Terror in Mawitaan
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Terror in Mawitaan | |
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Start date: | April 6th, 2003 |
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End date: | September 28th, 2003 |
# of strips: | 26 |
Writer: | Tony DePaul |
Artist: | Graham Nolan |
Original colorist: | Graham Nolan |
Preceded by: | "The Snake Goddess's Island" |
Followed by: | "The Sinbad Stone" |
"Terror in Mawitaan" is the 158th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Graham Nolan.
Plot Summary
A group of terrorists led by Chatu cross the border from Rodia into Bangalla to use as a safe haven. In Mawitaan they park a truck with explosives in the garage below a government building where children live, and threaten president Luaga to have the bomb go off if the Bangalla authorities do not leave them alone.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- The 21st Phantom
- Chatu
- Lamanda Luaga
- Sarah Cartwright
- Guran
- Devil
- Hero
- The 20th Phantom (in flashback)
Locations
- Bangalla
- The Deep Woods
- Mawitaan
- Presidential Palace
- Bengete
- Dr Cartwright's medical clinic
Tribes
- There are times when the Phantom leaves the jungle and walks the streets of town like an ordinary man.
Phantom Lore
- Talking drums
Trivia
- One of Chatu's soldiers is drawn to look like Bryan Shedden, who maintained the Deepwoods.org website.
- This story includes the first mentions of Team Fantomen creations Sarah Cartwright and Bengete in a newspaper strip story.
- Several pages of this story use a different panel layout than the Phantom Sunday strip usually does. The strips in question are April 6, 20, 27, May 4, 11, June 29, July 6, 20, August 3 and 17, and it is the only time in the history of the Phantom Sunday strip that this layout has been used.
Related stories
Followed by
- "The Return of Chatu" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan.
- "Justice for the Python" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan.
Referenced in
- "The Sinbad Stone" by Graham Nolan.
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "Terror in Mawitaan", The Phantom #1372 (2003)
- "Terror in Mawitaan", The Phantom #1936 (2023)
Brazil
- "Terror em Mawitaan", O Fantasma #10 (2021)
Finland
- Seura 32/2004-6/2005
- "Terroristeja Morristownissa", Mies, joka ei kuole koskaan (2016)
India
- "মাউইতানের আতঙ্ক" (romanized as "Mawitaaner Atanka"), Jamjamat Aranyadev Comics #4 – #6 (2004)
- "Terror in Mawitaan", The Phantom #2 (2020)
- "Terror in Mawitaan", Terror of the Python (2022)
Norway
- "Terror i Morristown", Mannen som ikke kan dø (2016)
Sweden
- "Terror i Morristown", Mannen som inte kan dö (2016)
Turkey
- "Mawitaan'da Terör", Kızılmaske #36 (2016)
USA
- Rome News-Tribune April 6, 2003 – April 27, 2003 - the first four weeks only
- Chippewa Herald April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003
- Daytona Beach News-Journal April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003
- Reading Eagle April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003
- Republican Herald April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003
- St. Petersburg Times April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003
- "Terror in Mawitaan", The Graham Nolan Sundays volume one (2005)