Whirlpool Channel

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Whirlpool Channel
Start date:	March 26th, 1951
End date:	June 16th, 1951
# of strips:	72 (12 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Wilson McCoy
Preceded by:	"The Gray Gang"
Followed by:	"The Tiger Girl"

"Whirlpool Channel" is the 41st Phantom daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Wilson McCoy.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Appearances 2 Behind the scenes 3 Reprints 3.1 Argentina 3.2 Australia 3.3 Barbados 3.4 Brazil 3.5 Canada 3.6 Finland 3.7 France 3.8 India 3.9 Italy 3.10 Jamaica 3.11 Mexico 3.12 New Zealand 3.13 Norway 3.14 Spain 3.15 Sweden 3.16 USA 3.17 West Germany

Plot summary

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Appearances

Behind the scenes

• The title "Whirlpool Channel" appears in the first strip of the story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Tit-Bits #2249 – #2258 (1952)
• "Apuesta mortal", La Sombra #16 (1959)
• "Apuesta mortal", Libro de Oro #12 (1963)

Australia

• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #46 (1952)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #140 (1959)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #240 (1963)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #373 (1968)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #532 (1974)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #715 (1981)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #1078 (1994)
• "The Whirlpool Channel", The Phantom #1589 (2010)

Barbados

• Barbados Advocate April 19, 1951 – July 17, 1951

Brazil

• Novo O Globo Juvenil #2029 (1951)
• "A Travessia do Canal", Mini-Edição da Revista Fantasma (1969)
• "Sorvedouro Fatal", O Fantasma Edição Extra #4 (1972)
• "A Aposta", Fantasma #270 (1978)
• "A Aposta", Fantasma #360 – #361 (1985)
• "Sorvedouro Fatal", Fantasma - Edição Histórica #32 (1997)

Canada

• La Patrie March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951

Finland

• "...ja pyörrekanaalin arvoitus", Sarjakuvalehti 1/1962
• "Suuri veto", Mustanaamio 10/1968
• "Suuri veto", Mustanaamio 1968

France

• "La rivière aux rapides", Le Fantôme du Bengale #44 and "Dangereuse tentative", #45 (1952)
• "Diana et les requins", Le Fantôme Spécial #31 (1966)
• "Diana et les requins", Le Fantôme #1 (1993)

India

• "The Dilemma", Indrajal Comics #91 (1969)

Italy

• "Una scommessa per Diana", Albo Traguardo #11 and "Slim e i pescicani", #13 (1952)
• "Diana fra i pescecani", I Classici dell'Avventura #30 (1963; incomplete and redrawn by unknown Fratelli Spada artist)
• "Diana fra i pescecani", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #145 (1965)
• "Diana fra i pescicani", Phantom #28 (1993)

Jamaica

• The Daily Gleaner June 25, 1951 – September 18, 1951

Mexico

• "El Canal Torbellino", Paquito #10010 (1953)

New Zealand

• The Phantom #40 – #41
• The Phantom #263 – #265
• The Phantom #532 – #533

Norway

• Aftenposten May 2, 1952 – July 29, 1952
• "Veddemålet", Fantomet 10/1968
• "Veddemålet", Fantomet 7/1993
• "Veddemålet", Krønikebok #23 (2005)

Spain

• "Apuesta temeraria", El Hombre Enmascarado #13 (1958)
• "Apuesta temeraria", Héroes Modernos, Serie A: El Hombre Enmascarado #51A (1964)
• "El cruce del canal", El Hombre Enmascarado #36 (1976)
• "Apuesta temeraria", Phantom, El Hombre Enmascarado #33 (199?)

Sweden

• Nerikes Allehanda May 23, 1953 – August 17, 1953
• Fantomen 22 – 25/1954
• "Virvelligan", Fantomen 10/1960
• "Hajmysteriet", Fantomen 17/1967
• Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1954, Del #3 (2006)
• "Virvelligan", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1960, Del #3 (2011)

USA

• The Beaver County Times March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• Chester Times March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• Oxnard Press-Courier March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• San Antonio Light March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• Syracuse Herald Journal March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• The Times Recorder March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• The Washington Reporter March 26, 1951 – June 16, 1951
• The Monessen Daily Independent April 23, 1951 – June 16, 1951 - without the first four weeks

West Germany

• "Die grosse Wette", Phantom #22 (1968)