Valley of the Apes

Valley of the Apes
Produced for:	Fantomen 12/2012
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Tony DePaul
Artist:	Sal Velluto
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Kärnan

"Valley of the Apes" is a 2012 Team Fantomen story, written by Tony DePaul, with art by Sal Velluto.

Plot synopsis

A team of geologists are shot at by ape men on Wambesi land and The Phantom discovers an unknown civilization of ape men inside a volcanic crater.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Baldy
• Devil
• Hero
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Guran
• Doctor Moon (mentioned)
• Kratos (mentioned)
• Nike (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Dr. Fiona Dossey, researcher
• Tony

Locations

• Bengali
  • Wambesiland
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room

Tribes

• Wambesi

Items

• Newspaper Morristown Gazette
• Magazine National Geographic

Related stories

Refers to

• "Power of the Apes" by Norman Worker and César Spadari
• "Old Baldy" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Behind the scenes

• The story codes TDP-83/SV-11 in the credits box indicates that it is the 83rd story written by Tony DePaul and the 11th story drawn by Sal Velluto. This practice of indicating the creators by initials and a serial number on the first page is still used on some comic strips produced in Sweden, but was abandoned rather quickly for "The Phantom". It only made a brief comeback in 2012.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Valley of the Apes", The Phantom #1631 (2012)

Norway

• "Apenes dal", Fantomet 11/2012

Sweden

• "Apornas dal", Fantomen 12/2012
• "Apornas dal", Fantomen 10-11/2025