The Little Detective Who Disappeared

The Little Detective Who Disappeared
Start date:	November 18th, 2018
End date:	May 12th, 2019
# of strips:	26
Writer:	Tony DePaul
Artist:	Jeff Weigel
Original colorist:	Jeff Weigel
Preceded by:	"The Rat Must Die"
Followed by:	"The Free Avar Front"

"The Little Detective Who Disappeared" is the 187th Phantom Sunday story. The story was written by Tony DePaul and drawn by Jeff Weigel.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Guran
• Devil
• Hero
• Colonel Worubu
• Derwood "Buzz" Apple
• Babudan

One-time characters

• The little detective
• The Hellborne Helene crew
• Farfar (Swedish for paternal grandfather)
• Farfar's granddaughter

Locations

• Bangalla
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Xanangatown
    • Xanangatown Post Office
  • Jungle Patrol HQ
    • The Abandoned Well
  • Boomsby Prison (mentioned)
• Sweden
• The Philippines (mentioned)
• Australia (mentioned)
• USA (implied)
  • Wharton School (mentioned)

Tribes

• Bandar
• Xananga

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol

Vehicles

• B-29 Hellborne Helene

Items

Old jungle sayings

• Never point a gun at the Phantom.
• The Phantom moves faster than lightning.
• The Phantom is rough with roughnecks.

Behind the scenes

• The character "Farfar" is drawn to look like longtime Fantomen editor Ulf Granberg.

• In the Swedish reprint in Fantomen 5/2021, editor Mikael Sol made changes to Farfar's appearance in the artwork, and changed two background characters to look like himself and future Fantomen editor Andreas Eriksson. Sol added an eye patch to the drawings of Farfar, which matches many other drawings of Granberg in the Fantomen magazine and other comics.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• The Sunday Telegraph November 18, 2018 – January 20, 2019 - the first ten weeks only
• Sunday Tasmanian November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• The Sunday Times November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• The Sunday Mail December 2, 2018 – June 16, 2019
• "The Little Detective Who Disappeared", The Phantom #1882 (2020)

Greece

• "Η Μικρή Ντετέκτιβ Που Εξαφανίστηκε" (romanized as "I Mikri Ntetektiv Pou Exafanistike"), The Phantom #2 (2025)

India

• Sudha Weekly‎ December 13, 2018 – May 30, 2019
• The Asian Age July 21, 2019 – December 29, 2019
• Deccan Chronicle July 21, 2019 – December 29, 2019
• "The Little Detective Who Disappeared", The Phantom #19 (2021)

Jamaica

• Jamaica Star November 15, 2018 – May 2, 2019 (9th, 13th, and 26th week missing, 11th page published out of order on February 7, 2019)

Kenya

• Sunday Nation November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019 (6th week missing)

Mexico

• "¡El pequeño detective que desapareció", El Sol de Tampico December 9, 2018 – May 26, 2019 (22nd, 23rd, and 25th week missing)
• "¡El pequeño detective que desapareció", El Informador June 21, 2020 – December 13, 2020

Norway

• "Den lille detektiven som forsvant", Fantomet Year Album 2023

The Philippines

• The Philippine Star November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019

Sweden

• "Den lille detektiven som försvann", Smålänningen September 13, 2019 – March 6, 2020
• "Den lilla detektiven som försvann", Fantomen 5/2021

USA

• The Birmingham News November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• Daytona Beach News-Journal November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• The Huntsville Times November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• Ledger-Enquirer November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• Reading Eagle November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• Staten Island Advance November 18, 2018 – May 12, 2019
• Anderson Independent-Mail December 2, 2018 – May 12, 2019 - without the first three weeks
• Delaware County Daily Times May 5, 2019 – May 12, 2019 - the last two weeks only