The Abandoned Well
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| First appearance: | "The Jungle Patrol" |
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| Created by: | Lee Falk & Wilson McCoy |
The Abandoned Well is a place The Phantom uses to communicate with the Jungle Patrol in his guise as The Unknown Commander. Located outside the Jungle Patrol headquarters, it is officially condemned because the water in it is said to be contaminated. However, this is not the case.
Rather, at the bottom of the well, there is a tunnel that leads to a room underneath the safe in the Commander's office. Using a removable panel, he gives instructions to the Patrol.
In Team Fantomen stories, the abandoned well was destroyed in an explosion when a jet fighter attacked the Jungle Patrol camp. The Commander is Dead The Phantom can instead access the safe from the other side of the camp through a tunnel that begins under a large stone slab. The Secret of the Well
Notable appearances
Daily & Sunday stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "The Jungle Patrol" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Super Apes" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Master Spy" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The White Princess" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Frameup" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Swamp Rats" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Flying Horse" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Reporter" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Monkey Mail" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Founding of the Jungle Patrol" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Bad Ones" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Luaga's Undercover Tour" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Trial of Patrolman Zokko" | Falk | Barry |
Gold Key/King/Charlton stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Oogooru" | Falk, Harris | Lignante | |
| "The Swamp Rats" | Falk, Harris | Lignante | |
| "The Patrol" | Harris | Lignante | |
| "Blind Man's Bluff" | Wood | Lignante | |
| "The Historian" | Falk, Lignante | Lignante | |
| "Disband the Patrol" | Arneson | Aparo |
Team Fantomen stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "The Man with the White Mask" | Lundström | Vallvé | |
| "The Unknown Commander, Part 1" | Worker | Bess | Already in use in 1831 |
| "The Unknown Commander, Part 2" | Worker | Bess | |
| "The Guardian Angel" | Reimerthi | Felmang, Ferri | |
| "Election in Bengali, Part 1: The Challenger" | Reimerthi | Lindahl | |
| "The Commander is Dead" | Avenell | Leppänen | Colonel Worubu discovers the passage from the well to the safe |
| "The Triads, Part 1: Deadly Cargo" | Reimerthi | Felmang, Benny | |
| "The Vanishing Lake" | Reimerthi | Dick Giordano | |
| "The Butcher from Clarksville" | Siverbo | Velluto |