Fantomet 2012
In the year 2012, a total of 18 issues of Fantomet were published.
Overview
2012 continued the trend of reducing the number of actual issues published in favor of "double issues". In total, 18 issues were published of which 10 were regular issues of 68 pages and 7 were "double issues" of 132 pages and one was a "double issue" of 116 pages. The double issues were on sale for four weeks, while the other issues were on sale for two weeks.
Promotion
In 2012, Egmont Serieforlaget created Tegneserieministeriet (The Ministry of Comics), an ad campaign to promote comics printed on paper. Ads featuring comic characters Donald Duck, Beetle Bailey and The Phantom were published in newspapers and magazines like Vi menn, Her og Nå, Motor, Kamille, Kamille Mor og Barn, Hjemmet og Norsk Ukeblad and Aftenposten
The Phantom ad showed the Phantom tying up the Windows Live Messenger icons to a tree, and included artwork from an upcoming cover by Sal Velluto.
Contents
Covers
Phantom stories
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11, 12 | "The Deadliest Animals in the Jungle" | Falk | Barry |
Previously unpublished Fratelli Spada stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9-10 | "The Strange Girl" | Ferri | Ferri |
Previously unpublished Moonstone stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-16 | "The Ghost Killer" | Raab | Blanco |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2, 3 | "The Golden Beach of Keela-Wee" | Falk | Barry |
| 5-6 | "Diana Aviatrix Lost" | Falk | Moore |
| 9-10 | "The Phantom's Treasure" | Falk | Moore |
| 13-14 | "Lago the Lake God" | Falk | McCoy |
| 13-14, 15-16, 17 | "The Third Phantom" | Falk | Barry |
| 18-19 | "The Wild Girl" | Falk | McCoy |
| 18-19 | "The Whispering Grove" | Falk | Barry |
| 22-23 | "Princess Valerie" | Falk | Moore, McCoy |
| 24, 25-26 | "The Forest Giants" | Falk | Barry |
| 25-26 | "Queen Asta of Trondelay" | Falk | McCoy |
Other comics
- "Bernard Prince" by Greg and Dany (issues 8, 12, 13-14, 17, 18-19, and 24)
- "De utvalda" by Nils Lindberg and Gösta Lindwall (issues 20 and 21)
- "Herman Hedning" by Jonas Darnell (issues 1-2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 17, 18-19, 20, 22-23, 24, and 25-26)
- "Jerome K. Jerome Bloche" by Alan Dodier (issues 1-2)
- "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (issues 8, 11, and 15-16)
- "Kris de Valnor" by Yves Sente and Giulio de Vita (issues 3 and 4)
- "Latigo" by Stan Lynde (issue 7 and 12)
- "Louve" by Yannick le Pennetier and Roman Surzhenko (issues 5-6 and 7)
- "Thorgal" by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski (issues 1-2, 9-10, 13-14, 18-19, 22-23, and 25-26)
Supplements
Fantomet 12 included a poster of Best Fantomet cover 2011.
Best cover 2011 poster.
