The Giant Bird of Gandor

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The Giant Bird of Gandor
Start date:	December 22nd, 1963
End date:	June 28, 1964
# of strips:	28 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Preceded by:	"Old Baldy"
Followed by:	"The Founding of the Jungle Patrol"

"The Giant Bird of Gandor" is the 63rd Phantom Sunday story and the fourth drawn by Sy Barry. It was originally published in American newspapers from December 22nd, 1963, to June 28, 1964.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 2 Related stories 2.1 Referenced in 3 Reprints 3.1 Argentina 3.2 Australia 3.3 Brazil 3.4 Canada 3.5 Denmark 3.6 Finland 3.7 France 3.8 India 3.9 Italy 3.10 The Netherlands 3.11 New Zealand 3.12 Norway 3.13 Panama 3.14 Portugal 3.15 Spain 3.16 Sweden 3.17 Turkey 3.18 United Kingdom 3.19 West Germany 3.20 Yugoslavia 4 Note

Plot Summary

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With the advent of modern times, the old cult of the Giant bird Gandor has become a subject of mockery. According to the old jungle legend, a huge and ferocious raptor bird, born in the crater of a volcano, wakes up when the volcano -located near the village of Opaki- came in eruption. Then the giant bird takes off to attack and carry away the whole village in its claws… Nowadays the high priest of the cult of Gandor is still hoping to restore the glory of ancient worshipping. With Squirt and Smiley, two adventurers who are looking for a rapid profit of money, the priest will make believe to the native people that the bird is ready to come back for destroying their homes unless a lot of gold is offered in hommage to Gandor. At nignt, and while the villagers have fled into the jungle, bulldozers are razing the village. So when the dawn comes, everybody believes that homes have been swept away by the giant bird. However some of the villagers call the help of the Ghost who walks… The Phantom will discover the real story behind and fight both the two adventurers and the high priest to oblige them to confess their conspiracy plot.

Related stories

Referenced in

• "Gandor's Revenge" by Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé
• "The Gandor Sect" by Claes Reimerthi and Heiner Bade

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El pájaro de Gandor", El Fantasma #71 (1964)
• "Gandor", Fantasía #130 (1969)

Australia

• The Phantom #336 (1967)
• The Phantom #491 (1972)
• The Phantom #667 (1979)
• The Phantom #877 (1987)
• The Phantom #1291 (2001)

Brazil

• "O Mistério de Gandor", Fantasma #95 (1964)
• "O Mistério de Gandor", Fantasma #236 (1975)
• "O Mistério do Templo de Gandor", Fantasma #320 (1982)

Canada

• La Patrie December 22, 1963 – June 28, 1964

Denmark

• "Ildfuglen", Fantomet #161 (1981)
• "Ildfuglen", Sy Barry Søndagshistorier 1962-1964 (2001)

Finland

• "Gandor -lintu", Mustanaamio Year Album 1981

France

• "Le mythe de Gandor", Le Fantôme #164 and "Retour à Okapi", #165 (1967)
• "Le mythe de Gandor", Le Fantôme #442 (1973)
• "Le mythe de Gandor", Le Fantôme Album #49 (1974)

India

• "The Mystery of Gandor", Indrajal Comics #27 (1966)
• "The God of Gandor", Diamond Comics Digest: Phantom #10
• "The God of Gandor", Diamond Comics Digest: Phantom #72

Italy

• "Il mito di Gandor", L'Uomo Mascherato #93 and "Ritorno a Okapi", #94 (1964)
• "Il mito di Gandor", Phantom #56 (1973)

The Netherlands

• "Fantoom tegen Gandor", Fantoom #1 (1982)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #550 – #552

Norway

• Vi menn 36/1964-11/1965
• "Ildfuglen", Fantomet 10/1970
• "Ildfuglen Gandor", Fantomet 24/1972
• "Ildfuglen fra Gandor", Fantomet Year Album 1981
• "Ildfuglen fra Gandor", Serie-pocket #232 (1999)
• "Ildfuglen Gandor", Fantomet 25/1999 – 2/2000
• "Ildfuglen", Krønikebok #26 (2006)

Panama

• The Star & Herald ?, 196?

Portugal

• "O Segredo de Gandor", Mundo de Aventuras #906 (1967)

Spain

• "El pájaro de fuego de Gandor", El Hombre Enmascarado #18A, "El Fantasma contra Gandor", #19A, and "El fin de Gandor", #20A (1964)
• "El pájaro de fuego de Gandor", "El Fantasma contra Gandor", and "El fin de Gandor", Album de El Hombre Enmascarado (1965)
• "El pájaro de fuego de Gandor", "El Fantasma contra Gandor", and "El fin de Gandor", El Hombre Enmascarado Biblioteca Eterna #4 (1970)

Sweden

• "Eldfågeln", Fantomen 13/1965
• "Gandor - Eldfågeln", Vecko-Revyn 1967?
• "Gandor - Eldfågeln", Fantomen 10/1972
• "Gandor", Fantomen Christmas Album 1981
• "Gandor - Eldfågeln", Fantomen 25/1999 – 2/2000
• "Eldfågeln", Sy Barry Söndagsäventyr #1 (2001)

Turkey

• "Gandor", Kızılmaske #56 – #58 (1974)
• "Gandor", Kızılmaske Albüm #74 – #75
• "Gandor", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #16
• "Gandor", Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm #2

United Kingdom

• TV Tornado #27 – #35 (1967)

West Germany

• "Im Banne des steinernen Vogels", Phantom #5 (1974)

Yugoslavia

• "Gandor", Super Eks Almanah #55

Note

Seven years earlier, the legend of the “Giant Bird of Gandor” was evoked in the first Sunday page of the story The Rattle (1956) with a panel drawn by Wilson McCoy which presented the huge bird of prey carry off an entire jungle village.