Guran

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Guran
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Publisher King Features Syndicate, Egmont
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Created by Lee Falk
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Supporting character of Phantom

Guran is a character from the comic strip The Phantom . Guran is the best friend of the main character, Phantom. [1]

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Character synopsis

According to Lee Falk's novel The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks , Guran is ten years older than Kit Walker (a.k.a. The Phantom). The two grew up together in the deep woods of Bangalla, where Guran taught the Phantom the ways of the Bandar tribe. Guran was the Phantom's best man when he married his girlfriend since boyhood, Diana Palmer. Guran followed Kit to Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Kit studied while living with his aunt and uncle, Bessie and Sid, leaving him to become the first of the shy, isolated Bandar pigmies to learn how to read and write. He also brought Kit the message about Kit's dying father, the 20th Phantom, causing the 20-year-old college student to leave America to return to the Skull Cave, Bangalla, where he took up the mantle of the Phantom. Known for his characteristic clothing, he is usually seen wearing a special hat made of either blades of grass or wood. He is also the medicine man of the Bandar, and has saved the Phantom's life on a few occasions due to his knowledge of ancient Bangallan medicine, as well as modern western medicine.

Family

Guran is the son of the former chief of the Bandar tribe, leaving him to take over the title from his father (it is not known whether his father died or retired from the position). His ancestors, who have accompanied various Phantoms on adventures, are similar in appearance and are all named with the suffix -uran.

Guran has a son from a former relationship, Timo, the black sheep of the family. Timo was once was a part of the team who tried to steal the Phantom's treasure from the Skull Cave.

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References

  1. The Phantom Comics and the New Left: A Socialist Superhero. Springer. 14 February 2020. ISBN   9783030398002.
  2. "Hearst Animation".