Hero (story)

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Hero
Produced for:	Fantomen 7/1984
# of pages:	32
Writer:	Donne Avenell
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Producer:	Semic Press

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

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Character appearances 2 Behind the Scenes 3 Reprints 3.1 Australia 3.2 Denmark 3.3 Finland 3.4 Norway 3.5 Sweden 4 Awards

Plot summary

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Character appearances

Recurring Characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Hero
• Rex
• Miss Tagama
• Devil
• Fraka
• Joomba
• Kateena

One-time Characters

• Ogdac
• Eri Khan

Real-life Characters

• Genghis Khan (in flashbacks only)

Bangalla tribes

• Malo

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods

Behind the Scenes

• Donne Avenell sets the adventure somewhere in India.^{[citation needed]} India was originally thought to be the Phantom's home, but before this story was published, Lee Falk had made it resonably clear Phantom country was to be found on the African continent.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Hero", The Phantom #1554 (2009)

Denmark

• "Hero", Fantomet #324 (1990)

Finland

• "Hero", Mustanaamio 17/1984

Norway

• "Hero", Fantomet 22/1984
• "Hero", De beste historiene (1993)

Sweden

• "Hero", Fantomen 7/1984

Awards

• Best story (Norway) 1984

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Best Story Winners
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "The Wedding of the Phantom" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" |  2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" |  2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner"