PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Fantom, Yu Pren Tru Bilong Mi
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Until the issue is resolved, Wantok has substituted a comic strip about the Old Testament. It is popular, but clearly no substitute for The Phantom. Hundreds of puzzled natives have besieged Wantok staffers, asking, "Fantom, em i go we?' ("Where did he go?") In the long run, though, his disappearance may be all for the best. In a future strip, the Phantom will marry his comic-strip sweetheart. "In Papua New Guinea they will be devastated," predicts a Wantok executive. "They will be appalled to see their hero domesticated."
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