The Phantom:
A Publishing History in Brazil

Title:	Fantasma Novels
Publisher:	Editora Golfinho (#1, #2), Editora Hemus (#3)
Year:	1975-1977
Issues:	3
Size:	13cm x 20cm (Avon)
Pages:	various

Three of the Phantom Avon novels from the USA where translated into Portugese and published in Brazil. The original cover art was used for these books.

Date	Code	Story Title	Author	Pages
1975	S53	The Phantom, The Ghost Who Walks	Lee Falk	146
1975	S67	The Veiled Lady	Frank S. Shawn	102
1977	D82	The Slave Market of Mucar	Basil Copper	150

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Title:	Fantasma Especial
Publisher:	L&PM
Year:	1986-1989
Issues:	3
Size:	28cm x 21cm
Pages:	78 & 48

This short series had an unusual large landscape format, with black and white printing. The first issue was published in August 1986 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of The Phantom -- of course it reprinted The Singh Brotherhood (78 pages). The second issue was published in May 1987, containing the story The Sky Band (48 pages). The third issue was published in February 1989, containing the story The Diamond Hunters (48 pages).

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Title:	Various
Publisher:	Editora Ópera Graphica
Year:	2001-present
Issues:	5
Size:	various
Pages:	various

Editora Ópera Graphica recently launched several Fantasma comics with a range of titles. To date there has only been one issue in each series. All are black & white with colour covers.

Issue	Book Title	Story	Code	Date	Size	Pages
1	O Fantasma Coleção	Strangers at Keela-Wee The Veiled Lady	S72 S67	Jun 2001	13.5cm x 17.5cm	96
1	Crônicas de O Fantasma	The Phantom Cowboy	D182	Jun 2001	13.5cm x 17.5cm	96
1	O Fantasma Pocket	The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak	D184	Aug 2001	11.5cm x 17.5cm	82
1	Fantasma Gold	The Slave Market of Mucar	D82	Sep 2001	15cm x 23cm	106
1	O Fantasma Magazine	The Star of Bangalla Walker's Table The First Phantom King Bongong	S107 S75 S96 D174	Dec 2002	18.7cm x 27.5cm	52

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