Paul Wheelahan's The Panther #20
In "The City Beneath the Earth," Paul Wheelahan’s *The Panther* #20 delivers a gripping tale of storm, mystery, and forgotten realms. When Tremayne discovers a knife in his library during a violent storm, memories of a past ordeal resurface—leading to a flashback where the Panther, stranded by a tempest, follows a river to the hidden city of Kallimar, where he confronts a usurper named Kane. Written, drawn, inked, and lettered by Paul Wheelahan, with cover art by the same, this 1958 adventure blends suspense and myth in a story that unfolds beneath the surface of the world.
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During a fierce storm Tremayne retires to his library to do some reading. As he waits for the weather to pass he finds a knife among his books and recalls where it came from. In a flashback we learn of how, two years prior, the Panther was caught in another powerful storm, and seeking shelter he followed a river to its source. A bolt of lightning struck a tree, and the Panther was caught in its path as it fell. Unconscious, but borne by the fallen tree, he was carried down the river to Kallimar, a subterranean city, where he encountered Kane, an outsider who had usurped the throne of El Rie.
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