Aftenposten
Aftenposten is a Norwegian newspaper that published "The Phantom" daily strip. It was the first Norwegian publication to publish "The Phantom".
History
Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post") was founded in 1860. It is published in two editions; the morning edition is published nationwide seven days a week, and the evening edition is published locally around Oslo and is as of 2009 published three days a week. The Phantom comic strip has usually been published in the evening edition.
A-magasinet
"The Phantom" first appeared in Aftenposten's Saturday supplement A-magasinet on November 25, 1939. An announcement introducing the strip had been published the previous week.
The first story was "The League of Lost Men", published in color. It started only six months after it was first published in the US. Other Sunday strip stories followed.
Due to World War II and shortage of paper, A-magasinet was cancelled and the Phantom strip was moved into the regular Aftenposten in 1942.
Edited strips
When the Phantom first appeared in A-magasinet, there was very little editing of the Sunday strips. Later on however, the strips were edited with all speech bubbles removed and the text printed below the panels. This practice was kept until 1980.
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Sala and Diana
The last story published in A-magasinet was "The Return of the Sky Band", where the Phantom meets the pirate Sala once again. The previous stories featuring Sala had not been published in A-magasinet (since they were daily stories), and no stories with Diana Palmer had been published in A-magasinet either. When the Sky Band story was abruptly ended, the Norwegian readers were still under the impression that Sala and the Phantom may have romantic feelings for each other. The next published story, "The Game of Alvar", was published as a daily strip in the regular Aftenposten. It begins with Diana and the Phantom walking together, and was edited so Diana was given the name Sala Palmer, implying that she was the same girl as Sala the pirate from the Sky Band story – now the Phantom's girlfriend. The name Sala has been used for Diana Palmer in Norway ever since.
Classic stories
To celebrate 60 years of The Phantom strip in Aftenposten, a selection of classic stories were published starting May 3, 1999. The stories were "The Tiger Girl" (drawn by Wilson McCoy), "Princess Valerie" (drawn by Ray Moore), and "The Mysterious Ambassador" (drawn by Sy Barry). Unlike their previous apperances in Aftenposten, this time the strips were not edited with speech bubbles removed.
Published stories
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Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
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"The League of Lost Men" | November 25, 1939 | April 6, 1940 | published weekly in color in A-magasinet #47/1939–14/1940 |
"The Precious Cargo of Colonel Winn" | April 13, 1940 | November 2, 1940 | published weekly in A-magasinet #15, 16, 26–44/1940 |
"The Fire Goddess" | November 9, 1940 | April 12, 1941 | published weekly in A-magasinet #45/1940-15/1941 |
"The Beachcomber" | April 19, 1941 | September 20, 1941 | published weekly in A-magasinet #16–38/1941 |
"The Saboteurs" | September 27, 1941 | November 15, 1941 | published weekly in A-magasinet #39–46/1941 |
