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{{character 
|name=Dr Axel
|image= [[Image:Dr Axel.jpg|300px]]
|first= "[[Dr Axel and the Witchmen]]" 
|creators= [[Lee Falk]] & [[Wilson McCoy]]
|}}

'''Dr Axel''' is the doctor of the jungle, and runs [[Dr. Axel's Jungle Hospital|a jungle hospital]]. He has been doing so ever since he was asked by [[the 20th Phantom]]. 
== Fictional character biography ==
===According to the newspaper strip ===
While still a young doctor Axel had alcohol problems, and after nearly causing the death of one of his patients he fled out in the jungle. Stumbling upon the 20th Phantom, badly wounded after a showdown, he saved the Phantom's life, forever gaining his friendship.

With support from the [[The Minor Treasure Room|minor treasure room]], the Jungle Hospital was founded, and protected by the Phantom's [[The Good Mark|good mark]]. Dr Axel later helped deliver [[the 21st Phantom]], as well as the next generation - the twins [[Kit]] and [[Heloise]]

Dr Axel has a son [[Ben Axel]], who studies medicine. {{Storylink|The Star of Bangalla}}

===According to Team Fantomen stories ===
== Behind the scenes ==
Lee Falk mentioned both '''Bjorn''' {{Storylink|Attack of the Witchmen}} and '''Thor''' {{Storylink|The Shaman}} as the first name of the doctor. [[Team Fantomen]] has his first name to be '''Thorbjorn'''{{cite}}, and regards him as being of Scandinavian descent.

In the 1970's the the color of Dr. Axel's skin changed temporarily in the newspaper strip. Otherwise known to be Caucasian he was depicted as a black man between 1971 and 1977. [[Team Fantomen]] followed this change in their stories and continued this into the 1980's.

Dr Axel is based upon real-life doctor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer].

==Appearances==
{{IncompList}}
===[[Daily stories|Daily]]/[[Sunday stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
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|"[[The Childhood of the Phantom (1944 story)|The Childhood of the Phantom]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Wilson McCoy|McCoy]] || unnamed and with a different appearance, retroactively identified as Dr Axel in later stories about the current Phantom's birth
|-
|"[[Dr Axel and the Witchmen]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Wilson McCoy|McCoy]] ||
|-
|"[[The Flying Horse (daily story)|The Flying Horse]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Wilson McCoy|McCoy]] ||
|-
|"[[Bullets' Town]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[Rex King (story)|Rex King]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[The Stolen Trophy]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[Tale of the Good Mark]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[Tale of Rex]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[The Wedding of the Phantom]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[Phantom Wedding]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[The Heirs]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[The Star of Bangalla]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[Attack of the Witchmen]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[Sy Barry|Barry]] ||
|-
|"[[The Shaman]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[George Olesen|Olesen]], [[Keith Williams|Williams]] ||
|-
|"[[Valley of the Gorillaman]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || [[George Olesen|Olesen]], [[Keith Williams|Williams]] ||
|-
|"[[The Briefcase]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Graham Nolan|Nolan]] ||
|-
|}

