Dai Darell
| Dai Darell | |
| Biographical information | |
| Born: | October 5, 1952 |
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| Died: | July 7, 2024 |
| Nationality: |  Swedish  American
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| Occupation: | Writer |
| Website: | Saga Borg |
 Best Story (Sweden) | |
Dai Darell was the pseudonym most frequently used by Diane Alfredhsson when she wrote comic scripts.
Biography
Darell was born in Rockford, Illinois, USA in 1952 but as she spent much of her youth in Sweden aswell she considers herself equally Swedish and American.
At age 16, while living in Sweden, a short story she had written was published and after that she pursued a career as a writer. Since she had been a fan of the Phantom in her youth, she contacted the editor of the Fantomen comic book and began submitting scripts in 1983. Her first Phantom story was published that year, and in total she wrote 16 Phantom stories until 1986. Several of these were fan favourites and she won the Best Story vote in Sweden in 1983. Her stories often dealt with the emotional side of the Phantom, with one story ("Hero's Death Sentence") even showing him with tears in his eyes.
Besides the Phantom, Diane has written scripts for comics such as "The Gauntlet of Fate", "Goliat", "Tom & Jerry", and many comics about romance and horses.
In later years, she has had a successfull career as a writer of fantasy books under the collective pseudonyms Saga Borg and Teo Troy.
In 2003, Diane moved to Canada and after getting married she changed her name to Diane Karlstrom.
In 2019, she returned as Phantom writer of two stories co-written with Magnus Carling.
She passed away on July 7, 2024.[1]
Phantom work by Dai Darell
Stories
Team Fantomen stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The White Slave Trade" | Darell | Leppänen | |
| 2 | "The Child Farm" | Darell | Vallvé | ¤ |
| 3 | "The Water of Life" |
Darell, Ewers | Lindahl | |
| 4 | "Hero's Death Sentence" | Darell | Leppänen | |
| 5 | "The Devil's Smoke" | Darell | Bess | |
| 6 | "The Floating Island" | Darell | Lindahl | |
| 7 | "The Dagger" | Darell | Vallvé | ¤ |
| 8 | "Commando 11" | Darell | Bess | |
| 9 | "The Curse" | Darell | Eralp | ¤ |
| 10 | "The Snake Ring" | Darell | Leppänen | |
| 11 | "The Valley of Death" | Darell | Bade | ¤ |
| 12 | "The Tiger God" | Darell | Vallvé | ¤ |
| 13 | "The White Horseman" | Darell | Lindahl | |
| 14 | "Children of the Fog" | Darell | Bess | |
| 15 | "Secret of the Coin" | Darell | Vallvé | ¤ |
| 16 | "Quabar's Secret" | Darell | Eralp | |
| 17 | "The Pit of Doom" | Karlstrom, Carling | Ruiz, Martínez | |
| 18 | "Fire Power" | Karlstrom, Carling | Ruiz, Martínez | ¤ |