &ndash; January 7, 1960


=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
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*"Myrbandittene", [[Fantomet 8/1987|''Fantomet'' 8/1987]]
*"Myrbandittene", [[Fantomet 8/1987|''Fantomet'' 8/1987]]
*"Myrbandittene", [[Serie-pocket 227 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #227]] (1998)
*"Myrbandittene", [[Serie-pocket 227 (Norway)|''Serie-pocket'' #227]] (1998)
*"Sumprottene", [[Klassikerserien 14|''Klassikerserien'' #14]] (2006)
*"Sumprottene", [[Klassikerserien Wilson McCoy (1943-1959)|''Klassikerserien'' Wilson McCoy (1943-1959)]] (2006)
*"Myrbandittene", [[Krønikebok 38|''Krønikebok'' #38]] (2007)
*"Myrbandittene", [[Krønikebok 38|''Krønikebok'' #38]] (2007)


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*"Las ratas del pantano", [[Serie Amarilla - Volumen Extra|''Serie Amarilla - Volumen Extra'']] (1959)
*"Las ratas del pantano", [[Serie Amarilla - Volumen Extra|''Serie Amarilla - Volumen Extra'']] (1959)
*"Las ratas del pantano", [[El Hombre Enmascarado 26 (Vértice)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #26]] (1975)
*"Las ratas del pantano", [[El Hombre Enmascarado 26 (Vértice)|''El Hombre Enmascarado'' #26]] (1975)
*"Las ratas del pantano", [[Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado 19 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado'' #19]]
*"Las ratas del pantano", [[Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado 19 (Euroclub Magerit)|''Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado'' #19]] (1998?)


=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'' November 16, 1960 &ndash; March 10, 1961
*''[[Katrineholmskuriren]]'' May 29, 1961 &ndash; September 18, 1961
*''[[Göteborgs-Tidningen]]'' May 1961 &ndash; September 1961
*''[[Nerikes Allehanda]]'' October 4, 1961 &ndash; January 29, 1962  
*''[[Nerikes Allehanda]]'' October 4, 1961 &ndash; January 29, 1962  
*"Träskbanditerna", [[Fantomen 9/1962|''Fantomen'' 9/1962]]
*"Träskbanditerna", [[Fantomen 9/1962|''Fantomen'' 9/1962]]
*"Träskråttorna", ''[[Upsala Nya Tidning]]'' February 26, 1973 &ndash; June 22, 1973
*"Träskbanditerna", [[Fantomen 6/1975|''Fantomen'' 6/1975]]
*"Träskbanditerna", [[Fantomen 6/1975|''Fantomen'' 6/1975]]
*"Träskbanditerna", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1962, Del 2|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1962, Del 2]] (2013)


=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Bataklık Fareleri", [[Kızılmaske 165 (First Series)|''Kızılmaske'' #165]] &ndash; [[Kızılmaske 167 (First Series)|#167]] (1976)
*"Bataklık Fareleri", [[Kızılmaske 165 (First Series)|''Kızılmaske'' #165]] &ndash; [[Kızılmaske 167 (First Series)|#167]] (1976)
*"Bataklık Fareleri", [[Kızılmaske Albüm N˚ 51|''Kızılmaske Albüm'' #51]] &ndash; [[Kızılmaske Albüm N˚ 52|#52]] (197?)


