Panday (character)

Panday
The Panday character as depicted by Fernando Poe Jr. in the third installment of the first film series in the 1980s. This is also a 2010 postage stamp released by the Philippine Postal Corporation in honor of Poe Jr. for National Stamp Collecting Month 2010 commemorating National Artists of the Philippines
Publication information
Publisher	Ace Publications
First appearance	Ang Panday, Pilipino Komiks (1979)[1][a]
Created by	Carlo J. Caparas (writer)[2] Steve Gan (artist)[3]
In-story information
Alter ego	Flavio
Abilities	Possesses a dagger forged from a meteorite which turns magically into a sword (or any other kind of weaponry in other versions) and has superlative swordsmanship skills

The Panday (Filipino for smith) is a fictional Philippine comics character created by writer Carlo J. Caparas and artist Steve Gan. His stories were first serialized in the comic series Ang Panday ("The Smith") in Pilipino Komiks during the late 1970s. The character, whose real name is Flavio, became a Philippine pop culture icon since it was adapted to film (Ang Panday) in 1980 with Fernando Poe Jr. portraying Flavio and Max Alvarado as his archenemy Lizardo. The film spawned three direct sequels, as well as multiple other more loosely connected films and television series including an animated version.

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