Bastei stories

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The German publisher Bastei produced well over 100 original Phantom stories in the 1970s and 1980s. They are, however, unknown by most Phantom fans, since only a handful of stories have ever been reprinted outside Germany, and never in English.

Contents 1 Background 2 Differences 3 List of Bastei stories 3.1 Phantom magazine stories 3.2 Phantom pocket stories 3.3 Phantom Spezial stories

Background

Bastei's Phantom comics included stories from all available sources: the newspaper strip (daily and Sunday stories), Team Fantomen stories, Gold Key/King/Charlton stories and Fratelli Spada stories. On top of that, Bastei began to produce original stories.

No credits were given for the Bastei stories, but apparently all of them were written by the productive Peter Mennigen. The artwork was provided by artists working for a Spanish studio.

Differences

Bastei's stories are easy to distinguish from other Phantom stories, not only because of the artwork but also because the Phantom is portrayed in a very different way in these stories. Here, the Phantom is a well-known crimefighter who is often contacted by police and government to assist in crime investigations. The Phantom rarely uses the Mr Walker disguise but his costume causes almost no reactions among the people he meet. The mystique of the Phantom is almost non-existant. Since Bastei's stories were published side-by-side with stories by Lee Falk, Team Fantomen etc., it was set up for confusion among the German Phantom readers.

In chronicle stories, Bastei used their own version of the Phantom lineage which differs significantly from that of any other publisher:

• Captain Christopher Walker, born in London in 1478, died 1535
• The 1st Phantom, born in 1515, became the Phantom after a pirate attack in 1535, died in 1571.
• The 2nd Phantom, born in 1549, died in 1610.
• The 3rd Phantom, born in 1579, died in 1639.
• The 4th Phantom, born in 1610, died in 1671.
• The 5th Phantom, born in 1643, died in 1701.
• The 6th Phantom, born in 1673, died in 1731.
• The 7th Phantom, born in 1705, died in 1754.
• The 8th Phantom, born in 1734, died in 1787.
• The 9th Phantom, born in 1758, died in 1821.
• The 10th Phantom, born in 1792, died in 1850.
• The 11th Phantom, born in 1825, died in 1881.
• The 12th Phantom, born in 1854, died in 1913.
• The 13th Phantom, born in 1885, died in 1929.
• The 14th Phantom, born in 1915, died in 1959.
• The 15th Phantom – the current Phantom.

Bastei's chronicle stories departed in many ways from what had been presented in previous stories, even including the origin of the Phantom. When Chronicle stories from Team Fantomen were published in Bastei's comics, the numbering of the Phantoms were often changed to fit into Bastei's Phantom lineage.

It is also worth noting that in most chronicle stories, the ancestors were accompanied by a horse named Hero and a wolf named Devil.

List of Bastei stories

The Bastei stories were published in three separate publications: The comic magazine Phantom, the pocket series Phantom and the comic book Phantom Spezial.

Phantom magazine stories

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• "Das Grab der grauen Riesen"
• "Das schmutzige Geschäft"
• "Die Elfenbein-Banditen"
• "Der unheimliche Reiter"
• "Die Farm der Geächteten"
• "Überfall auf den Nitro-Expreß"
• "Die Diamantenhaie"
• "Die Waffenbande"
• "Heiße Fährte nach Soho"
• "Die weiße Göttin"
• "Das Vermächtnis der Hattai"
• "Die verschollene Lady"
• "Der Tod der Baumriesen"
• "Jagd auf die Dynamit-Bande"
• "Die Giftmischer von Morristown"
• "Der Fluch der funkelnden Steine"
• "Das Geheimnis der Totenkopfhöhle"
• "Die Dschungel-Prinzessin"
• "Aufruhr im Regenwald"
• "Die Elfenbein-Banditen"
• "Opfer im Morgengrauen"
• "Das Geheimnis des großen Donners"
• "Eine Rechnung geht nicht auf"
• "Das schmutzige Geschäft"
• "Alarm in der Haifischbucht"
• "Alarm im Busch"
• "Der Fluch des funkelnden Götzen"
• "Die Wüstenräuber"
• "Der Killer-Leopard"
• "Der Vulkan der Opferkrieger"
• "Gefahr für den Jadetempel"
• "Das geheimnisvolle Zeichen"
• "Der verbotene Tempel"
• "Heißer Weg nach Mekka"
• "Der Maskenmann von Kalula"
• "Das Attentat der Zamba-Bande"
• "Der Fluch des heiligen Elefanten"
• "Die Sklavenkarawane"
• "Der Fluch der verbotenen Insel"
• "Alarm im Dschungel"
• "Die Gefangene des Wüstenprinzen"
• "Die Fieberblumen"
• "Der Fluch der goldenen Amulette"
• "Das schmutzige Geschäft"
• "Die Erpresser von Paris"
• "Gefahr aus den Wolken"
• "Im Sumpf des Verderbens"
• "Die Falle im Dschungel"
• "Die Piraten der Teufelsbucht"
• "Die Todeskralle"
• "Der Tyrann aus dem Morgenland"
• "Der Doppelgänger"
• "Das Gespenst von Paris
• "Der Tempel des Verderbens"
• "Der Bruderkampf"
• "Der Gefangene"
• "Der unheimliche Fremde"
• "Der Zwillingsbruder"
• "Die Bergkrieger"
• "Die Falle am Highway"
• "Die Göttin des Todesvulkans"
• "Der Piratenfreund"
• "Die Opiumbande"
• "Die Racheschwur"
• "Die Marsmenschen"
• "Der Hexer von Manhattan"
• "Schwarzer Tag für Diamantenhaie"
• "Der Gefangene des Teufels-Grafen"
• "Die Gefangene der Fieberhölle"
• "Die Killer von Morristown"

