The Whispering Statue

The Whispering Statue
Produced for:	Fantomen 22/1983
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Donne Avenell
Artist:	Heiner Bade
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Whispering Statue" is a 1983 Team Fantomen story, written by Donne Avenell, with art by Heiner Bade.

Plot synopsis

Visiting the jungle for a hunt, prince Buljhi has his men kidnap a young woman, Lilli, to add her to his harem in his kingdom in The Misty Mountains. To honour her beauty he orders his royal woodcarver to make a wood statue of her. The woodcarver and a group of soldiers cut down a tree in The Whispering Grove for this purpose. Lilli's fiance and The Phantom come to the kingdom to set her free. The wood statue begin to chant the name "Phan-Toom".

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Hero
• Devil

One-time characters

• Prince Buljhi
• Kapil
• Lilli
• The prince's vizier (unnamed)
• The royal woodcarver (unnamed)

Locations

• Bengali
  • The Misty Mountains
  • Deep Woods
  • The Whispering Grove

Tribes

• Oogaan

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Whispering Statue", The Phantom #1586 (2010)

Denmark

• "Den hviskende statue", Fantomet #248 (1984)

Finland

• "Kuiskiva patsas", Mustanaamio 5/1984

Norway

• "Den hviskende statuen", Fantomet 6/1984
• "Den hviskende statuen", Fantomet Gullalderen #25 (2016)

Sweden

• "Den viskande statyn", Fantomen 22/1983