The Slave Traders

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The Slave Traders
Start date:	January 30th, 1939
End date:	May 6th, 1939
# of strips:	84 (14 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Preceded by:	"Fishers of Pearls"
Followed by:	"The Mysterious Girl"

"The Slave Traders" is the 9th Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Trivia 2 Related stories 2.1 Refers to 2.2 Remade as 3 Reprints 3.1 Australia 3.2 Brazil 3.3 Canada 3.4 Finland 3.5 France 3.6 Italy 3.7 New Zealand 3.8 Norway 3.9 Portugal 3.10 Spain 3.11 Sweden 3.12 USA 3.13 Yugoslavia

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Trivia

• Morristown is mentioned for the first time (although the same settlement appears in the previous episode, "Fishers of Pearls", without being named). It is described by Diana as "a little trading-post on the Bengal coast"
• This is the second time the outside of the Skull Cave appears in the strip.
• The Sand Hermit sees the Phantom without his mask, which makes him the second person in the strip to do so (following Diana). The Phantom tells him that he is "the first man who's ever seen my face".
• This is also the second story to be introduced with the story of the origin of the Phantom.

Related stories

Refers to

• "Fishers of Pearls" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore

Remade as

• "The Slave Traders" by Lee Falk and Roberto Lemmi
• "The Slave Traders" by Lee Falk and Tullo Palasciano
• "Drama in the Desert" by Özcan Eralp

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Diana & the Slavers", The Phantom #4 (1940)
• "Enter the Phantom", The Phantom #1 (1948)
• The Phantom #98 (1956)
• The Phantom #146 (1959)
• The Phantom #249 (1963)
• The Phantom #386 (1969)
• The Phantom #542 (1974)
• The Phantom #723 (1981)
• The Phantom #933 (1989)
• The Phantom #1249 (2000)
• The Phantom #1 replica, included with The Phantom #972 (1991)

Brazil

• O Globo Juvenil #256 – #298 (1939)
• "Os Mercadores de Escravos", Álbum O Globo Juvenil #9 (1940)
• "Os Mercadores de Escravos", Fantasma #55 (1961)
• "Mercadores de Escravas!", O Fantasma #15 (1971)
• "Os Mercadores de Escravos", Gibi Semanal #40 (1975)
• "Mercadores de Escravas!", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #13 (1995)

Canada

• L'Action catholique May 27, 1939 – June 8, 1939 - the last two weeks only, but with intro text

Finland

• "Orjakauppiaat", Mustanaamio 9/1983

France

• Aventures 22 – 34/1939
• "Les rebelles du désert", Le Fantôme du Bengale #3 and "L'ermite des sables", #4 (1949)
• "Les marchands d'esclaves", Le Fantôme Spécial #54 and "La fin des marchands d'esclaves", #55 (1968)

Italy

• "I mercanti di schiavi", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #61 (1963)
• "I mercanti di schiavi", Il Giustiziere in Calzamaglia (1975)
• "I mercanti di schiavi", Phantom #3 and "L'harem di Lord Suliman", #4 (1977)
• "I mercanti di schiavi", Phantom #9 (1992)
• "I mercanti di schiavi", Phantom #145

New Zealand

• The Phantom #117 – #121

Norway

• "Slavehandlerne", Fantomet 9/1983

Portugal

• "Os Mercadores de Escravos", Mundo de Aventuras #208 – #214 (1977)

Spain

• "La ley del desierto", El Hombre Enmascarado #19 "Los chacales del desierto", #20 and "Por los tejados de Alejandria" #21 (ca 1941)
• "La ley del desierto", El Hombre Enmascarado #019 "Los chacales del desierto", #020 and "Por los tejados de Alejandria" #021 (1960)
• "Traficantes de esclavos", El Hombre Enmascarado #44 (1977)
• "La ley del desierto", El Hombre Enmascarado #42 – #43 (1990)

Sweden

• "Slavhandlarna", Fantomen 26/1982

USA

• Ace Comics #64 – #69 (1942)
• Nostalgia Comics #3 – #4 (1973)
• Comics Revue #257, #218 – #230 (2003-2004, 2006)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Two 1937–1939 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• Mika Miš #420 – #453 (1940)
• "Nepoznati čovek", Biblioteka Nostalgija #7 (1988)