Enitan

Enitan
Produced for:	The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #0 (2009)
# of pgs:	10
Writer:	Mike Bullock
Artist:	Silvestre Szilagyi & Sergio Mulko
Original colorist:	Bob Pedroza
Producer:	Moonstone Books

"Enitan" is a 2009 Moonstone Books Phantom story by Mike Bullock, Silvestre Szilagyi and Sergio Mulko.

Plot summary

In 1531, a merchant ship is attacked off the coast of Africa by the Singh Brotherhood, led by Kabai Singh. Only the captain's son the cabin boy survives the attack and is washed ashore. There, he is found by Bandar warriors who take him to their village, where he is nursed back to health. The Bandar tribe belives that a prophecy has been fulfilled, of a man who comes from the sea to save them from being enslaved by the Wasaka tribe, and they call the cabin boy "Fan-Tum". The cabin boy spends many months with the Bandar. When the Bandar chief Turan's son Suran is kidnapped by the Wasaka, the cabin boy follows a group of Bandar warriors. On their way to the Wasaka village, they find the body of the man who murdered the cabin boy's father. Upon the skull of the murderer, the cabin boy swears an oath to fight piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice. The warriors return to the Bandar village, now with a plan to free Suran and the rest of the enslaved Bandar. The cabin boy disguises as the Wasaka god, Kua the Undying. Led by the cabin boy, the Bandar manage to defeat the Wasaka. The cabin boy is given two rings by the Bandar chief, and a new home in a cave shaped like a skull, where the rings had been forged out of nails that held Jesus to the cross. The cabin boy takes his place on a skull throne inside the cave, and swears that his sons and their sons also will follow the Oath of the Skull. A collage of images shows his 20 descendants and glimpses from their lives.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 1st Phantom
• The 1st Phantom's father
• Kabai Singh
• Turan
• The 2nd Phantom (mentioned)
• The 3rd Phantom (mentioned)
• The 4th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 5th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 6th Phantom (mentioned)
• Natala of Navarre (mentioned)
• Redbeard (mentioned)
• The 7th Phantom (mentioned)
• Emperor Joonkar (mentioned)
• The 8th Phantom (mentioned)
• Heloise of Hanta (mentioned)
• The 9th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 10th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 11th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 12th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 14th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 15th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 16th Phantom (mentioned)
• Julie (mentioned)
• The 18th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 19th Phantom (mentioned)
• Dr. Bart Cary (mentioned)
• The 20th Phantom (mentioned)
• The 21st Phantom (mentioned)
• Diana Palmer (mentioned)
• Kit and Heloise (mentioned)
• Guran (mentioned)
• Devil (mentioned)
• Hero (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Suran, son of Turan

Locations

• Bangalla
  • The Skull Cave
    • The Skull Throne
  • Bandar Village
  • Wasaka Village
• USA
  • Walker's Table (mentioned)
• The Eastern Dark (mentioned)

Tribes

• Bandar
• Wasaka

Organizations

• The Singh Brotherhood

Objects

• The Skull Ring
• Good Mark Ring
• The Oath of the Skull

Related stories

Refers to

• "Legacy" by Ben Raab and Pat Quinn
• "The First Phantom" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "The Founding of the Jungle Patrol" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "The Golden Sands of Keela-Wee" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "The Hanta Witch" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Guardian of the Eastern Dark" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "The Adventures of Lucy Cary" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

France

• The Phantom - L'Ombre qui marche #2 (2022)

USA

• The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #0 (2009)