Felmang's Phantom Index

Fratelli Spada (Italy)

Many thanks to Romano Felmang for providing me with details of his early Phantom work.

French American Adventures #232
One of Felmang's covers for the American Adventures series published by Fratelli Spada.
This is the French edition (Le Fantôme #232, 22-2-69), which was a reprint of the original Italian version (L'Uomo Mascherato)

# Story Title Assistant Italian Phantom Series Issue Date
0 Kaniska   see NOTE below   1966
1 I Ladri Della Tomba Del Gran Re
(Raiders of the Great King's Tomb)		   I Classici dell'Avventura 134 Feb 1967
2 Corsa Infernale
(The Infernal Race)		   Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 15 11 Jun 1967
3 L'Invasione Dei Mercenari
(Invasion of the Mercenaries)		   Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 23 6 Aug 1967
4 Chi Scherza col Fuoco
(Who Jokes With Fire?)		   Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 90 17 Nov 1968
5 Sabotaggio Aereo
(Aerial Sabotage)		   Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 104 23 Feb 1969
6 Smeraldi Irrangiungibili
(The Irrangiungibili Emerald)		 Paul Bennet (inks) Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 113 27 Apr 1969
7 Un Mistero da Svelare
(A Mystery to Reveal)		 Mario Pedrazzi (inks) Avventure Americane Nuova Serie 183 25 Oct 1970

Notes:
  1. Felmang wrote and drew his first Phantom story, Kaniska, in 1966. The story ran for 8 pages and was never published in it's original form. It did appear in an Italian pocket magazine called Sylvie No.1 (June 1971), and was recently reprinted in Svint Comics. However, the central character was changed from The Phantom to El Diablo.

  2. Near the end of 1974, Felmang drew another Phantom story which ran for 30 pages. This story was created for the Italian publisher Fratelli Fabbri, but was never published because the rights could not be obtained.

Semic / Egmont

Fantomen (Sweden)
Fantomet (Norway)

and reprinted in English by Frew Publications (Australia)

These stories are listed in the order that they were completed, and the working titles are given if they differed from the Frew title. In order for Romano to keep up with his busy schedule, he receives assistance from several different art assistants. It is very difficult to specify exactly who did what in each story, since the roles of layouts, pencils and inking are shared around. The "assistant" credit given in the list below, is based on information provided in the individual comics, and published lists for the Swedish and Norwegian editions. Perhaps the best of Romano's assistants is Germano Ferri, who beautifully illustrated numerous Phantom stories for Fratelli Spada in the 1960s (his first was in the Italian American Adventures #25, published on 9 Dec 1962).

Many thanks to Romano Felmang, Fredrik Pettersson, and Brian Jensen for their help with this research