Phantom pocket stories

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• "The Jungle Ghost Strikes"
• "The Wrong Witch Doctor"
• "Betrayal Aboard"
• "Alarm in the Jungle"
• "The Secret of the Forgotten Farm‎"
• "In the Trap of the Spies"
• "The Diamond Smugglers of Bangalla"
• "Die Hyänen der Savanne"
• "Aufstand am Schlangenfluß"
• "Der Goldschatz im Sambala"
• "Die Insel des bösen Herrschers"
• "Die Bestie der grünen Hölle"
• "Das Geheimnis der Dschungel-Höhle"
• "Die Wüstenteufel"
• "Im Banne des Sklavenhändlers"
• "Palast der Sklaven"
• "Die Söldner des Teufels"
• "Die Schmuggler der Todeswüste"
• "Die Dschungel-Dämonen"
• "Ein Herzensbrecher mit Pistole"
• "Der teuflische Doppelgänger"
• "Die Henker des gelben Flusses"
• "Der Mann mit den zwei Leben"
• "Die Mulatten-Bande"
• "Spuk auf der Teufelsinsel"
• "Die Piraten der grünen Hölle"

Phantom Spezial stories

1. "Die Dschungelpiraten"
2. "Die Verschwörung von Hongkong"
3. "Das Geheimnis der Bohrinsel"
4. "Alarm in Basis TX11"
5. "Die Fälscher aus dem Spielcasino"
6. "Die Teufelsmine"
7. "Der Gefangene des großen Xanadu"
8. "Heiße Nacht in Marrakesch"
9. "Der Dämon aus dem Regenwald"
10. "Die Seeteufel von Bangala"
11. "Die Schatzräuber von Mexico"
12. "Die Falle in der Unterwelt"
13. "Im Hinterhalt der Judo-Katzen"
14. "Das weiße Gold der Watussi"
15. "Der Dämon aus der grünen Hölle"
16. "Notruf aus dem Dschungeltempel"
17. "Das Geheimlabor"
18. "Der Schmugglerkönig"
19. "Die Diamantenbande von Bangalla"
20. "Die Gefangene der Mafia"
21. "Die Menschenjäger der Sahara"
22. "Die Falle des falschen Zauberers"
23. "Die Gefangenen der Teufelsinsel"
24. "Der Dämon des gelben Meeres"
25. "Die Bestie aus den Fiebersümpfen"
26. "Die Geier aus dem Regenwald"
27. "Gold der grünen Hölle"
28. "Die Herrin der Geistersümpfe"
29. "Abrechung am Ovamda-Pass"
30. "Im Bann der weißen Göttin"
31. "Die Bestie von Bangalla"
32. "Die Lagune der Schatzjäger"
33. "Die Wächter des verschwundenen Totems"
34. "Das Urteil des schwarzen Zauberers"
35. "Die Herrin des Geisterfelsens"
36. "Die Falle des Dämonenkriegers"
37. "Die Flußpiraten von Sambesi"
38. "Die Sklavenjäger von Bangalla"
39. "Die Nacht des lautlosen Jägers"
40. "Der Tempel des ewigen Schweigens"
41. "Der Herr des Dämonendschungels"
42. "Die Geier der Luft"
43. "Die Buschteufel von Bomba"
44. "Überfall am Geisterfluß"
45. "Die Gefangene der Fieberhölle"
46. "Die Feuerteufel"
47. "Die Häscher des Kalifen"
48. "Der Dämonenberg"
49. "Die Piraten-Festung"

Story listings
Main stories: Daily stories • Sunday stories Licensed stories: Bastei stories • DC stories • Fratelli Spada stories • Frew stories • Gold Key/King/Charlton stories • Marvel stories • Moonstone stories • RGE stories • Team Fantomen stories Additional stories