The Thuggees

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The Thuggees
Start date:	August 22nd, 1949
End date:	February 25th, 1950
# of strips:	162 daily strips and 26 Sundays
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"The Flirtatious Princess"
Followed by:	"The Ape Idol of the Durugu"

"The Thuggees" is the 36th Phantom daily story and the 24th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Trivia 2 Related stories 2.1 Followed by 2.2 Remade as 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 Italy 3.9 Ireland 3.10 Mexico 3.11 New Zealand 3.12 Norway 3.13 Spain 3.14 Sweden 3.15 Turkey 3.16 USA

Plot summary

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Appearances

Trivia

• Starting in February 1949 the Phantom Sundays and the Phantom daily strips featured the same stories. Unlike in the 1970's - where the stories "The Wedding of the Phantom", "The Three Bandits" and "The Heirs" ran both as dailies and Sundays - this adventures did not feature parallel stories but rather one story spanning over both weekdays and Sundays. However - since several newspapers only included either the Phantom dailies or the Phantom Sundays, the stories also had to be written in such way that the readers who didn't get both still were able to understand and appreciate the plot. As a result, the stories became quite repetitive when reading both Sundays and dailies, while the readers who only had access to either one of the two were left with some notable jumps in the storytelling. This practice was abandoned in May 1950, after four stories - "The Thuggees" being the third.
• Diana's address is given as "Diana Palmer, Westford, USA".
• The jungle chiefs know about The Phantom's mortality, and are worried about him not getting a son.
• The Phantom tells the chiefs, and later Princess Tari, that he'll marry Diana. Later on Prince Tydore commands The Phantom to marry Tari.
• Beginning with January 16th, 1950, the daily strip gets new typing.

Related stories

Followed by

• "The Ape Idol of the Durugu" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy

Remade as

• "The Assassins" by Carson Bingham
• "The Goddess of Death" by Özcan Eralp

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "Deben ser los Gorilas", Super Album de la Historieta #19 - Sundays only
• "Las garras de los Tugs", La Sombra #11 – #12 (1959) - dailies only

Australia

• The Phantom #86 – #87 (1953) - dailies only
• The Phantom #178 – #179 (1960) - dailies only
• The Phantom #286 – #287 (1965) - dailies only
• The Phantom #430 – #431 (1970) - dailies only
• The Phantom #600 – #601 (1977) - dailies only
• The Phantom #807 – #808 (1984) - dailies only
• The Phantom #983 (1991) - Sundays only
• The Phantom #1234 (1999) - dailies only
• The Phantom #1496 (2007) - dailies only

Brazil

• Novo O Globo Juvenil #1998 and #2004 (1950) - dailies only
• Almanaque do Globo Juvenil 1953 (1952) - Sundays only
• "Os Bandidos da Ilha", Fantasma #81 (1963) - Sundays only
• O Fantasma Edição Extra #3 (1972) - dailies only
• "A Princesa de Tydia", Super Almanaque Especial (1972; part 2) - Sundays only
• "Uma Mulher para Dois", Fantasma #222 (1974) - Sundays only
• "A Princesa de Tydia", Almanaque do Fantasma (1977; part 2) - Sundays only
• "O Rapto de Diana" and "Uma Esposa para o Fantasma", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #9 (1995) - dailies only

Canada

• La Patrie August 22, 1949 – February 25, 1950 - both Sundays and dailies

Denmark

• "Mysteriet med silkesnøren", Fantomet pocket #1 (1981) - dailies only
• Klassisk Album #1 (1985) - Sundays only

Finland

• "Kuristajat", Sarjakuvalehti 13/1951 – 12/1952 - Sundays only
• "Naamio ja “Kuristajat", Kippari Kalle 11/1955 - dailies only
• "Kuristajaliiga", Nastasarjat 1/1965 - Sundays only
• Silkkinyörin salaisuus", Sarjakirja #69 (1982) - dailies only
• Historiallisia Seikkailuja #1 (1984) - Sundays only
• Silkkinyörin salaisuus", Sarjakirja 1/1994 - dailies only

France

• "L'île de Kali", Le Fantôme du Bengale #34, "Le message lumineux", 35 and "La princesse Tari", 36 (1951-1952)
• "La secte des Tugsh", Le Fantôme Spécial #29 and "Le paradis de Tydore", #30 (1966) - dailies only
• "L'île des Thugs" and "Le paradis de Tydore", Le Fantôme #453 (1974) - dailies only
• "L'île des Thugs" and "Le paradis de Tydore", Le Fantôme Album #53 (probably 1975) - dailies only

Italy

• "La Setta dei Tughs", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #141 and "Il paradiso do Tydore", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #143 (1965) - dailies only
• "L'isola dei Tughs" and "Il paradise di Tydore", Phantom – L'Uomo Mascherato #67 (1974) - Sundays only
• "L'isola dei Thugs", Phantom #24 and "Il paradise di Tydore", #25 (1993) - both Sundays and dailies
• "L'isola dei Thugs" and "Il paradise di Tydore", Phantom #250 and #263 - both Sundays and dailies

Ireland

• Sunday Independent January 15, 1950 – July 2, 1950 - without the first week

Mexico

• "Contra los Thugs", Paquito #10005 – #10006 (1953) - dailies only
• "Un Golpe en el Corazon", El Fantasma #61 (1972) - Sundays only

New Zealand

• The Phantom #29 – #33 - dailies only
• The Phantom #244 – #250 - dailies only
• The Phantom #521 – #525 - dailies only

Norway

• Aftenposten March 30, 1951 – October 6, 1951 - dailies only
• "Mysteriet med silkesnoren", Serie-pocket #64 (1982) - dailies only
• "Prins Tydores datter", Klassisk Album #1 (1985) - Sundays only
• "Prins Tydores datter", Fantomet 2/1993 (supplement) - dailies only

Spain

• "La pista de los Tughes", El Hombre Enmascarado #59A, "Plan Tydore", #60A and "La diosa de Kali", #61A - dailies only
• "La secta de los Thugs", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #27 and "El paraiso de Tydore", #28 - both Sundays and dailies

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda September 27, 1951 – April 4, 1952 - dailies only
• "Silkessnaran", Vecko-Revyn 21-37/1952 and "Tydors dotter Tari", 38-46/1952 - Sundays only
• Fantomen 16 – 26/1953 - dailies only
• "Silkessnaran", Fantomen Christmas Album 1957 - Sundays only
• "Mysteriet med Silkessnaran", Fantomen 10/1962 - dailies only
• "Mysteriet med Silkessnaran", Seriepocket #111 (1982) - dailies only
• "Silkessnaran" and "Prins Tydores dotter", Fantomen Christmas Album 1985 - Sundays only
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1953, Del 2 - Del 3 - dailies only
• "Silkessnaran", Fantomen Christmas Album 2007 - Sundays only

Turkey

• "Esrarlı Ada", Haftalık Albüm #19 – #20 - dailies only

USA

• The Milwaukee Sentinel August 28, 1949 – February 19, 1950 - Sundays only
• Oxnard Press-Courier August 22, 1949 – February 25, 1950 - dailies only
• St. Petersburg Times August 28, 1949 – February 19, 1950 - Sundays only
• The Phantom Sundays #2 – #3 (1989) - Sundays only