=== [[Image:mini_uar.gif]] United Arab Republic ===
=== [[Image:mini_uar.gif]] United Arab Republic ===
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=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom===
=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom===
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom Illustrated Comic 14|''The Phantom Illustrated Comic'' #14]]
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Phantom Illustrated Comic 14|''The Phantom Illustrated Comic'' #14]] (1960)


=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''[[The Alabama Journal]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Alliance Times-Herald]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Asheville Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Atlanta Constitution]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Bangor Daily News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Beaver County Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Beaver County Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Birmingham News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Bradford Era]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Bradford Era]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Bristol Daily Courier]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Carthage Evening Press]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Charlotte News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Cincinatti Post]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Courier-Post]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Daily Advance]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Daily Item]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Daily Standard]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Decatur Daily]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Denton Record-Chronicle]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Denton Record-Chronicle]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Delaware County Daily Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Delaware County Daily Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Evening News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Gloucester County Times]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Greensboro Record]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Hanford Sentinel]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Herald News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Johnson City Press]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Laurel Leader-Call]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Laurel Leader-Call]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Leaf-Chronicle]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Ledger-Enquirer]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Lima News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Miami News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Miami News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Press Enterprise|Morning Press]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Morning Sentinel]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Morristown Gazette Mail]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Oneonta Star]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Oneonta Star]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Oxnard Press-Courier]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Plattsburgh Press-Republican]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Plattsburgh Press-Republican]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Pocono Record]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Portage Daily Register]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Reading Eagle]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Reading Eagle]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Rome Daily Sentinel]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Rome News-Tribune]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Rome News-Tribune]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Sandusky Register Star News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Sandusky Register Star News]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The State]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Syracuse Herald Journal]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Syracuse Herald Journal]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Uniontown Morning Herald]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[Uniontown Morning Herald]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Times Recorder]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Times Recorder]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Washington Reporter]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Washington Reporter]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*''[[The Winchester Sun]]'' June 15, 1959 &ndash; October 3, 1959
*"The Swamp Rats", [[The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Sixteen 1959–1961|''The Complete Newspaper Dailies:'' Volume Sixteen 1959–1961]] (2019)


=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===  
=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany ===  
*"Safari des Grauens", [[Phantom 67|''Phantom'' #67]]
*"Safari des Grauens", [[Phantom 67|''Phantom'' #67]] (1977)
*"Safari des Grauens", [[Phantom Super-band 7|''Phantom Super-band'' #7]]
*"Safari des Grauens", [[Phantom Super-band 7|''Phantom Super-band'' #7]]


=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png|border]] Yugoslavia===
*"Фантом и барски пацови" ("romanized as "Fantom i barski pacovi"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 989|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #989]] (1970)
*"Фантом и барски пацови" ("romanized as "Fantom i barski pacovi"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 989|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #989]] (1970)
*"Разбојници из мочваре"/"Razbojnici iz močvare", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1526|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1526]] &ndash; [[Politikin Zabavnik 1527|#1527]] (1981)
*"Разбојници из мочваре" (romanized as "Razbojnici iz močvare"), [[Politikin Zabavnik 1526|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1526]] &ndash; [[Politikin Zabavnik 1527|#1527]] (1981)


[[Category: Daily stories|Swamp Rats, The]]
[[Category:Daily stories|Swamp Rats, The]]
[[Category:1959 Stories|Swamp Rats, The]]

Latest revision as of 13:18, 5 July 2026

The Swamp Rats
Start date: June 15th, 1959
End date: October 3rd, 1959
# of strips: 96 strips (16 weeks)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Wilson McCoy
Original colorist: N/A
Preceded by: "The Betrothal"
Followed by: "The Flying Horse"

"The Swamp Rats" is the 74th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Mac
  • Private Jones
  • Sergeant Cole
  • Louie
  • Pete

Locations

Tribes

Organizations

Vehicles

Items

Old jungle sayings


Remade as

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Canada

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

  • "Οι δραπέτες" (romanized as "Oi drapetes"), Fantom #34 (1976)

India

Israel

  • "סוד ביצות המוות" (romanized as "Sod Bizot Amaveth"), Bucky #2 – #3 (1967)

Italy

Jamaica

Mexico

New Zealand

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Arab Republic

  • "الشبح وعصابة فيران المستنقعات" (romanized as "Alshabah wa isabet firan almustankaat"), Samir #209 – #226 (1960)

United Kingdom

USA

West Germany

Yugoslavia

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