The Diamond War

The Diamond War
Produced for:	Fantomen 1/1973
# of pgs:	24
Writer:	Magnus Knutsson
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Diamond War" is a 1973 Team Fantomen story, written by Magnus Knutsson, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Lamanda Luaga
• Hero
• Percival White
• Colonel Worubu
• Patrolman Smythe (as captain Smythe)

One-time characters

• Gerald Storm
• Sara, Gerald's donkey
• Simon O'Hara
• Sheik Majid
• Prince Baja, sheik Majid's brother
• Ibrahim, sheik Majid's and prince Baja's father (mentioned)
• Harun
• Mr Stevens junior
• John, bartender
• Seymour, former JP
• Verlinks, Belgian mercenary
• The Chief of Post and Telephone in Sotuland
• Sambu
• Sergeant, JP

Locations

• Bengali
  • Morristown
    • Morristown harbour
    • Presidential Palace
• Sotuland
  • Sotubar
    • Nightclub "Africa's Pearl"
• Lavi (former German East Africa, mentioned)
• Upper Sotu River
• Lower Sotu River
• Rodia
  • Marcusburg
• Germany (mentioned)
• France (mentioned)
• England (mentioned)
  • Dartmoor prison (mentioned)
• Lebanon (implied)
  • Beirut (mentioned)

Tribes

• Bandar
• Wambesi

Organizatons

• The Jungle Patrol
• The Stevens Corporate Group
• Percy Wilson Export, Inc.
• Bengali Business Bank

Old Jungle Sayings

• The Phantom's horse is faster than the wind
• When the Phantom moves, lightning stands still.

Behind the scenes

• Worubu has a mustache instead of his usual goatee, a look he only had temporarily in the daily strip story "Luaga's Undercover Tour" which had been published in Sweden two years before "The Diamond War".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Denmark

• "Diamantkrigen", Fantomet #53 (1975)

Finland

• "Timanttisota", Mustanaamio 13/1973
• "Timanttisota", Mustanaamio 8/1991
• "Timanttisota", Mustanaamio 1973 (2016)

Norway

• "Diamantkrigen", Fantomet 14/1973
• "Diamantkrigen", Krønikebok #34 (2007)

Sweden

• "Diamantkriget", Fantomen 1/1973
• "Diamantkriget", Fantomen 15/1993 (colored by TGS)
• "Diamantkriget", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1973, Del 1 (2024)
• "Diamantkriget", På förbjuden mark (2025)

Turkey

• "Elmas Savaşı", Kızılmaske #184 – #185 (1977)