The River that Disappears

The River that Disappears
Produced for:	Fantomen 24/1970
# of pgs:	24
Writer:	Don Jon Arneson & Janne Lundström
Artist:	Bertil Wilhelmsson
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The River that Disappears" is a 1970 Team Fantomen story, written by Janne Lundström, with art by Bertil Wilhelmsson. It is a remake of "The River That Never Ends".

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer
• Devil
• Hero
• Guran
• Honest Henrik
• Roban
• The Phantom of 55 years ago (mentioned)

One-time characters

• N'Gogo
• N'Gaga
• Corn
• One-eye

Locations

• Bengali
  • Ngayala River
    • The River that Disappears
  • Urabura
  • Ngayala Village
    • Temple
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol (mentioned)

Tribes

• Ngayala
• Bandar

Behind the scenes

• No official credits were given when this story was first published, but the text W37 on the first page indicates that it is the 37th story drawn by Bertil Wilhelmsson. 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".
• The story includes panels where Bertil Wilhelmsson has been inspired by the comic "Bernard Prince" drawn by Hermann Huppen.
• No writer was credited at publication. According to editorial documents donated to Seriearkivet/The Comics Archive, Janne Lundström wrote the script based on the American story.

Related stories

Remake of

• "The River That Never Ends" by Don Jon Arneson and Jim Aparo.

Referenced in

• "The Plague" by Janne Lundström and Bertil Wilhelmsson

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Virran henki", Mustanaamio 3/1973
• "Virran henki", Mustanaamio 1973 (2016)

Norway

• "Floden som forsvinner", Fantomet 23/1971
• "Floden som forsvinner", Krønikebok #30 (2006)
• "Floden som forsvinner", Fantomet Kronologisk #25 (2023)

Sweden

• "Floden som försvinner", Fantomen 24/1970
• "Floden som försvinner", Fantomen 8/2020 (colored by Reprostugan)
• "Floden som försvinner", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1970, Del 5 (2021)