The Secret

The Secret
Produced for:	Fantomen 16/1984
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Donne Avenell
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Secret" is a 1984 Team Fantomen story, written by Donne Avenell, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Plot synopsis

While Guran is having a nap outside The Skull Cave, an ape steals the first chronicle book of The 1st Phantom. A short time later an elderly British explorer, Sir Lancelot, finds the book near the beach at Keela-Wee and realizes it is the find of the century.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Guran
• Hero
• Devil
• The 1st Phantom (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Sir Lancelot Glebe
• Libby
• Melina

Locations

• Bengali
  • Keela-Wee
  • Phantom Head Peak
  • The Whispering Grove
  • Deep Woods
    • The Waterfall
      • The Skull Cave
        • The Skull Throne
        • The Major Treasure Room
        • The Chronicle Room
        • The Radio Control Room
        • The Phantom Crypt

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol (mentioned)

Items

• The Love Potion of Tristan and Isolde
• Charlemagne's sword

Phantom lore

• X Band
• Talking drums

Old jungle sayings

• The Phantom moves as silently as the jungle cat.

Behind the Scenes

• One panel from this story was used in the one-page story "The Reboot".
• The king who knights Sir Lancelot some time after 1939 bears the likeness of George V, who died in 1936.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Finland

• "Salaisuus", Mustanaamio 1/1985

Norway

• "Hemmeligheten", Fantomet 5/1985

Sweden

• "Hemligheten", Fantomen 16/1984