"The Return of the Sky Band" | November 22, 1941 | March 28, 1942 | published weekly in A-magasinet #47/1941–13/1942, incomplete |
"The Game of Alvar" | March 30, 1942 | August 20, 1942 | published daily in Aftenposten from now on |
"The Sea Horse" | August 21, 1942 | January 8, 1943 | |
"Diana Aviatrix Lost" | January 11, 1943 | August 14, 1943 | |
"The Phantom's Treasure" | August 16, 1943 | March 9, 1944 | |
"Bent Beak Broder" | March 10, 1944 | July 19, 1944 | |
"The Phantom's Engagement" | July 20, 1944 | September 20, 1944 | |
"High Seas Highjacker" | September 21, 1944 | May 4, 1945 | |
"Diana" | May 5, 1945 | August 6, 1945 | |
"The Crooner" | August 7, 1945 | November 12, 1945 | |
"The Inexorables" | November 13, 1945 | March 16, 1946 | incomplete |
"The Maharajah's Daughter" | March 18, 1946 | October 19, 1946 | |
"The Blue Gang" | October 21, 1946 | December 16, 1946 | |
"Lago the Lake God" | December 17, 1946 | March 5, 1947 | |
"The Wild Girl" | March 6, 1947 | June 14, 1947 | |
"Princess Valerie" | September 23, 1947 | February 20, 1948 | |
"Romance" | August 2, 1948 | April 8, 1949 | |
"The Devil Road" | April 9, 1949 | October 7, 1949 | |
"The Girls" | October 8, 1949 | March 21, 1950 | |
"The Masked Marvel" | March 22, 1950 | July 21, 1950 | |
"The Flirtatious Princess" | July 22, 1950 | November 17, 1950 | |
"The Movie Stars" | November 18, 1950 | March 29, 1951 | |
"The Thuggees" | March 30, 1951 | October 6, 1951 | the first four strips missing |
"The White Monkey" | October 8, 1951 | January 4, 1952 | |
"The Gray Gang" | January 5, 1952 | April 30, 1952 | |
"Whirlpool Channel" | May 2, 1952 | July 29, 1952 | |
"The Tiger Girl" | July 30, 1952 | October 27, 1952 | |
"The Governor's Family" | October 28, 1952 | January 17 , 1953 | |
"The Professor" | January 19, 1953 | May 7, 1953 | |
"The Jungle Patrol" | May 8, 1953 | July 24, 1953 | the first strip missing |
"Bobo the Toy Dog" | July 25, 1953 | September 11, 1953 | |
"The Great Ajax" | September 12, 1953 | December 4, 1953 | |
"The Toad Men" | December 5, 1953 | April 30, 1954 | |
"The Lady from Nowhere" | May 3, 1954 | August 26, 1954 | |
"The Matchmaker" | August 27, 1954 | December 15, 1954 | |
"The Super Apes" | December 16, 1954 | April 12, 1955 | |
"Ragon's Game" | April 13, 1955 | August 19, 1955 | |
"The Mob" | August 20, 1955 | November 25, 1955 | |
"The Wrestling Tourney" | November 26, 1955 | March 3, 1956 | |
"Aboard the SS Gay" | March 4, 1956 | June 4, 1956 | |
"The Slimming of Prince Tagon" | June 5, 1956 | August 13, 1956 | |
"Captain Kidder's Treasure" | August 14, 1956 | October 20, 1956 | |
"Dr Axel and the Witchmen" | October 22, 1956 | January 2, 1957 | |
"Queen Sansamor and the Sixth Man" | January 3, 1957 | April 16, 1957 | |
"The Wisdom of Solomon" | April 17, 1957 | May 27, 1957 | |
"U-Town" | May 28, 1957 | August 21, 1957 | |
"The Grove of the Sleeping Giant" | August 22, 1957 | Decemer 4, 1957 | |
"The Shoplifters" | December 5, 1957 | February 22, 1958 | |
"The Heavyweight Champion" | February 24, 1958 | April 23, 1958 | |
"Wambo the Gambler" | April 24, 1958 | July 14, 1958 | |
"The White Princess" | July 15, 1958 | October 13, 1958 | |
"The Valley of No Return" | October 14, 1958 | January 8, 1959 | |
"The Crown Jewels of Corba" | January 9, 1959 | April 13, 1959 | |
"The Scorpia" | April 13, 1959 | August 26, 1959 | |
"The Two Signs" | August 27, 1959 | December 15, 1959 | the first strip missing |
