Fantomen 2011
In the year 2011, a total of 20 issues of Swedish comic book Fantomen were published.
Overview
2011 continued the trend of reducing the number of actual issues published in favor of "double issues". In total, 20 issues were published of which 14 were regular issues of 68 pages and 6 were "double issues" of 132 pages. The double issues were on sale for four weeks, while the other issues were on sale for two weeks.
The first issue of 2011 was released on December 22, 2010. The corresponding issue of Fantomet was released on December 20, 2010, and was numbered as the last issue of 2010 instead.
Fantomen 16-17/2011 was the 1500th issue of Fantomen since the start in 1950. To celebrate this, the cover by Sal Velluto and Eugenio Mattozzi is a remake of the first Fantomen cover, originally by George Camitz.
Promotion
Fantomen 14 and Fantomen 15/2011 were part of a summer campaign that included most titles published by Egmont Kärnan. The campaign was indicated by a symbol on the cover. People who bought two magazines featuring the symbol were eligible to participate in contests hosted by Egmont Kärnan.
Covers
The main cover artist of the year was Hans Lindahl (6 covers). Other cover artists were Sal Velluto and Eugenio Mattozzi (5 covers), Rolf Gohs (3 covers), Heiner Bade (3 covers), Felmang and Germano Ferri (1 cover), Felmang and Alex Biffignandi (1 cover), and César Spadari (1 cover).
Two of Velluto's covers were remakes of classic covers, i.e. the Fantomen 1/1950 cover and the Fantomen Christmas Album 1944 cover.
Cover gallery
Contents
Phantom stories
All but four issues included new Team Fantomen stories as main stories. Four issues included newspaper strip stories that hadn't previously been published in Fantomen as main stories. These stories were heavily edited to fit the continuty of the Team Fantomen stories. Several reprints of Falk & Barry Sunday stories appeared as back-up stories throughout the year.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Missing Link Family" | Falk | Barry | ||
| "The Death of Diana Palmer Walker" | DePaul | Ryan | with additional story by Granberg and art by Lindahl | |
| "The Phantom at Sea" | DePaul | Ryan | with additional story by Granberg and art by Lindahl | |
| "The Mozznappers" | DePaul | Ryan | ||
| "Terror Cells of New York" | DePaul | Ryan | with additional art by Lindahl | |
| "The Trail to Gravelines Prison" | DePaul | Ryan | with additional art by Lindahl | |
| "Chatu's Fate" | DePaul | Ryan | with additional art by Lindahl |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Mysterious Karapura" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Chasamba" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Rex: Prince of Baronkhan" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Eastern Dark" | Falk | Barry |
Other comics
- "Bernard Prince" by Greg and Hermann (issues 12-13 and 14) and
by Yves H and Hermann (issues 18, 19, and 20) - "De utvalda" by Nils Lindberg and Gösta Lindwall (issues 4, 5, and 8-9)
- "Herman Hedning" by Jonas Darnell (issues 1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-9, 10, 11, 12-13, 14, 15, 16-17, 18, 19, 20, 21-22, 23, 24, and 25-26)
- "Jerome K. Jerome Bloche" by Alan Dodier (issues 1, 2-3, 6, and 7)
- "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (issues 7, 8-9, 12-13, 15, 20, 21-22, and 25-26)
- "Latigo" by Stan Lynde (issues 2-3 and 4)
- "Long John Silver" by Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Lauffray (issues 10 and 11)
- "Thorgal" by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 2-3, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 21-22, and 25-26) and
by Yves Sente, Grzegorz Rosiński, and Graza (issues 23 and 24)
Supplements
Fantomen 1 included a publishing schedule poster and Fantomen 15 included a poster of Best Fantomen cover 2010 and a Glow in the dark Skull ring.
Publishing schedule poster. 
Best cover 2010 poster. 
Glow in the dark Skull ring.
