The following information is based on the Norwegian Fantomet magazine, published fortnightly by Egmont Scandinavia. Egmont also publish Fantomen in Sweden with a very similar format (a few days prior to the Norwegian edition), and Mustanaamio in Finland.English translations of The Phantom stories created by Egmont's team of writers and artists are subsequently reprinted by Frew Publications (Australia) and Indian Express Egmont Publications (India).
Fantomet (Norway) Nr.5 / 2001 by Rolf Gohs |
Nr.5 / 2001 Release Date: 27 February 2001 (Norway), 22 February 2001 (Sweden)
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Future issues planned as of 13 February 2001 (subject to change without notice):
- Fa 6/2001 (13 Mar) The Highwayman (De Paul & Spadari)
- Fa 7/2001 (27 Feb) The Curse of Durham (Reimerthi & Boix)
- Fa 8/2001 (6 Apr) The Black Cat (Longstreet & Felmang)
- Fa 9/2001 (24 Apr) The Prodigal Son (Reimerthi & Spadari)
The next four issues will be tributes to the late Jaime Vallvé, reprinting some of his classic 1970s stories:
- Fa 10/2001 (8 May) The Dead River (Knutsson & Vallvé) - reprint Fa 1/72 (Sweden)
- Fa 11/2001 (22 May) The Prophesy of the Kaldeers (Lundström & Vallvé) - reprint Fa 9/74
- Fa 12/2001 (5 Jun) Secret of the Swamp (Lundström & Vallvé) - reprint Fa 17/75
- Fa 13/2001 (19 Jun) The Flying Pirates (Granberg & Vallvé) - reprint Fa 8/77
... before returning to the normal schedule of new stories:
- Fa 14/2001 (3 Jul) The Spy (Lindahl)
- Fa 15/2001 (17 Jul) Pirate Night (Reimerthi & Boix)
- Fa 16/2001 (31 Jul) Prisoners of the Mafia (Raab & Felmang)
- Fa 17/2001 (14 Aug) Deadly Cargo (Hedman & Bade)
- Fa 18/2001 (28 Aug) The Attempted Murder (De Paul & Leppänen)
- Fa 19/2001 (11 Sep) The Swamp Gold (Jönsson & Felmang)
- Fa 20/2001 (25 Sep) The Ghost House (Reimerthi & Boix)
- Fa 21/2001 (9 Oct) Da Silva the Slaver (Hedman & Spadari)
- Fa 22/2001 (23 Oct) The Cursed Gold (Lindahl)
- Fa 23/2001 (6 Nov) The Castaway (Worker & Cruz)
- Fa 24/2001 (20 Nov) The Bengali Triangle (Jönsson & Bade)
- Fa 25/2001 (4 Dec) The Invisible Phantom (Raab & Ryan)
- Fa 26/2001 (18 Dec) El Dorado Pt.1 (Frognes)
New names here are Per Erik Hedman (Donald Duck writer) and artist Paul Ryan (American). Another new item to hopefully appear in Fa 14/2001 will be a 10-page Phantom story in cartoon style (something like Batman), by Ben Raab and Dan Davis. Two new non-Phantom contributions will be The Child Crusade by Rolf Gohs, and Merlin by Claes Reimerthi and Ola Skogäng.
My thanks to Kjell Steen for providing this information.
Recommended websites for more information:
- Fantomet Reference Pages (Norway)
- Phantom Kingdom (Sweden)
- Bosse Engberg's Fantomen Site (Sweden)
- Official Fantomen Site (Sweden)
- Egmont Sweden and Norway