"The Crybaby" | December 16, 1959 | February 25, 1960 | the first strip missing |
"The Underwater Diamond Thieves" | February 25, 1960 | July 7, 1960 | |
"The Betrothal" | July 8, 1960 | October 13, 1960 | |
"The Swamp Rats" | October 14, 1960 | February 3, 1961 | |
"The Flying Horse" | February 4, 1961 | May 27, 1961 | |
"The Reporter" | May 29, 1961 | August 12, 1961 | |
"The Monkey Mail" | August 14, 1961 | December 13, 1961 | the first three strips missing |
"The Jungle Olympics" | December 13, 1961 | March 10, 1962 | |
"The 50th Wife" | March 12, 1962 | July 16, 1962 | |
"The Iron Dragon" | July 17, 1962 | October 1, 1962 | |
"The Werewolf" | October 2, 1962 | January 11, 1963 | |
"The Slave Market of Mucar" | January 12, 1963 | July 12, 1963 | the first strip missing |
"The Epidemic" | July 13, 1963 | November 15, 1963 | |
"The Wharf Rats" | November 16, 1963 | March 17, 1964 | |
"The Mysterious Ambassador" | March 18, 1964 | November 10, 1964 | |
"The Mystery of the Island of Dogs" | November 11, 1964 | June 4, 1965 | |
"The Drummer of Timpenni" | June 8, 1965 | September 11, 1965 | |
"The Reef" | September 13, 1965 | December 18, 1965 | |
"The Adventures of Lucy Cary" | December 20, 1965 | June 14, 1966 | |
"The Bad Ones" | June 15, 1966 | October 18, 1966 | |
"The Hanta Witch" | October 19, 1966 | February 1, 1967 | |
"Prince Hali and the White Stallion" | February 2, 1967 | July 13, 1967 | |
"Bullets' Town" | July 14, 1967 | December 7, 1967 | |
"The Killer" | December 8, 1967 | March 25, 1968 | |
"The Sea God" | March 26, 1968 | July 16, 1968 | |
"The Satchel" | July 17, 1968 | October 8, 1968 | |
"The Crime School" | October 9, 1968 | January 17, 1969 | |
"Deadman's Point" | January 18, 1969 | April 29, 1969 | |
"The Rogue Elephant" | April 30, 1969 | August 23, 1969 | |
"Jungle Olympics" | August 25, 1969 | December 6, 1969 | |
"The Frame-Up" | December 8, 1969 | February 11, 1970 | |
"The Hydra" | February 12, 1970 | May 27, 1970 | |
"The Art Thieves" | May 28, 1970 | September 22, 1970 | the first strip missing |
"The Masked Ball" | September 23, 1970 | November 3, 1970 | |
"The Jungle Home" | November 4, 1970 | February 4, 1971 | the first strip missing |
"Rex, the Missing Heir" | February 5, 1971 | May 27, 1971 | |
"The Gladiator" | May 28, 1971 | September 10, 1971 | |
"The Missing Daddy" | September 11, 1971 | December 10, 1971 | |
"Luaga's Undercover Tour" | December 11, 1971 | March 20, 1972 | |
"The Mission" | March 21, 1972 | August 8, 1972 | |
"Yes" | August 9, 1972 | October 17, 1972 | |
"The Fence" | October 18, 1972 | January 12, 1973 | |
"The Mysterious Passenger" | January 13, 1973 | March 30, 1973 | |
"The Vultures" | March 31, 1973 | July 21, 1973 | |
"The Lost City of Pheenix" | July 23, 1973 | September 22, 1973 | |
"The Witchman" | September 24, 1973 | December 22, 1973 | |
"The Tanker-Jackers" | December 27, 1973 | April 3, 1974 | |
"The Giant of Kaluga" | April 4, 1974 | July 25, 1974 | |
"The Things" | July 26, 1974 | November 6, 1974 | |
"Vandal-Looters" | November 7, 1974 | February 15, 1975 | |
"The Pampered Princess" | February 17, 1975 | June 30, 1975 | |
"The Curse of the Sacred Image" | July 1, 1975 | November 22, 1975 | the first strip missing |
"The Normal Life" | November 24, 1975 | November 25, 1975 | the fourth and fifth strip only |
"T" | November 26, 1975 | April 27, 1976 | |
