Chatu's Fate

Chatu's Fate
Start date:	December 13, 2010
End date:
# of strips:
Writer:	Tony DePaul
Artist:	Paul Ryan
Original colorist:	unknown
Preceded by:	"The Trail to Gravelines Prison!"
Followed by:	N/A

"Chatu's Fate" is the 231st Phantom daily story. The story was written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Paul Ryan. It is the fifth and final part of a longer story.

Plot Summary

Lee Falk starts with telling the readers what has happened; the Phantom has freed Diana, but now he must bring the man behind it to justice.

The Phantom brings Diana to Keela-Wee for recovering through a second honeymoon. The Phantom also brings Diana new Wambesi clothing.

Diana tells the Phantom what she remembers about the kidnappers (who are also the bombers) and the female prison warden. She also remembers the name of Chatu's Boomsby prison spy and the Phantom goes after him, leaving Diana safe at Keela-Wee.

Meanwhile, Old man Mozz dresses up in a nice suit and visits the president to tell him and Kit and Heloise that the Phantom is currently in Mawitaan fighting evil. When the twins have left for bed, Mozz continues and tells the Luagas that the Phantom has also saved Diana, but they agree that the twins are not ready to hear that.

Meanwhile, the Phantom has left the Boomsby spy for the police to find and the Boomsby prison warden contacts Luaga. The spy is telling them everything while the Phantom departs for Rhodia.

At Boomsby, Chatu begins to wonder what has happened to his spy, while he is planning new schemes. From the blind seer, he learns that the Phantom has taken the spy and that he will go after them now.

Meanwhile, the Phantom breaks in at Gravelines Maximum Security Prison and kidnaps the prison warden. He then bursts out of the prison driving a van which he drives to pick up the two men who did the bombing of the UN building and knocks them out. Then he drives the van back to Bangalla and to the Presidential Palace in Mawitaan, where a slight panic is caused since they suspect another terrorist attack in progress at first. When the van is examined, however, they find the two terrorists and the prison warden tied up with accusations pinned at them, all signed by a Skull mark.

Devil and Hero, sensing the vicinity of their master go wild in the palace grounds. Hero is let out of the stable and together, he and Devil greet the Phantom in the Palace garden. The twins follow and finally, there is a family reunion in which the Luagas also join. Back in the Palace, the Phantom begins telling Luaga about what the prisoners that he has brought has done. He also tells Kit and Heloise that Diana is alive.

Afterwhile, the Phantom and the twins travel to Keela-Wee where Diana greets them. After some talking, Diana and the children start the journey home, while the Phantom goes after the Python.

At Boomsby Prison, the Blind seer dies, leaving Chatu alone in the cellblock. Chatu knows that the Phantom is after him and eagerly awaits him, because he has killed the Phantom before and he could do it again.

There is slightly smokey in the cellblock, where Chatu now is alone. Suddenly, Chatu awakes and finds the cell door open, also a pistol is lying at the floor. He immedtiately realizes that the Phantom is there and cautiously walks out with the pistol, calling out that he is going to kill the Ghost Who Walks. When the Phantom finally appears, Chatu tells him that they both know that he can die and indicates with the pistol that he will kill him on the spot. The Phantom responds that this is Chatu's last night in Boomsby, maybe even his final on Earth. He informs Chatu that he has two choices and cautions him to take his time.

To be continued (As more strips are added)

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The Phantom
• Captain Savarna
• Chatu
• Blind seer
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Python's Boomsby spy
• Mozz
• Kit and Heloise
• Lamanda Luaga
• Taru Luaga
• Devil
• Hero
• Guran

One-time characters

Real-life characters

• Lee Falk

Locations

• Bangalla
  • Keela-Wee
  • Mawitaan
    • The Presidential Palace
• Rhodia
  • Gravelines Maximum Security Prison

Boats

• India Voyager II

Tribes

• Wambesi
• Bandar

Trivia

Lee Falk in the original and the corrected version of a panel from the December 13 strip.

• Lee Falk was colored with dark skin, but this mistake was later corrected in the digital version supplied by King Features Syndicate.

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