CURSEOF IN THE DEEP WOODS, THE PHANTOM MEETS WITH THE COUNCIL OF CHIEFS. IM SORRY “YNOT ALONE, | TO DISTURB J DIANA. HE'S YOU. MAY | RIDE HERO?, TOO STRONG FOR YOU! cae Oe: ONLY ME, AND HE'S/SAY WHAT PHANTOM [ieee KNOWS. PCENTLE AS AND BESIDES, IVE * RIDDEN SINCE | Was) [PHANTOM PaNonsE: NSE-] SAY NOBO! TO RIDE ERO. TOO DANGEROUS COME ON, HERO! AGAINST HE mes LET yor a,OH/HERO! IM SORRY+~ OVER. WE WILL MEET AGAIN WHEN THE MOON IS NEW. NOW ILL TAKE DIANA FOR A LITTLE RIDE ON HERO. TOTAKE OFF SHELL NEVER BE ABLE TO HOLD HIM. tf HE DECIDES ISHES SO DARNED HEAD- STRONG! MAYBE THAT'S WHY | LOVE_HER. HERO STOPS ABRUPTLY. DUNN BEEN PUNISHED ENouC ‘FOR USING HER WHAT A RIDE WHERE ~~ WHERE A! HOW DOES HE ~KEEP {T_ UP? ANY OTHER HORSE ~WOULD HAVE DROPPED [DEAD BY THIS TIME! ag ore ts WHATS THAT CHANTING? LETS TAKE A LOOK. G2AT 4 STRANGE LAKE SHORE | | DIANA SEES MASKED ATIVES TE A VICTIM NEAR ‘CROCODILE LAIR, y HERO'S RAZOR- LIKE HOOPS FIND THEIR ATTABOY, HERO! | MARKS MG GOT THEM O a ACC THE RUN! LAGO HAS BEEN ¥ CHEATED OF HIS Es_ a a [LAGO? HE iS THE GoDoF Y Poe=y __ OUR LAKE AND WH¥_WERI WOULD NOT HIS WRATH WILL | YOU BEING oe GOLD] \ ONLY BE APPEASED| |FEDTOTHE ~ TRIBUTE WITH GOLD. [ckocoDy LES?) TO LAGO | ALAKE J NOATISTRUE GO THERE IS AN EVIL THAT'S \~_ GOD WHO | DWELLS IN \_ OUR LAKE FOLLOW ME. MAYBE YOU WILL SEE LAGO. FOR YOURSELF! ga OWLAGO, BE MERCIFUL. 4 YOU HAVE BEEN CHEATED BY ASTRANGER & NOTOF | THIS TR PRIBE. MY VENGEANCE WILL BE & tug TERRIBLE 111, SEE! LAGO, THEN, FROM THE DEPTHS THE LAKE e Tee im YSTER/IOUS THAT | ESCAPE. WILL MAKEI CAN FOR MANY BELIEVE (MOONS THIS Evi.) IT. IT'S GOO HAS TAKEN] | FANTASTIC!) OUR RICHES! THE GOLD el 1 WAS WILL APPEASE J PERFECTLY HIM. THE gt SANE THis S WATERS ((/MORNING 4 LEAST, | LINK K| Bos LAKE 60D) RECEIVES Jour OFFERING HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. THE CRUEL WATERS } ARE GOING YES, IM AWAKE ~ HOW(L! \TELL THE PHANTOM GONE. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED _ S| € MAN TR? 1M. Mager LEAVE ALLEN OFTEN! LIVE IN HUT DOWN THERE? [DIANA sti. % THAT CANT BEA WHITE WOMAN! BY JOE,IT IS~A PRETTY. HOW DO |GET OUT OF THIS VALLEY? | CAME SO FAST= ERT Don BENT CeNOw, a MY NAME YMY NAME'S 1S DIANA } SMITH. I'M PALMER. (M LosT. THE TRADER HERE,DONT OFTEN SEE WHITE FOLKS ‘ROUND HERE. | ESPECIALLY, WANT Jf DEEP wooDs ? BY ANY CHANCE KNOW THE PHANTOM? YES. | KNOW THE PHANTOM. IVE GOT TO GET BACK TO TELL HIM ABOUT LAGO,THE LAKE GODY JUST A SUPERSTITION AMONG THESE IGNORANT /THESE WITCH DOCTORS CANDO. WEIRD THINGS, LIKE MASS HYPNOTISM. THE WILLIES. ij SOMEHOW, HE GAVE