The Search For Mu

The Search For Mu
Produced for:	Fantomen 8/2013
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Claes Reimerthi and Hans Lindahl
Artist:	César Spadari
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Kids Media Nordic AB

"The Search For Mu" is a 2013 Team Fantomen story, written by Claes Reimerthi and Hans Lindahl, with art by César Spadari.

Plot synopsis

The oil company Arctic Oil has discovered that two Bandar idols together create a mysterious energy that may be harnessed in a way to make money. One of the idols is stolen and the oil company use Darkfire corporation to arrange an expedition to find a the other idol in a lost city in the Bengali jungle colonized by people from the lost continent of Mu. Contains origin story.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Minerva Brooks
• Kenneth Soames
• Guran
• Devil
• Hero
• Diana Palmer-Walker (mentioned)
• Dave Palmer (mentioned)
• Unnamed president of Arctic Oil
• Tudan, son of Turan

One-time characters

• Professor Dinkle
• Professor Soames
• Mr Lash

Real-life characters

• James Churchward
• Sir Stanley
• Dr Livingstone

Locations

• Africa
  • Bengali
    • Deep Woods
      • The Skull Cave
      • Phantom Head Peak
      • The Waterfall
    • Morristown
      • Ethnographical Museum
      • Box 7
    • The Lost City
  • Unnamed volcano and ruins housing two statuettes
• Tropical valley in the Himalayas
• USA
  • City of New York
    • Arctic Oil building
• Indian Ocean
• The lost continent of Mu (mentioned)
  • Kingdom of Mu
  • Egypt (mentioned)
• England
  • Croydon
    • Professor Soames' Villa
• The Himalayas

Tribes

• Bandar
• Wasaka (mentioned)

Organizations

• Arctic Oil
• Darkfire
• The Monkey Mail
• Fratelli Rosselini

Items

• Bandar Idol

Related stories

Preceded by

• "The Bandar Idol" by Tony DePaul and César Spadari

Followed by

• "Raiders of the Lost City, Part 1" by Claes Reimerthi and Alex Saviuk

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Search For Mu", The Phantom #1658 (2013)

Norway

• "Bandarstatuetten, del 2: Jakten på Mu", Fantomet 9-10/2013

Sweden

• "Jakten på Mu", Fantomen 8/2013