"Hzzz" | April 28, 1976 | July 17, 1976 | |
"Star of Bangalla" | July 18, 1976 | October 23, 1976 | |
"Mystery of Kula-Ku" | October 25, 1976 | March 22, 1977 | |
"S.S. Blitz" | March 23, 1977 | June 28, 1977 | |
"Return of the Terrorists" | June 29, 1977 | October 18, 1977 | |
"The Proposal" | October 19, 1977 | November 29, 1977 | |
"Guardian of the Eastern Dark" | November 30, 1977 | April 17, 1978 | |
"The Tyrant of Tarakimo" | April 18, 1978 | July 8, 1978 | |
"Phantom Wedding" | July 10, 1978 | October 14, 1978 | |
"The Three Bandits" | October 16, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | |
"Return to Tarakimo" | December 27, 1978 | May 31, 1979 | |
"Jungle City" | June 1, 1979 | September 8, 1979 | |
"The Heirs" | September 11, 1979 | February 13, 1980 | |
"Jungle Gold" | February 14, 1980 | June 12, 1980 | |
"The Return of General Bababu" | June 13, 1980 | November 20, 1980 | |
"The Tree House" | November 21, 1980 | May 4, 1981 | First strip with speech bubbles on January 29, 1981 |
"The Poachers" | May 5, 1981 | August 20, 1981 | |
"Gooroo's Jungle Muggers" | August 21, 1981 | January 27, 1982 | |
"The Hostages" | January 28, 1982 | May 4, 1982 | |
"The Phantom's Vacation" | May 5, 1982 | July 17, 1982 | |
"The Return of Gooroo's Mob" | July 19, 1982 | November 20, 1982 | |
"Tale of Rex" | November 22, 1982 | July 30, 1983 | |
"Queen Karola of Kula-Ku" | August 1, 1983 | January 4, 1984 | |
"Ughland" | January 5, 1984 | May 30, 1984 | |
"Visit to Baronkhan" | June 1, 1984 | October 30, 1984 | |
"Luck and Wealth" | October 31, 1984 | May 11, 1985 | |
"The Kimberly Diamonds" | May 13, 1985 | August 29, 1985 | |
"The Embassy Siege" | August 30, 1985 | December 12, 1985 | |
"The Presidents" | December 13, 1985 | June 5, 1986 | |
"Drug Busters" | June 6, 1986 | September 9, 1986 | |
"The Lake Lady" | September 10, 1986 | March 10, 1987 | |
"Ruler of Baronkhan" | March 11, 1987 | July 23, 1987 | |
"The Tarashima Terrorists" | July 24, 1987 | May 11, 1988 | |
"The Snake Goddess" | May 13, 1988 | October 17, 1988 | |
"Zabadabah" | October 18, 1988 | February 23, 1989 | |
"The Man-Thing" | February 24, 1989 | July 10, 1989 | |
"Great Raptor of Rhua" | July 11, 1989 | October 21, 1989 | |
"Chasamba" | October 23, 1989 | March 26, 1990 | |
"Rex: Prince of Baronkhan" | March 27, 1990 | October 6, 1990 | |
"Massacre at Walker's Table" | October 8, 1990 | January 25, 1991 | |
"The Death Threat" | January 28, 1991 | July 15, 1991 | |
"The Master of Eden" | July 16, 1991 | October 22, 1991 | |
"Attack of the Witchmen" | October 23, 1991 | March 20, 1992 | |
"The Valley of the Elephants" | March 23, 1992 | August 10, 1992 | |
"The Jungle Patrol v The Drug Cartel" | August 11, 1992 | January 7, 1993 | without the first four weeks |
"King Bongong" | January 8, 1993 | May 4, 1993 | |
"Prince Rex and Princess Alicia" | May 5, 1993 | August 18, 1993 | |
"Blackie" | August 19, 1993 | November 26, 1993 | |
"The Attilan Mystery" | November 29, 1993 | August 9, 1994 | |
"The Moxley Awards" | August 10, 1994 | January 16, 1995 | |
"The Plotters" | January 17, 1995 | May 26, 1995 | |
"The Phantom Cowboy" | May 29, 1995 | January 19, 1996 | the first strip missing |
"Buried Treasure" | January 22, 1996 | July 5, 1996 | |
"The Beasts of Phantom Head Peak" | July 8, 1996 | December 4, 1996 | |
"Raiders of the Eastern Dark" | December 5, 1996 | May 20, 1997 | |