ME, } BUT DIANA DOESN'T: T GET VERY FAR ~~ THANKS, MR.SMITH. wave WELL BE BACK ¢ > FOR A VISIT SOONNo. WANT TO HOLD WHITE Sg BETTERILET HER [You WiLL BE US WHAT TO DO WITH YOu, AND THE WONDER HORSE IS AWAY LIKE THE WIND! feppeprares THIS 1S THE }J THE SACRED| HMM» NO~BUT NOU'RE | MAYBE | WAIT ~ LHAD TO TALK FAST. THE CHIEF WANTED TO KILL YOU. DONT WORRY, ILL FIX EVERYTHING. WHAT J EITHER GIVE YOU WILL ¢ TO THE CROCODILE THEY \OR LAGO, HIMSELF. HERO! BUT, WHERE'S DIANA?GIVE YOU HIM OF HIS ONE MORE FRIEND~ @A WARNING ~ |THE GIRL! Ly LET ME SEE THE PHANTOMH IT 15 IMPORTANTS y WE BANDAR DO NOT LIKE TO KILL, BUT 1AM SENTRY HERE. LEAVE WHILE _Z YOU STILL LIVE! ae — ‘OH, GHOST mot WALKS = THE @ G I IRL* THE GIRL? if NOTHING I CAN DO.LAGO | WILL GET THE WHITE GIRL. SHE IS PRISONER IN EQ] SWEMBI VILLAGE SHE SAVE MY LIFE. WANT, TO SAVE HER. PLEASE BELIEVE. WILL DIE. LAGO,THE LAKE GOD, ORDER SA THE SWEMBI HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PEACEFUL, NEVER HEARD OF LAGO BEFORE. WHAT'S DIANA GOTTEN INTO NOW? WHATS WANT THE OLD FOOL NOW? po dalNO WANT TO POOH! THE PHANTOM |S NO GOD-HE IS A MAN, HIM, LF ae DARES COME HERE! WHITE GIRL SAY PHANTOM COME, FINISH ME. FINISH ALL OF US# [ DONT WORRY, CHIEF. LAGO WILL DECIDE THE GIRLS FATE THE GHOST WHO WALKS 1S ANCIENT AND ALL- POWERFUL..IF THE GIRL ISHIS FRIEND~~ [iT Loo Miss TVE ALMOST COT THE CHIEF SOLD ON [THE IDEA OF LETTING (OU GO. [ Quiet, WHITE Gl RL BAGO, MOST F key GOD, SPEAK MEANWHILE, AT THE SWEMBI VILLAGE. WHAT ARE YOU, GOING TO 007 NISINT THAT | JUST DANDY!! [LAGO_WILL DECIDELOOK,CHIEF. YOU WIN. UM SCARED, +1, LAGO, 7: : SETHE aut ; * POWERFUL; SPEAK! ( TIED HAND. AND FOOT. DIANA FLOATS AMONG THE HUNGRY. CROCODILES WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED | TOFEED FROM THIS RAFT. LET THE AiR OuT oF } YOUR LUNGS! Aa \g = bs ti THE PHANTOM!) LAGO THE GHOST -# WILL WHO (DESTROY, WALKS! HIM!SWEMB: YOU'VE GREAT LAGO? STRIKE, Soe OF RISE IN YOUR WRATH, is ¥ \ HIM DOWNS| PROBABLY JUST A SCRATCH. WILL. YOU 41 FAKED THE FAINT| OR A SECOND BULLET MIGHT HAVE FINISHED ME4 GOTTA PLAY “OuT” ES UNTIL | SEE A CHANCE PLAYING, EH? PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE FOR KEEPS! eames ns GOT.TO WORK FAST O} THAT CHICKEN- HEARTED SO THATS Sy THE STORY. THE GREAT LAGO 1S WISE AND POWERFUL. HE WILL DECIDE THE eesAND NOW, A [THE WATER Is RISING). Ee MAN > 4 peee | Ae swemes, “54 > LISTEN! | ¢( LAGO ae >. SPEAKS! / Os AGAIN? IT YOU WILL DROWN. 