Race Against Death (Team Fantomen story)

Race against Death
Produced for:	Fantomen 5/1986
# 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.

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
    • The Waterfall
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
  • Doctor Axel's Jungle Hospital
  • Eden (mentioned)
  • Kaluga pass

Objects

• The Good Luck Charm of the Llongo

Tribes

• Llongo
• Bandar
• Tirangi
• The Little People
• Wambesi
• The Stork People
• Obangi

Old Jungle Sayings

• "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)

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Best Story Winners
Finland
1985: "The Prisoner at Capitolium" | 1986: "The Moor of Death"
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" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "The Slave Ship Zong" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "John X" & "Patrolman X" | 2017: "The Karabasan League"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "Phantom Wedding" (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" | 2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "Year 1349" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" | 2017: "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | 2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" | 2019: "The Devil in Stockholm" | 2020: "A Reckoning with the Nomad"