A Gift from the Heavens

A Gift from the Heavens is a German comic inspired by The Lion King. It was published by Ehapa Verlag on February 29, 2000.
==Synopsis==
One night, Mufasa taught his son, Simba, that the kings of Pride Rock became bright stars after death and watched over their pride from the heavens. As Simba marveled at the tale, Mufasa called him to bed, and he bade the Great Kings of the Past farewell.
The next day, a rogue was wandering into the Pride Lands, lamenting his hunger, when a meteor fell from the sky and struck him. From nearby, Simba witnessed the crash and, upon seeing the rogue climb out of the meteor's crater, believed him to be a fallen star. As Simba bowed before the stranger, addressing him as "Your Majesty," the rogue realized that the cub believed him to be some sort of king. Deeming Simba crazy, the rogue tried to slink away, only to halt when Simba offered to bring him food.
After Simba had fetched the rogue a haunch of meat, the stranger lied that he was Simba's distant relative and that he was in the Pride Lands on a top secret mission. Simba was elated by the stranger's stories, but the rogue warned him not to tell anyone about their encounter, especially not his father, Mufasa.
Two days after the incident, Mufasa confronted Simba about his recent absences, but the cub simply blamed his strange behavior on a recent growth spurt. As Simba left to meet with the rogue again, Mufasa's majordomo, Zazu, determined to follow him and figure out what he was doing. Upon tailing Simba to the meteor's crater, Zazu overheard the rogue calling himself "Great-Fighter" and telling Simba another made-up story about his reign as king. Piecing together that Simba believed Great-Fighter to be a Great King of the Past, Zazu hastened back to Pride Rock to inform Mufasa.
Once Mufasa had been apprised of the situation, he resolved to drive Great-Fighter out of the Pride Lands for good, but Zazu cautioned him that, were he to expose Great-Fighter as a fraud, Simba might lose his faith in the stars. Thus, Zazu reasoned, it would be better to let the cub figure out the truth on his own.
Heeding Zazu's advice, Mufasa opted to send two parrots to interrogate Great-Fighter in front of Simba. Though Great-Fighter attempted to answer the parrots' questions about his reign, he continually exposed himself as confused and ignorant, to the point that he feared Simba might realize the truth. Abruptly, Great-Fighter declared that he must leave, but Simba chased after him and begged him to stay. In an attempt to lose the cub, Great-Fighter hopped across a river. Simba started to follow him but got attacked by a crocodile, and Zazu rushed off to fetch Mufasa.
Upon following Zazu to the river, Mufasa worried that Simba was in trouble, but the cub revealed that Great-Fighter had saved his life before returning to be among the stars. As the three headed home, Simba continued to tell stories about Great-Fighter, and Mufasa admitted that perhaps the rogue had been sent from the heavens after all.
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==References==
Category:Comics
Category:German comics
Category:The Lion King comics
Category:Real world