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Race Against Death (Team Fantomen story)
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Produced for: | Fantomen 5/1986 |
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# of pgs: | 32 |
Writer: | Ulf Granberg |
Artist: | Hans Lindahl |
Original colorist: | N/A |
Producer: | Semic Press |
"Race against Death" is a 1986 Team Fantomen story, written by Ulf Granberg, with art by Hans Lindahl.
Contents
Plot summary
After a celebration in its village, all of the Llongo are infected by the fatal jungle fever and the only known cure is made from a rare flower that only grows in the Kaluga pass.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- The 21st Phantom
- Devil
- Hero
- Llionto of Llongo
- Lamanda Luaga
- Old man Mozz
- Guran
- Doctor Axel (mentioned)
- Wambatta of Wambesi
- The Beanstalk
One-time characters
- Mama Llumba (mentioned)
- Dr. Claude Eustace Winterbottom
- Obangi chief
- The Kaluga pass hermit
Locations
- Bengali
- Llongo village
- Morristown
- The Deep Woods
- Doctor Axel's Jungle Hospital
- Eden (mentioned)
- Kaluga pass
Objects
Tribes
- "When the Phantom talks, one listens!"
Behind the scenes
- Doctor Winterbottom's book "Tropical Medicine" mentions researchers Sprucehill and Bernie Wrightson ("What a man"). Most of the text is untranslated Swedish in the Australian reprint. It mentions made-up body parts such as "the liver particle accelerator".
- Moz is called Moy in the Australian reprint.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Race against Death", The Phantom #901 (1988)
Denmark
- "Kapløb med døden", Fantomet #278 (1987)
Finland
- "Kilpajuoksu kuoleman kanssa", Mustanaamio 18/1986
- "Kilpajuoksu kuoleman kanssa", Mustanaamio (2012)
Norway
- "Kappløp med døden", Fantomet 16/1986
- "Kappløp med døden", Fantomets Krønike 6/1995
- "Kappløp med døden", Fantomets Krønike 2/2006
Sweden
- "Kapplöpning med döden", Fantomen 5/1986
- "Kapplöpning med döden", De bästa äventyren #2 (2004)