1S, LAGO? ena SACRIFICE THE PHANTOM TO ME TCALL ey “ OR | Wit FLOOD YOUR LAND! LISTEN TO THOSE EERIE WORDS COMING OUT OF THE LAKE! PLACE HIM ON THE RAFT. FEAR OF | LAs d MAKES HIM SPEECHLESS. }THIS ISA THE ONE MAN WHO | WAS AFRAID MIGHT UNCOVER MY LITTL GAME «~~ THE JUNGLE WILL Bee ae PHANTOM! mt p= our Guest Bag HAS ARRIVED Dory AT LAST. | AWARE OF HIS MASTERS PLIGHT, DEVIL’ PLUNGES INTO THE WATERTHE NATIVES WATCH WITH. BATED BREATH. fE DEATH OF E PHANTOM? THE PHANTOM STRUGGLE: TOLOOSEN HIS BONDE. AS THE FAT MAN 1S ABOUT TO STRIKE AT THE PHANTOM « DEVIL: SWIMS DOWN + a |SWERVES TOAVOID |~_— AMURDER| Wire UNCANNY. MY AIR HOSE =~ ILL SUFFOCATE! ) & GASPING FOR Aik. HED IS FORCED OUT OF TiAT LEAST+ 1 VE FINISHED THE PHANTOM?! NO. SWEMBIALISTEN! THE PHANTOM 1S DEAD! HAS SPOKE THE PHANTOM IS DEAD. LAGO. 1S ALL-POWERFUL. AND THIS DIANA MIGHT BE VALUABLE AS A PLACE THE WHITE GIRL ‘ON THE RAFT! LAGO SPEAKS: LAGOS GREAT AND Ea] POWERFUL. NO SACRIFICE Seer EVER BE DENIED HIM/WHERE AM |? HELLO, 2] FELLA ~ WHAT HAPPENED TO LAGO? 3 PTHAT WAS A CLOSE ONE, "DEVIL. SOMEDAY, TELL iow YOU FAKERT YOU MURDERER/ WATCH IT,"DEVIU? CROCODILES ON ONE NATIVES STAYED AWAY FROM THIS. END OF THE LAKE. LAGO PICKEDA SAFE HIDEOUT![SOLID GROUND AT LAST? GET THAT NOSE TO WORK,FELLA. LAGO'S BACK HERE SOME~ WHERE AND HE'S GOT, 1M UNTYING YOU, BUT YOU MUST PROMISE ‘LL PROMISE! NOTHING! YOU~-YOU MURDERING FAKER # TRYING TO HELP ME, WEREN‘T YOU? AND NOW YOU'VE «~~ *KILLED HIM? BETTER~ HAVE A GOOPCRY. "LLGO TO THE NATIVES! TLUTELL THEM THAT g YOURE LAGO, THE LAKE GOD! THEY'LL TEAR YOU g APART! paw NATURALLY, 1CANT PERMIT YOU 70 DO/ THAT. IF YOU TAKE ONE ISTEP OUT OF THIS CAVE. TLL PUTA BULLET IN YOUR PRETTY SKULL! J ITS TAKEN ME A YEAR TO COLLECT THIS y FROM THE SWEMBI+~Y AFORTUNE/ I'M READY BACK TO CIVILIZATION! WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO _WITH_ ME OR STAY IN THIS CAVE ? ME?) ASmy wire OF YOU3/ RICH! AFTER ALL, ZINE PHANTOM IS DEAD. TO STAY IN THE CAVE ~[SOME FOOL NATIVE PROWLING ABOUT. ILL FIX HIM? [1 HEAR SOMETHIN THE PHANTOM. AND DEVIL) ENTER THE SECRET HIDEOUT OF THE Far TRADER. PREFER TO RECEIVE | THE NATIVES VISITORS | WAS FOOL IN THE ENOUGH TO COME HERE? THE CAVE 18 PITCH DOESNT MATTER DARK .BUP THE WHICH ONE IT 18. PHANTOM HEARS THE MUST BE THE BREATHING. ABOUT _EXPLOS/ON THERE «~ (OF THE. HERE TRADERS \ } GOES«~. GUN Z SURDENLY. i a THE, [WHY ARE YOU STARIN AT ME LIKE THAT? HE RAN AWAY=WHER EVER HE WAS. | iN THE DARKNESS — PROBABLY SCARCELY MORE THAN WOUNDED. A SLAP=THEN SILENCE! HIM.HE WAS HERE~BUT HE'S DEAD # DEADIN THE MUD IN THE BOTTOM OF 7: frour ) —Cwuars THE FACE.