# Story Title Assistant Writer Fantomen Fantomet FREW
1 The Curse of Carpatia   Worker 23/1987 8/1988  
2 Secret of the Haunted Castle   Tierres 4/1988 16/1988 926
3 Secret of the Arc   Avenell 14/1988 26/1988 949
4 The Golden Rune Pt.3: Count of Darkness   Worker 18/1988 3/1989 942
5 Stormbringer (The Storm Maker) Waldrag Tierres 4/1989 14/1989 957
6 The Ghost Pilot Waldrag Worker 13/1989 24/1989 958A
7 Deadly Cargo Waldrag Worker 23/1989 8/1990 965
8 The President's Double Waldrag Granberg/Granberg 5/1990 17/1990 966
9 The Reptile Queen Waldrag Worker 24/1990 4/1992  
10 The Whispering Death (Wings of Death) Ferri Tierres 14/1990 23/1990 977
11 Marineland Drug Menace (*** see note) Ferri Tierres 1/1991 6/1991  
12 Kingdom of the Amazons Ferri Goodall 10/1991 16/1991 993, 1326
13 The Guardian Angel Ferri Tierres 16/1991 22/1991 1007
14 Bababu's Great Hoax Usam Worker 20/1991 25/1991 1002
15 Marsh Fever Ferri Avenell 22/1991 1/1992 1011
16 The Parrot (Thief on Board) Ferri Avenell 6/1992 10/1992 1110
17 The Drug Sharks Usam Schroder 7/1992 11/1992 1040
18 The Last Mission Ferri Tierres 21/1992 26/1992 1038
19 White as Snow - Red as Blood Ferri Moberg 22/1992 27/1992 1043
20 Fiery Revenge Ferri de Paul 2/1993 6/1993 1044
21 The Final Battle Ferri Moberg 6/1993 10/1993 1052
22 The Hidden People Ferri de Paul 12/1993 17/1993 1053
23 Jungle Snow Benny & Ferri Tierres 13/1993 19/1993 1054
24 Evil Plans Benny Tierres 17/1993 22/1993  
25 Samaris Ferri Falk 25/1993 4/1994 1070
26 The Missing Link Benny Tierres 25/1993 8/1994  
27 The Maestro Waldrag de Paul 26/1993 5/1994 1072
28 Revenge of Dogai Singh Benny Worker 7/1994 12/1994 1082
29 The Triads Pt.1: Deadly Cargo Benny Reimerthi 19/1994 25/1994 1096
30 The Triads Pt.2: The Five Thunderbolts Rancho Reimerthi 20/1994 26/1994 1097
31 The Triads Pt.3: The Tiger Queen Ferri Reimerthi 21/1994 1/1995 1098
32 The Triads Pt.4: Death in Shanghai Ferri Reimerthi 22/1994 2/1995 1099
33 The Triads Pt.5: At the End of the Road Benny Reimerthi 23/1994 3/1995 1100
34 The Ghost of HMS Atropos Waldrag & Ferri Worker 1/1995 7/1995 1103
35 The Count of Bengali Benny & Usam Reimerthi 3/1995 9/1995 1105
36 The Phantom Wreck
(The Wreck in Bengali Bay)		 Ferri & Benny Avenell 7/1995 13/1995 1112
37 Mission Balticum (Assignment in Riga) Usam Moberg 8/1995 14/1995 1114
38 The Wedding Gifts Ferri & Benny Avenell 12/1995 18/1995  
39 Mad Mission (The Suicide Mission) Benny de Paul 20/1995 23/1995 1129
40 Kill Worubu (Fire in the Blood) Waldrag de Paul 21/1995 24/1995 1134
41 The Mermaids of Melo Straits Ferri Falk 26/1995   1139
42 The Diary of Captain Walker
(Captain Walker's Logbook)		 Usam Reimerthi 4/1996 4/1996 1140
43 The Golden Man Rancho Reimerthi 6/1996 6/1996 1141
44 Blood Brothers Benny & Ferri Moberg 12/1996 12/1996 1152
45 The Silver Casket Letters (The Fatal Letters) Benny Worker 15/1996 15/1996 1161
46 Jackie the Ripper (The Wages of Sin) Morik Reimerthi 20/1996 20/1996 1159
47 The Pugilist (The Fighter) Benny Reimerthi 21/1996 21/1996  
48 The False Tsar Benny Ikonen & Hansgård 2/1997 2/1997 1169
49 The Land of Totem Poles Morik & Ferri de Paul 3/1997 3/1997  
50 The Skull Cave Mystery Benny Avenell 10/1997 10/1997 1176
51 Bastis - The Cat Goddess Benny Reimerthi 13/1997 13/1997 1185
52 The Fat Prey (King Fatso) Benny Moberg 20/1997 20/1997 1187
53 Marabella Benny Reimerthi 24/1997 24/1997 1192
54 Lily Palmer's Secret Benny Årnes 3/1998 3/1998 1198
55 Death in Delft
(The Assassination of Prince William)		 Benny Årnes 6/1998 6/1998 1200
56 The Curse of Rakshasa Benny Ikonen, Hansgård,
& McLaughlin		 11/1998 11/1998 1205
57 The Star of Sekhmet Morik Ikonen, Hansgård,
& McLaughlin		 20/1998 20/1998 1214
58 The Last Phantom Pt.1: The Eighth Circle   Reimerthi 24/1998 24/1998 1218
59 The Last Phantom Pt.2: The Choice   Reimerthi 25/1998 25/1998 1220
60 The Murderer in Blue (Purple Killer)   de Paul 7/1999 7/1999 1230
61 The Black Phantom   Worker 10/1999 10/1999 1233
62 Nautilus   Longstreet 14/1999 14/1999 1238
63 Under a False Flag (The Freedom Trail)   Goodall 18/1999 18/1999 1242
64 The Tiger Girl Ferri Falk & Granberg 1/2000 1/2000 1252
65 Revenge of Lubanga Pt.1 The Double Benny de Paul 6/2000 6/2000 1257
66 Queen Pera Ferri Falk & Granberg 9/2000 9/2000 1264
67 Stamus Contra Malo Pt.2 (Fight Evil) Morrik Reimerthi 13/2000 13/2000 1266
68 The Black Queen Benny Longstreet 14/2000 14/2000 1267
69 Julie and the Witchdoctor Morrik Reimerthi 17/2000 17/2000 1271
70 The Lady Luck Pt.1   Falk & Granberg 1/2001 1/2001 1283
71 The Lady Luck Pt.2   Falk & Granberg 2/2001 2/2001 1284
72 The Black Cat   Longstreet 8/2001 8/2001 1290
73 Revenge of the Mafia   Raab 16/2001 16/2001 1298
74 The Treasure of the Swamp   Jönsson 21/2001 21/2001 1304
75 The Bank Robbers Pt.1   Moberg 5/2002 5/2002 1318
76 The Bank Robbers Pt.2   Moberg 6/2002 6/2002 1319
77 The Bandani Pirates   Frognes 14/2002 14/2002 1328
78 Patrolman Weeks Suspended   Reimerthi 23/2002 23/2002 1337
79 The First Mission   Raab 4/2003 4/2003 1349
80 The Bank Robbers   Reimerthi 13/2003 13/2003 1357

Notes:
  1. "Marineland Drug Menace" was published with English translation in Wolf #1.
  2. The real names for some of Felmang's assistants are as follows:
    • Ferri = Germano Ferri
    • Benny = Anthony Benny
    • USam = Umberto Sammarini
    • Rancho = Ilario Ranucci
    • Waldrag = Claudio Waldrag
    • RoDo = Domenico Roselli
  3. In story #74, Felmang temporarily changed his pen-name to "Roy Mann". However, he has always preferred to sign his artwork as Felmang, even though Egmont continue to credit him with the name Roy Mann.


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