Deadly Infection
| Deadly Infection | |
| Produced for: | Fantomen 16/1986 |
|---|---|
| # of pgs: | 28 |
| Writer: | Michael Tierres |
| Artist: | Jaime Vallvé |
| Original colorist: | N/A |
| Producer: | Semic Press |
"Deadly Infection" is a 1986 Team Fantomen story, written by Michael Tierres, with art by Jaime Vallvé.
Plot synopsis
Two men are escaping from Rodia, canoeing down the Abewo River that flows from Rodia to Bengali. The Phantom witness how first a Rodian helicopter and then Rodian troops cross the border in pursuit of the two men. One of the men is killed by fire from the helicopter but the Phantom helps the other man, Beyo Tuwame, escape with a backpack containing vials of smallpox from a Rodian research laboratory, where research is done to weaponize the smallpox virus and make it useful in a conflict.
The Bengali president Lamanda Luaga promises to make sure that the information about the smallpox research is made public in a press conference. Meanwhile the Rodian minister of defense calls in Rodia's best secret agent, the female agent Miss Mist, to retrieve the vials. Shortly before the press conference, Miss Mist manages to kidnap Dr Tuwame and steal the smallpox vials.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- The 21st Phantom
- Sarah Cartwright aka Miss Mist
- Lamanda Luaga
- Gabriel Sanders, Rodian trade attaché
- Hero
- Devil
One-time characters
- Dr Beyo Tuwame, researcher
- Raoul, researcher
- Thompson, Rodian soldier
- Swarbrick, Rodian soldier
- Rodian minister of defense
- Max, Rodian chief of secret police
- Martin, driver
- Old Teo
- Mac, henchman
- Willie, henchman
Locations
- Bengali
- Morristown
- Embassy of Rodia
- Presidential Palace
- Hotel Ambassadour
- Morristown Institute for bacteriological research
- River Abewo
- Morristown
- Rodia
Organizations
Related stories
Referenced in
- "Jezebel by Michael Tierres and Heiner Bade
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Deadly Infection", The Phantom #890 (1987)
Denmark
- "Dødelig smitte", Fantomet #310 (1989)
Finland
- "Tappava tauti", Mustanaamio 3/1987
Norway
- "Dødelig smitte", Fantomet 2/1987
- "Dødelig smitte", Fantomets Krønike 4/2003
Sweden
- "Dödlig smitta", Fantomen 16/1986
- "Dödlig smitta", Fantomen Krönika 1/2007