The Valley of Horses

The Valley of Horses
Produced for:	Fantomen 2/2009
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Hans Lindahl
Artist:	Hans Lindahl
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Kärnan

"Valley of Horses" is a 2009 Team Fantomen story, written by Hans Lindahl, with art by Hans Lindahl.

Plot summary

Mr Burns, a casino owner in the Morristown criminal underworld, arranges a horse race, Walker's Ride, with wild horses captured in The Valley of the Horses. One of the horses in the race is Hero, running under the name "The Hope".

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Guran
• Devil
• Hero
• Npala

One-time characters

• The Mayor of Morristown
• Lawalla Bendo
• Mr Burns, casino owner
• Lupo Sprucehill
• Owen Zoll
• Nick Armstrong
• Bran
• Zob
• Milton
• Waheeva (mentioned only)

Locations

• Bengali
  • The Deep Woods
    • The Bandar Village
    • The Skull Cave
  • Morristown
  • The Valley of the Horses
  • The Golden Waterfall Casino

Tribes

• Bandar

Old Jungle Sayings

• The Phantom has a thousand eyes and a thousand ears.

Items

• Advertisement for Mawindi jungle brew
• Advertisement for Walker's Ride

Behind the scenes

• The name of the character Lupo Sprucehill is derived from Ulf Granberg. Ulf and Lupo both mean wolf, and Sprucehill is a direct English translation of Granberg.

Related stories

Refers to

• "The Hunt for the Black Carnation" by Hans Lindahl

Referenced in

• "Walker's Ride" by Claes Reimerthi and Sal Velluto

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Valley of Horses", The Phantom #1530 (2009)

Finland

• "Valkoinen ori", Mustanaamio 2/2009

Norway

• "Den hvite hingsten", Fantomet 1/2009

Sweden

• "Den vita hingsten", Fantomen 2/2009