Hakon Aasnes - The Phantom - The Thugees

The Thugees! An early McCoy story originally, 1949-1950.

Plot synopsis
Part 1 - Dailies The Phantom and Diana separately have the idea to fly to the other. On her flight, Diana is taken for ransom by the Thuggees. The Phantom assists a police investigation which leads to Prince Tydore being the next Thuggee victim.
Part 2 - Dailies Diana is taken for ransom by the Thuggees. The Phantom is kidnapped in place of Prince Tydore so that he can be taken to Diana to rescue her. After the rescue, Prince Tydore plots to have the Phantom fall in love with and marry his daughter, Princess Tari, instead of Diana.
Contains origin story.