"Mr Big" | May 21, 1997 | October 28, 1997 | |
"Drama on Eden" | October 29, 1997 | July 6, 1998 | |
"Prince Rex - Kidnapped" | July 7, 1998 | November 25, 1998 | |
"The Silks of Emira" | November 26, 1998 | April 30, 1999 | |
"The Tiger Girl" | May 3, 1999 | August 20, 1999 | |
"Princess Valerie" | August 23, 1999 | April 11, 2000 | |
"The Mysterious Ambassador" | April 12, 2000 | January 30, 2001 | |
"The Treasure Hunters" | January 31, 2001 | June 21, 2001 | |
"The Strange Robber" | June 22, 2001 | October 9, 2001 | |
"The Secret City" | October 10, 2001 | February 8, 2002 | the first strip is from original date October 2, 2000, first strip from original version missing |
"Valley of the Gorillaman" | February 11, 2002 | May 8, 2002 | |
"Ghost Quest" | May 10, 2002 | October 22, 2002 | |
"The Ghost Pirates" | October 23, 2002 | February 20, 2003 | |
"The Animal Collector" | February 21, 2003 | August 6, 2003 | |
"The Immortal Man" | August 7, 2003 | January 20, 2004 | |
"The Crusader's Treasure" | January 21, 2004 | July 22, 2004 | |
"Jungle Mystery" | July 23, 2004 | December 27, 2004 | |
"The Hit Men" | December 28, 2004 | June 3, 2005 | |
"The Connoisseurs" | June 6, 2005 | October 25, 2005 | |
"The Viper God" | October 26, 2005 | March 27, 2006 | |
"The Locust God" | March 28, 2006 | August 28, 2006 | |
"Stripes" | August 29, 2006 | January 30, 2007 | |
"Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" | January 31, 2007 | ? | |
"The Crime Apprentices" | ? | May 10, 2008 | |
"The Jungle Trek" | May 19, 2008 | October 6, 2008 | possible the first original strip missing |
"The Return of Chatu" | October 7, 2008 | February 24, 2009 | |
"The Doorman" | February 25, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | |
"The Mozznappers" | September 17, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | |
"The Voyaging Canoe" | May 25, 2010 | January 13, 2011 | |
"Graffiti Phantom" | January 18, 2011 | October 13, 2011 | |
"The Patrolwomen" | October 18, 2011 | June 14, 2012 | |
"The Drill Boss" | June 19, 2012 | ?, 2012 | |
"The Phantom at Sea" | January 2, 2013 | March 8, 2013 | first four strips missing |
"Terror Cells of New York" | March 9, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | |
"The Trail to Gravelines Prison" | June 27, 2013 | October 6, 2013 | |
"Chatu's Fate" | October 7, 2013 | February 12, 2014 | |
"The College Kid" | February 13, 2014 | May 12, 2014 | |
"A Detente with Crime" | May 13, 2014 | August 24, 2014 | |
"The Den of Tigers" | August 25, 2014 | December 4, 2014 | |
"Mexico's Phantom" | December 5, 2014 | March 31, 2015 | |
"The Phantom Lion" | April 1, 2015 | September 26, 2015 | |
"The Aeronaut" | September 27, 2015 | April 6, 2016 | |
"The Scoundrel" | April 7, 2016 | August 3, 2016 | |
"Terror's Mutiny" | August 4, 2016 | November 2, 2016 | |
"John X" | November 3, 2016 | February 20, 2017 | |
"Patrolman X" | February 21, 2017 | June 12, 2017 | |
"The Challenge" | June 13, 2017 | September 22, 2017 | |
"The Twins' Futures" | September 23, 2017 | January 8, 2018 | first five strips missing |
"The Baronkhan Sedition" | January 9, 2018 | April 28, 2018 | |
"Farewell to the Deep Woods" | April 29, 2018 | September 5, 2018 | |
"The Phantom Stamp" | September 6, 2018 | December 8, 2018 | first two strips missing |
"The Curse of Old Man Mozz" | December 9, 2018 | May 24, 2019 | some strips missing |