The Swamp Rats (daily story)

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:	unknown
Preceded by:	"The Betrothal"
Followed by:	"Oogooru and the Witchmen"

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

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Remade as

• "The Swamp Rats" by Lee Falk, Bill Harris, and Bill Lignante
• "The Swamp Rats" by Frank S. Shawn

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Los bandidos de las cienagas", El Fantasma #31 (1960)

Australia

• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #159 (1960)
• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #263 (1964)
• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #404 (1969)
• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #576 (1976)
• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #773 (1983)
• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom #1156 (1997)

Brazil

• Fantasma #41 (1959)
• "Os Ratos do Pantano", O Fantasma Edição Extra #8 (1974)

France

• "Les pillards du grand marécage", Le Fantôme Spécial #85 (1970)

India

• "The Killer Gang", Indrajal Comics #260 (1976)

Israel

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

Italy

• "I predoni della grande palude", L'Uomo Mascherato #34 (1960)
• "I predoni della grande palude", I Giganti #3 (1967)
• "I predoni della grande palude", Phantom #50 (1996)
• "I predoni della grande palude", Phantom #172

New Zealand

• The Phantom #322 – #326

Norway

• Aftenposten October 14, 1960 – February 3, 1961
• "Myrbandittene", Fantomet 14/1975
• "Myrbandittene", Fantomet 8/1987
• "Myrbandittene", Serie-pocket #227 (1998)
• "Sumprottene", Klassikerserien #14 (2006)
• "Myrbandittene", Krønikebok #38 (2007)

Spain

• "Las ratas del pantano", Novelas Gráficas, Serie Amarilla: El Fantasma #1 (1959)
• "Las ratas del pantano", Serie Amarilla - Volumen Extra (1959)
• "Las ratas del pantano", El Hombre Enmascarado #26 (1975)
• "Las ratas del pantano", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #19

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda October 4, 1961 – January 29, 1962
• "Träskbanditerna", Fantomen 6/1975

Turkey

• "Bataklık Fareleri", Kızılmaske #165 - #167 (1976)

United Arab Republic

• "الشبح وعصابة فيران المستنقعات" (romanized as "Alshabah wa isabet firan almustankaat"), Samir #??? – #??? (1961)

United Kingdom

• "The Swamp Rats", The Phantom Illustrated Comic #14

USA

• The Beaver County Times June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• Delaware County Daily Times June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• The Miami News June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• Oxnard Press-Courier June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• Reading Eagle June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• Rome News-Tribune June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959
• The Washington Reporter June 15, 1959 – October 3, 1959

West Germany

• "Safari des Grauens", Phantom #67

Yugoslavia

• "Фантом и барски пацови" ("romanized as "Fantom i barski pacovi"), Politikin Zabavnik #989 (1970)
• "Разбојници из мочваре"/"Razbojnici iz močvare", Politikin Zabavnik #1526 – #1527 (1981)