The 12th Phantom

The 12th Phantom
Active years (Team Fantomen):
1775-1793
Active years (Lee Falk):
Active years (Moonstone):
Active years (Bastei):
1881-1913
Active years (Other producers):
N/A

The 12th Phantom is one of the Phantoms.

Fictional Character Biography

According to Team Fantomen

He was born in 1757 to the 11th Phantom and Renata di Mascarelli as a slave in a desert castle in Yemen and was later freed together with his mother by the 11th Phantom. Son of the Desert

In 1773, he was accused of murder of his maternal grandfather, Claudio di Mascarelli. His father, however, managed to free him and prove his innocence. The Venetian Ghost

He married Marion Trelawney in 1774. The Moor of Death.

In 1775, his mother Renata was killed in Venice in a plot initiated by the Singh leader Korshir Singh. The Cruel Revenge The endgame with Korshir Singh ended with the death of the 11th Phantom. Blood Red Sea

He became mortally wounded in Paris in 1793 when he was shot in the back. He made his son swear the Oath of the Skull and left him the rings, and stayed behind to buy some time for his son and two young ladies that they were helping. When their enemies entered the room, three shots were fired and the 12th Phantom was killed. In the Shadow of the Guillotine

According to the Newspaper strip

He was the first of the Phantom line to encounter a tribe of diminutive people called the Irrondi living beyond The Misty Mountains and save them from a neighbouring tribe of giant people called the Great Ones. The Irrondi and the Great Ones

He was also the first one to come across the mysterious place called Erehwon where, like Rip Van Winkle, he slept for three years. Phantom World

According to Bastei

The 12th Phantom was born in 1854, succeeded his father in 1881 and died in 1913. Die Ahnentafel Phantoms

He had a horse named Hero and a wolf named Devil. He saved Bandars from pirates who intended to sell them as slaves. One of the pirates later founded Morristown. The Slave Caravan

Notable Appearances

Daily/Sunday stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Phantom World"	Falk	Barry, Olesen, Doescher	1725
"The Spy Ship"	DePaul	Weigel	1760	Due to a 'clerical error' attributed to the 16th Phantom
"The Visitor"	DePaul	Weigel	1775
"The Irrondi and the Great Ones"	Falk	Barry	200 years ago

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Son of the Desert"	Vallvé, Granberg	Vallvé	1757-1758	The time measurements indicate that the story ended in 1758.
"A Strong Case"	Lundström	Lindahl	1765 & 1767	Studies in London 1765—1767. Kit is said to be 10 years old in 1767
"Dangerous Inheritance"	Granberg	Vallvé	17??	The 12th Phantom appear to be between 10 and 12 years old
"The Venetian Ghost"	Tierres	Vallvé	1773	Studies in Venice at this time. Story takes place from early February 1773 and the following weeks.
"The Immortal"	Lundström	Felmang	1773	Studies law in Rome at this time
"The Doomsday Weapon"	Worker	Leppänen	1775	Studies at a university in Rome at this time
"The Cruel Revenge"	Reimerthi	Boix	January 1775	Follows directly from "The Doomsday Weapon"
"Blood Red Sea	Reimerthi	Boix	Starts in February 1775	Begins after Renate's burial, the 11th Phantom dies
"The Moor of Death"	Tierres	Vallvé	1775	Set in early 1775, his wife is said to be pregnant at this time
"The Spear of Destiny, Part 2"	Raab	Boix	1775	In Norwegian Krønikebok #12 suggested that story could be set in 1789, because there is a reference to plots taken place in "The Ambassador" from 1776.
"The Ambassador"	Granberg	Vallvé	1776
"The Highway Robbers"	Reimerthi	Ordon	1776
"The Devil's Cauldron"	Tierres	Vallvé	1776
"The Treasure Hunt"	Lundström	Vallvé	17??
"From the Other Side of the Grave"	Tierres	Vallvé	1777
"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 4: Cagliostro Mystery"	Worker	Cruz	17??
"The Jungle Saying"	Goodall	Boix	1780
"The Hood"	Reimerthi	Boix	1781
"The Slave Ship Zong"	Lundström	Lindahl	1781—1783
"Dark Justice"	Reimerthi	Bade	1782
"City of the Priest King"	Worker	Vallvé	1782	Note that he hunted a pirate together with the Jungle Patrol.
"The Golden Fleece, Part 3: Medea's Revenge"	Reimerthi	Boix	1783
"The Philosopher's Stone, Part 3: The Lost Library"	Reimerthi	Saviuk, Giordano	1785?	The story begins in autumn 1784 but the main events several months later.
"The Ghost Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé	1785
"In the Shadow of Death"	Tierres	Vallvé	1785	November
"Revenge of the Shipwreckers"	Reimerthi	Giordano	1786
"The Mystery on Cape Cod"	Worker	Spadari	1786
"The Curse of Robert Fitzgiles	Madden	Spadari	1787	He is said to have studied at Eton college in his youth
"Black Poe's Treasure"	Gauraz	Bess	1788
"The Escape from the Bastille"	Worker	Vallvé	1789
"The Cathedral Mystery"	Goodall	Mitton	1789
"Nectar of the Gods"	Goodall	Mitton	17??
"Jamaica Jack's Treasure"	Reimerthi	Vallvé	1789
"Mystery of the Crypt"	Reimerthi	Boix	1790
"The Ibis Mystery, Part 2: Kazcim Master of the Dumb"	Worker	Leppänen	1790
"Burnt Offering"	Reimerthi	Bade	1791	Set in summer 1791
"Puppets of Death"	Reimerthi	Cruz	1791	Set in autumn 1791
"The Lethal Science"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	1789, 1791-92	Begins in February 1789. The real story begins 1791 or 1792, when the 12th Phantom is asked to investigate a thing, in late January 1792, he arrives to Sweden. Stays for a short time, then travels to London.
"The King is Dead"	Worker	Leppänen	1792	Arrives by ship to London in February 1792, then visits Sweden in March 1792
"The Apprentice"	Raab	Bade	17??
"The Montbar Treasure"	Reimerthi	Boix	1793
"The Philosopher's Stone, Part 1: Phoenix Reborn"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	1793	He is said to have been mortally wounded in Paris by Robespierre's followers.
"In the Shadow of the Guillotine"	Reimerthi	Bade	1793	The 12th Phantom is killed.

Moonstone stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Against the Terror"	Cox	Sutton	1793

Bastei stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The Slave Caravan"	Mennigen	unknown	unknown