The 10th Phantom

The 10th Phantom
Active years (Team Fantomen):
1735-1757 or 1758
Active years (Lee Falk):
mid 18th century
Active years (Moonstone):
active in 1744
Active years (Bastei):
1821-1850
Active years (Other producers):
N/A

The 10th Phantom is one of the Phantoms.

Fictional Character Biography

According to Team Fantomen

He was born in 1717 to the 9th Phantom and Flame Stanbury. He had a younger sister named Heloise. The Pirates' Prisoner

He was probably the one who met the Golden people in April 1735 and then proposed to the queen, since his father married 1717.^{[citation needed]}

His wife was named Marianne, nicknamed Mary. Her father was Scottish, but her mother was French. The Plunderers of Kinloch Island They had two boys, one born 1738 or 1739 and the other around 1749 or 1750. The fate of the younger is still unknown.^{[citation needed]}

In 1752, his son was serving aboard a ship when a mutiny broke out. It took more than a half year before the 10th Phantom got any message of what had happened to his son and could go to rescue him. Mutiny

Around 1756, he killed the father of Wu Fang, a high chinese criminal leader. Pirates of the Yellow Snake

In 1756, he found the body of a murdered wealthy banker in London. He was accused of the murder, and had to flee. In his absence he was sentenced to death. The murder was not solved in the lifetime of the 10th Phantom. Death in Cyberspace

The 10th Phantom makes his son, the 11th Phantom, swear the Oath of the Skull.

In 1757, the 10th Phantom lost his right arm and was severly injured in his face during a duel with the Singh leader Ashar Singh. Unable to continue as the Phantom, his son had to swear the Oath of the Skull.

A little less than one year later, the 10th Phantom faced Ashar Singh to finish their duel. He had alerted his son and wife to what he was up to so they witnessed the duel that took place. Ashar was taken by a giant squid and when the 10th Phantom run towards him to help, Ashar shot him in the heart before the giant squid draw him down into the depths of the sea. The 11th Phantom and Marianne then run to him. He handed over the Skull Ring to his son and recognized that he now was the Phantom before he died in the arms of his wife. The Ghost Who Died Twice

According to Lee Falk

The 10th Phantom married the daughter of a Scandinavian ship captain, after rescuing her from a sinking vessel The Heirs Captain Amazon - Pirate Queen

According to Moonstone

In 1744, the 10th Phantom escorted Princess Sophia Augusta Frederika on her way to Moscow where she would marry Peter Feodorovich. It was a personal favor to her parents, and on the journey the 10th Phantom carried his grandfather's pistol. During the trip he was attacked by a Wasaka warrior who was the current living incarnation of Kua. Curse of the Phantom Pt 1

According to Bastei

The 10th Phantom was born in 1792, succeeded his father in 1821 and died in 1850. Die Ahnentafel Phantoms

When his father died, he did not want to succeed him as the Phantom. He changed his mind when bandits appeared when there was no Phantom. He was almost killed during his first encounter with the bandits as the Phantom. The Halfbreed Gang

He had a wolf named Devil. He intended to marry a Scottish girl named Mary McIntyre, but she was killed and the 10th Phantom was framed for the murder. The Prisoner of the Devil Count

According to Frew

The 10th Phantom saved the life of the Queen of the Golden People, and presumably they fell in love with each other. But he could not stay and she could not leave. The Phantom became known by the Golden People as Messenger of the Gods after this event. The Golden Queen.

Notable Appearances

Daily/Sunday stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The Golden People"	Falk	Barry	1735
"The Shipwreckers"	Avenell, Reimerthi	Olesen, Fredericks	1740
"The Lost Kingdom of Avaria"	De Paul	Ryan	1748 ("262 years ago")	mentioned

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 3: Count of the Darkness"	Worker	Felmang, Waldrag	ca. 1722	The year is derived by estimating the age of the 10th Phantom, born 1717.
"The Pirates' Prisoner"	Lundström	Lindahl	1729-30	The 10th Phantom is studying at Oxford in 1729
"The Treasure of the Barracuda"	Worker	Vallvé	1735	The 10th Phantom swears The Oath of the Skull
"The Plunderers of Kinloch Island"	Reimerthi	McLeod, Whigham	1736
"Pirates Ahoy"	Worker	Lindahl	17??
"The Secret of the Pyramids"	Goodall	Casanovas	1740
"The Sea Jackals"	Avenell	Leppänen	1740
"The Castaways"	Lundström	Leppänen	1746
"The Wreck in Bengali Bay"	Avenell	Felmang, Ferri, Benny	1750
"Secret of the Leech Pond"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	1751
"The Ghost of Thanatos"	Reimerthi	Bade	1751
"Treasure of the Yoga Men"	Lundström, Granberg	Vallvé	1752
"Mutiny"	Lundström	Vallvé	1752-53
"Death in Cyberspace"	Lindahl	Lindahl	1756	Brief mention that he was sentenced in absentia in London for murder
"Pirates of the Yellow Snake"	Worker	Vallvé	1756
"The Demon"	Worker	Vallvé	17??	A brief notice that he single-handedly destroyed the entire Singh fleet in Mararcaibo.
"The Ghost Who Died Twice"	Worker	Lindahl	1757-58

Moonstone stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Curse of the Phantom Part 1"	Raab	Derington	1744
"A King's Ransom"	Kupperberg	Bucco	????

Bastei stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The Prisoner of the Devil Count"	Mennigen	Tafalla	1815	According to this story the 10th Phantom was already active in 1815 which contradicts the regular Bastei timeline where he succeeded his father in 1821.
"The Halfbreed Gang"	Mennigen	unknown	1821	unspecified date and ancestor in the story, but very likely about the 10th Phantom right after his father passed away.
"The Trap in the Jungle"	Frommer, Mennigen	Marcet Aparicio	1???	unspecified date

Frew stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The Golden Queen, Part 1"	Foley	Foley	1735
"The Golden Queen, Part 2"	Foley	Foley	1735
"The Golden Queen, Part 3"	Foley	Foley	1735