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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title=Waterman
|image= [[Image:Waterman.jpg|300px]]
|Start= August 31st, 1997
|End= April 19th, 1998
|Strips= 34 pages
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist=  [[George Olesen]],<br>[[Fred Fredericks]]  
|Colorist= [[King Features Syndicate|KFS]] staff
|Preceded="[[Dig]]"
|Followed="[[The Vanished Village]]"
|}}
'''"Waterman"''' is the 147th [[Phantom]] [[Sunday stories|Sunday story]]. It was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[George Olesen]] and [[Fred Fredericks]].

==Plot synopsis==
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=== Appearances ===
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'''Recurring characters'''

'''One-time characters'''

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'''Locations'''
*[[Bangalla]]
**[[Deep Woods]]
***[[The Skull Cave]]
**[[Eden]]

'''Tribes'''
*[[Mori]]
*[[The Little People]]
'''Organizations'''

'''Vehicles'''
*[[Thunder (motorcycle)|Thunder]]
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== Behind the scenes ==
*[[Queen Karola]] of [[Kula-Ku]] is mentioned, but as '''Queen Kulana of Ku'''.
*Her deceased husbands [[George Olesen|George]], [[Keith Williams|Kieth]] (sic) and [[Fred Fredericks|Fred]] are named after the artists on the newspaper strip at the time.

== Related stories ==
=== Refers to ===
*"[[The Great Web of Spidera]]" by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Sy Barry]]
*"[[Queen Karola of Kula-Ku]]" by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Sy Barry]]
*"[[The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak]]" by [[Lee Falk]], [[George Olesen]] and [[Keith Williams]]
*"[[The Irrondi and the Great Ones]]" by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Sy Barry]]

==Reprints==
This story has been published in the following publications:

===[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australia===
*"Waterman", [[The Phantom 1197 (Frew)|''The Phantom'' #1197]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif|border]] Finland ===
*''[[Seura]]'' 32/1998 &ndash; 16/1999 

=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] Germany ===
*"Das Geheimnis der Fischmenschen", [[Phantom 1 (Zauberstern)|''Phantom'' #1]] (2022)

=== [[Image:mini_greece.png]] Greece ===
*"Το Πλάσμα Του Νερού" (romanized as "To Plasma Tou Nerou"), [[The Phantom 2 (Mikros Iros)|''The Phantom'' #2]] (2025)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India ===
*''[[Anandamela]]'' August 11, 1999 &ndash; ?, 1999
*"Waterman", [[The Phantom 11 (Regal Comics)|''The Phantom'' #11]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Vattumännen", [[Fantomen 18-19/2023|''Fantomen'' 18-19/2023]]

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Su Adamı", [[Kızılmaske 31 (Büyülü Çizgi Roman)|''Kızılmaske'' #31]] (2016)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*''[[Republican Herald]]'' August 30, 1997 &ndash; April 18, 1998
*''[[The Ironton Tribune]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; March 29, 1998 - ''without the last three weeks''
*''[[The Advocate-Messenger]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[The Birmingham News]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Chippewa Herald]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Connecticut Post]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Daytona Beach News-Journal]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Reading Eagle]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Rome News-Tribune]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[Staten Island Advance]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998
*''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' August 31, 1997 &ndash; April 19, 1998

[[Category:Sunday stories|Waterman]]
[[Category:1998 Stories|Waterman]]