Trader Joe
| 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.
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According to Team Fantomen
Trader Joe is a widower, whose wife was killed by bandits and whose son was thrown to the wolves by said bandits as a child. Joe's son grew up among the wolves and was later killed by Joe when he attacked people. 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 |