~)(MATTER WITH yo ar MY FACE? HE CAN'T COME BACK. Off THE GHOST WHO WALKS CAN @ WEVER DIE, YOUVE BEEN SCARING DARLING, WHEN. isaw 3 THE NATIVES FORA THAT SKULL ON HIS LONG TIME, LAGO. ae KNEW THAT~~ LUB ~~ ICANT TAKE YOUR OWN 2404 MEDICINE. | SEE. NO, JUST NOW THE GHOST WHO WALKS AND QUIETED HIS GIRL FRIEND WILL MAKE AN AMAZING RETURN FROM THE DEADS DID YOU=~ KILL LAGO?— Ess THINK YOU CAN HOLD Yj ‘ieee| ”ARTOM YOUR BREATH UNTIL SS ASSEMBLE BY THE. ae Tue PH! SHORE, MEN OF SWEMBI? Peas YOU REACH THE a RETURNS on cumhitina nh A LITTLE HocuUS~ Pocus 1S SOMETIMES, NECESSARY, THE GHOST WHO WALKS/ be HE'S BEEN FOOLING YOU ALL ALONG, THIS is HOW. HE RAISED)| [AND THERE 1S THE AND LOWERED GOLD THAT YOU GAVE WATER » Sane THESE HIM. HE WAS READY, SMALL,CRUDE DAMS. TO TAKE OFF. == td LEAVING YOU A N IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SWEMBI. THEY'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF JNMATORAL OKAY, FAMILY, GET READY FOR A LITTLE Y ACTION aan EVER ARE YOU Tee TALKING eau?) A MOVIE CAMERA /: IT WANT TO CAPTURE EVERYBODY JUST AS. THEY ARE, T WANT YOU TO BE NATURAL 7 1D BETTER Go Coma. MY HAIR AND PUT ON, SOME MAKE-UP 2SURE, POP, JUST AS SOON AS I GET MY NEW SWEATER ON 4 Ete = (THE MAN IN THE (CAMERA STORE DIDNT an {TELL ME ABOUT ve T? tee(tus iseipicucouss GUESS I'LL HAVETO TAKE ) MY OWN PICTURE IN Ba THE MIRROR c OH, OF COURSE, DAISY / I _WOULON'T THINK OF LETTING YOU HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITHOUT ‘YOUR Y Proxay, vack: ; okay, everveooy / BS wee Almost Just acT NATURAL / READY / | B THATS NATURAL 2 NX\'M1 NOT GOING TO WASTE ANY FILM HERE I WANT NATURAL ACTION AND IFI CANT GeT ne ITHERE, |LL GET IT AT HERBS £ ) Gl ; THIS 1S MORE ! UKE IT # 4 THETRICK Is TO SNEAK UP ON THEM WHILE THEY RE NOT EXPECTING ME 7 ~~ HERB, THERE'S A PEEPING TOM AT THE K{TCHEN Wincow f iw oe HE WONT BE THERE T a . am| "PAL, EH? SPY IS MORE [iC JACK! Q uike it 7 BED Tne cameen,= “= SULIE, GET" S THANKS, HERB, Sip D>, YOU WERE ¥ a0 7 x pe Great / |) ge 4 LATER THAT WEEK. .- [rece va wi vou Mean, Sr JACK. THOSE ARE VERY, g 2 > NATURAL SHOTS 2DIGGING Ei HOLES IN THE ICE WITH ICE THEIR HOOVES Kine Fotis Sree ha $468 Was rears INDRAJAL ADVENTURE CONTEST 'n our earlier issues, we had announced the schedule for Indrajal Adventure Contest. Unfortunately, this schedule is completely upset due to a 62-day strike and lock-out in our organisation and our plans for this contest have to be revised. Now We propose to hold the Indrajal Adventure Contest to synchronize with your summer vacations Further details in regard to this contest will be published in the Indrajal Comics issue dated 15% January 1969, Make sure of your copy well in advance.