Trader Joe
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| First appearance: | "The Wharf Rats" |
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| Created by: | Lee Falk & Sy Barry |
Trader Joe is the friendly jungle shopkeeper, managing a small trade post at the edge of the jungle.
Fictional biography
According to Lee Falk
Trader Joe is married The Three Bandits, but his wife is rarely seen or mentioned.
Trader Joe was a successful London banker who, influenced by Paul Gauguin, left his profession and came to the jungle to paint. He later started trading, married a Wambesi woman and has half a dozen children. He operates his motor launch 'The Belch'. The Mysterious Ambassador
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According to Team Fantomen
Trader Joe is a widower, whose wife Anne died due to malaria and whose son was kidnapped and thrown to the wolves by bandits as a child. Joe's son grew up among the wolves and was later killed by Joe when he attacked and tried to kill the bandit who had kidnapped him. The Wolfman
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Behind the scenes
Before Trader Joe made his first appearance, Lee Falk introduced two other characters with the same name:
- In "The Impostor" a fugitive by the Trader Joe steals The Phantom's suite while he's swimming, and has the whole jungle believe he is the true Phantom.
- In "The Phantom's Ring" Trader Joe is a roughneck who manages a small shop and gets his hands on the Skull Ring for a short time, before he himself is robbed of it.
Additionally, in "The Killer" a recluse named Trader Ed appears who shares some characteristics with the Trader Joe character. Trader Ed was renamed Trader Joe in at least one translated reprint (Sy Barry - en jubileumskrönika 1961-1991 in Sweden).
Appearances
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Daily/Sunday stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "The Wharf Rats" | Falk | Barry | first appearance |
| "The Mysterious Ambassador" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Three Bandits (daily story)" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Three Bandits (Sunday story)" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Heirs" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Crater" | Falk | Olesen, Williams | |
| "The Animal Collector" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | |
| "The Hit Men" | DePaul | Olesen, Williams | |
| "The Wiseguy" | DePaul | Beatty |
Avon novels
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "The Mysterious Ambassador" | Falk | N/A |