…but I really hope E. Queasy, Boy Genius, becomes a regular member of the cast.
Meanwhile, in the jungles of Africa (I guess) the Phantom has rescued a talkative boy genius (kind of like if Daniel Radcliffe and Neal Patrick Harris had a baby), getting himself shot in the process. Evidently Kit is going to teach this kid some gratitude, primarily by making him play Savannah Surgeon. Where’s Guran when you need him?
Or, judging from the last panel, Hobo Fever?
In either case, it’s not often one sees corpses scatter willy-nilly in the comics:
The Comics Curmudgeon‘s Walker of Dog commented on how creepy it is that Kit Walker (aka, The Phantom; aka, The Ghost Who Practices Self-Mutilation) is drawn without eyes whenever he’s unmasked; usually he puts on a pair of sunglasses (YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!), or his face is shown in shadow.
I’m not too concerned with this, figuring this is a device to show how mysteriously mysterious The Phantom (aka, The Ghost Who’s Probably on the Lam from Something) is. But to allay Walker of Dog’s creeps, there might be a more logical explanation.
Child prodigy, kidnapped by bad guys, gets a message to Jungle Patrol.
Child prodigy, rescued by the Ghost-Who-Causes-Quite-A-Bit-of-Property-Damage, eagerly looks forward to returning to his college campus.
Child prodigy ends up at Skull Cave, where he is encouraged to wear a diaper and learn how to box with Kit, Jr.
Child prodigy sends a message to the bad guys, promising them anything for them to rescue him.
To say nothing of the sandwich…
With heaven as my witness, when I first saw the second panel, I didn’t realize that Guran was obscuring half of the monitor. Really!
…except for the very, very long denouement.
Sorry I ever, even vaguely, wondered what happened to Chatu…sheesh.
There’s still no word on what the Phantom did to the Python, but the Munchkins of Bandarland are happy anyway. Well, right up until the blow-out feast and celebration of Kit’s return home goes over the top, which, if you’re Bandar, isn’t all that high…
The Phantom (aka, Stripey Butt, aka, Ghost Who Talks Way Too Much) has a two-week-long, knock-down, drag-out confrontation with Chatu (aka, The Python, aka Villain Who Also Talks Way Too Much). The Phantom finally knocks his worstest enemy ever! out and removes him from prison. The next time we see The Phantom, there’s no trace of The Python!
Where the deuce did he go?
Unless you give us some exposition, Kit (which I’m guessing he will), we’re forced to draw our own conclusions:
The Obvious:
The Intriguing:
(Kind of one of those “compare and contrast” things…)