The Water of Life

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The Water of Life
Produced for:	Fantomen 15/1983
# of pages:	30
Writer:	Dai Darell, Jörgen Ewers
Artist:	Hans Lindahl
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Water of Life" is a 1983 Team Fantomen story, written by Dai Darell and Jörgen Ewers, with art by Hans Lindahl.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Character appearances 2 Reprints 2.1 Australia 2.2 Brazil 2.3 Denmark 2.4 Finland 2.5 Italy 2.6 Norway 2.7 Sweden 3 Awards

Plot summary

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Character appearances

Recurring Characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Hero
• Rex
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit and Heloise
• Dr. Axel

One-time Characters

• Zacky
• Oohan

Bangala tribes

• Bandar
• Oogaan

Locations

• Bengali
  • Dr. Axel's Jungle Hospital
  • Deep Woods
    • The Tree House

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Water of Life", The Phantom #874 (1987)

Brazil

• "A Fonte Sagrada", Fantasma Especial #13 (1987)

Denmark

• "Den gådefulde grotte", Fantomet #233 (1984)

Finland

• "Arvoitusten lähde", Mustanaamio 24/1983
• "Arvoitusten lähde", Mustanaamio 13/1996

Italy

• "La fonte meravigliosa", Phantom - L'Uomo Mascherato #1 (2009)

Norway

• "Den gåtefulle kilden", Fantomet 25/1983
• "Den gåtefulle kilden", Fantomet 13/1996
• "Den gåtefulle kilden", Fantomets Krønike 7/2006

Sweden

• "Den gåtfulla källan", Fantomen 15/1983
• "Den gåtfulla källan", Seriepressen (1983; excerpts only)
• "Den gåtfulla källan", Fantomen 13/1996
• "Den gåtfulla källan", Fantomen Krönika 5/2007

Awards

• Best story (Sweden) 1983

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Best Story Winners
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "The Wedding of the Phantom" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" (tie)