===[[Team Fantomen stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[The Secret Kingdom]]" || [[Janne Lundström| Lundström]]  || [[Bertil Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]] ||
|-
|"[[The Man in the Swamp]]" || [[Joe Gill|Gill]]  || [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] ||
|-
|"[[Death in the Sky]]" || [[Ulf Granberg|Granberg]]  || [[Jaime Vallvé|Vallvé]] ||
|-
|"[[The Wolfman (Team Fantomen story)|The Wolfman]]" || [[Janne Lundström|Lundström]] || [[Jaime Vallvé|Vallvé]] ||
|-
|"[[On Forbidden Land]]" || [[Janne Lundström| Lundström]]  || [[Jaime Vallvé|Vallvé]] ||
|-
|"[[The Last Assignment]]" || [[Norman Worker|Bull]] || [[Bertil Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]], [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] || &nbsp;
|-
|"[[Goldhand (story)|Goldhand]]" || [[Janne Lundström|Lundström]] || [[Georges Bess|Bess]] ||
|-
|"[[The Great Race (1978 story)|The Great Race]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Bertil Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]], [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] || 
|-
|"[[The Storm]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Georges Bess|Bess]] || 
|-
|"[[Grand Prix]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Bertil Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]], [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] || 
|-
|"[[Plague Warning]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Heiner Bade|Bade]] || 
|-
|"[[Mahmoud and the Elixir of Life]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] ||
|-
|"[[The Mysterious Murders]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] ||
|-
|"[[The Pirate Inheritance]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Kari Leppänen|Leppänen]] ||
|-
|"[[The Gold of the Incas]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Jaime Vallvé|Vallvé]] || 
|-
|"[[The White Slave Trade]]" || [[Dai Darell|Darell]] || [[Kari Leppänen|Leppänen]] || depicted as European
|-
|"[[The Secret of Snake Island]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Heiner Bade|Bade]] || depicted as African
|-
|"[[Revenge of the Drummer]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Knut Westad|Westad]] || depicted as European
|-
|"[[The Water of Life]]" || [[Dai Darell|Darell]], [[Jörgen Ewers|Ewers]]  || [[Hans Lindahl|Lindahl]] || depicted as African
|-
|"[[The Valley of Death (Team Fantomen story)|The Valley of Death]] || [[Dai Darell|Darell]] || [[Heiner Bade|Bade]] || depicted as African
|-
|"[[Race Against Death (Team Fantomen story)|Race Against Death]]" || [[Ulf Granberg|Granberg]] || [[Hans Lindahl|Lindahl]] ||
|-
|"[[Devil's Adventure]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[John Stokes|Stokes]] || 
|-
|"[[Damballa's Verdict]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Heiner Bade|Bade]] || 
|-
|"[[The Swamp of Horrors]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Tierres]] || [[Bertil Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]], [[Özcan Eralp|Eralp]] || 
|-
|"[[The Secret of the Haunted Castle]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Felmang]] ||
|-
|"[[The Ghost on Flight 302]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[José Casanovas|Casanovas]] || 
|-
|"[[The Yellow Death]]" || [[Scott Goodall|Goodall]] || [[Jean-Yves Mitton|Mitton]] || 
|-
|"[[The Demon]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Jaime Vallvé|Vallvé]] || depicted as African
|-
|"[[The Ghost Pilot]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Felmang]], [[Claudio Waldrag|Waldrag]] || depicted as European
|-
|"[[Deadly Cargo (Westad story)|Deadly Cargo]]" || [[Terje Emberland|Emberland]] || [[Knut Westad|Westad]] ||
|-
|"[[The Black Death]]" || [[Scott Goodall|Goodall]] || [[Carlos Cruz|Cruz]] ||
|-
|"[[Death of a Patrolman, Part 1]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Kari Leppänen|Leppänen]] || 
|-
|"[[Kingdom of the Amazons]]" || [[Scott Goodall|Goodall]] || [[Felmang]], [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]] ||
|-
|"[[Bababu's Great Hoax]]" || [[Norman Worker|Worker]] || [[Felmang]] and [[Usam]] ||
|-
|"[[Marsh Fever]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Felmang]], [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]] ||
|-
|"[[Jungle Snow]]" || [[Cici Rüetschi|Rüetschi]], [[Jörgen Bäckström|Bäckström]], [[Claes Reimerthi|Tierres]] || [[Felmang]], [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]], [[Eugenio Benni|Benny]] || depicted as African
|-
|"[[Aron (story)|Aron]]" || [[Tony DePaul|DePaul]] || [[Hans Lindahl|Lindahl]] ||
|-
|"[[Death from Radiation]]" || [[Lennart Moberg|Moberg]] || [[Lennart Moberg|Moberg]], [[Christer Thunborg|Thunborg]] || depicted as European
|-
| "[[Blood Brothers]]" || [[Donne Avenell|Avenell]] || [[Felmang]], [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]], [[Anthony Benny|Benny]] ||
|-
|"[[City of the Skull-Marked Men]]" || [[Scott Goodall|Goodall]] || [[César Spadari|Spadari]] || 
|-
|"[[The Doomsday Sect]]" || [[Ben Raab|Raab]] || [[César Spadari|Spadari]] || 
|-
|"[[The 21st Phantom (story)|The 21st Phantom]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] || 
|-
|"[[The Grim Reaper]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] ||
|-
|"[[In the Shadow of Death (2005 story)|In the Shadow of Death]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[César Spadari|Spadari]] ||
|-
|"[[Pirates Ahead, Part 1]]" || [[Tony DePaul|DePaul]] || [[Joan Boix]] ||
|-
|"[[Pirates Ahead, Part 2]]" || [[Tony DePaul|DePaul]] || [[Felmang]] ||
|-
|"[[The Pandemic]]"|| [[Philip Madden|Madden]]|| [[Sal Velluto|Velluto]] || 
|-
| "[[Epilogue]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Joan Boix]] ||
|-
| "[[Singh War, Part 2: Rodiagate]]" || [[Claes Reimerthi|Reimerthi]] || [[Heiner Bade|Bade]] ||
|-
|}

===[[Gold Key/King/Charlton stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[Oogooru (story)|Oogooru]]" || [[Bill Harris|Harris]] || [[Bill Lignante|Lignante]] ||
|-
|"[[Blind Man's Bluff]]" || [[Dick Wood|Wood]] || [[Bill Lignante|Lignante]] ||
|-
|"[[The Treasure of Bengali Bay]]" || [[Bill Harris|Harris]] || [[Bill Lignante|Lignante]] ||
|-
|}

===[[Moonstone stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[End War Part 1]]" || [[Mike Bullock|Bullock]] || [[Silvestre Szilagyi|Szilagyi]] || 
|-
|"[[End War Part 2]]" || [[Mike Bullock|Bullock]] || [[Silvestre Szilagyi|Szilagyi]] || 
|-
|"[[End War Part 3]]" || [[Mike Bullock|Bullock]] || [[Silvestre Szilagyi|Szilagyi]] || 
|-
|}

===[[DC stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[Blind]]" || [[Mark Verheiden|Verheiden]] || [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell]] || 
|-
|}

===[[Fratelli Spada stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[The Strange Girl]]" || [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]] || [[Germano Ferri|Ferri]] || 
|-
|}

===[[Bastei stories]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[The Treasure of the Green Hell]]" || [[Peter Mennigen|Mennigen]] ||  || 
|-
|}

===[[Avon novels]]===
{| {{table}}
!Title !!Writer !!Artist !! Comments
|-
|"[[Killer's Town]]" || [[Lee Falk|Falk]] || N/A  || 
|-
|}

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