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A Franco-Belgian School comic, it follows the adventures of '''Rahan''', a prehistoric caveman who wanders the earth, encountering a wide variety of tribes and challenges on his way.

Wherever he goes, Rahan carries his trademark ivory cutlass, and his collar - one comprising five claws, each one representing a virtue he tries to live up to: courage, loyalty, generosity, resilience, and wisdom. Nearly [[Once an Episode]], Rahan figures out a new primitive technology to deal with with this issue's challenge.

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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: At one point Rahan is kidnapped by a tribe of hyena-women (really, ''really'' ugly women). [[Non Sequitur Episode|He saves himself for the hideous fate of sleeping with all of them.]]
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Done in France in 1987, lasted one season.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Rahan, while still only human, is pretty much at the top of his game, being smarter and a better fighter, tracker, hunter, runner, swimmer and all-around human being than most of the people he encounters.
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: Often literally. Including a phone network.
* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: Most animals are called by their physical characteristics, such as fourhands for monkeys and longteeth for saber-toothed cats.
* [[Doing In the Wizard]] : Rahan often debunks superstitious beliefs he comes across, be they merely misinterpretations of natural events or the acts of [[Path of Inspiration|manipulative shamans]].
* [[Doomed Hometown]] : By a volcano no less.
* [[The Hero]] : Rahan himself, very much so.
* [[Loin Cloth]]
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Rahan is the only pale-skinned blond man.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]
* [[Science Hero]] : Windmills, bridges, rafts, and so many more...Rahan seems determined to single-handedly get humanity out of the stone age.
* [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying]]: Rahan regularly encounters dinosaurs. It's made even [[You Fail Biology Forever|weirder]] by the fact that he ''also'' comes across regular paleolithic fauna such as mammoths and cave bears.
** The writers try to [[Hand Wave]] the dinosaurs by repeatedly stating that they're leftovers from a bygone age, but iy really just comes across as [[Did Not Do the Research]] and [[Rule of Cool]].
* [[Thou Shall Not Kill]] : Rahan himself takes pride in never having killed a human being.  {{spoiler|In one issue, he suffers a [[Heroic BSOD]] when he believes he broke his own code.}}
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Rahan is the prehistoric analog of [[The Drifter]], wandering from place to place and righting wrongs.

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[[Category:Belgian Comics]]
[[Category:Franco-Belgian Comics]]
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