The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur

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The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur
Produced for:	Fantomen 13/1981
# of pages:	32
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" is a 1981 Team Fantomen story, written by Norman Worker, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Contents 1 Plot summary 1.1 Character appearances 2 Related stories 2.1 Followed by 3 Reprints 3.1 Australia 3.2 Brazil 3.3 Denmark 3.4 Finland 3.5 Norway 3.6 Sweden 3.7 West Germany 3.8 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Plot summary

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Character appearances

Recurring Characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 2nd Phantom
• The 3rd Phantom
• Ann
• Lamanda Luaga
• Guran
• Devil

Real-life characters

• King Arthur
• Merlin
• William Shakespeare (mentioned only)
• Philip II of Spain

Locations

• Bengali
  • The Skull Cave
    • The Major Treasure Room
• England
  • Plymouth
  • Camelot

Related stories

Followed by

• "The Legend of the Swords, Part 2: Durandal" by Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur", The Phantom #1476 (2007)

Brazil

• "A Lenda das Espadas: Excalibur", Fantasma #348 (1984)

Denmark

• "Legenden om Excalibur", Fantomet #192 (1982)

Finland

• "Miekan taru 1: Excalibur", Mustanaamio 22/1981
• "Legenda miekasta nimeltä Excalibur", Mustanaamion kronikka 3/1996

Norway

• "Legenden om sverdet 1 - Excalibur", Fantomet 22/1981
• "Legenden om sverdet 1 - Excalibur", Fantomets Krønike 2/1989

Sweden

• "Legenden om svärden, Del 1: Excalibur", Fantomen 13/1981
• "Excalibur", Fantomen Krönika 4/1993
• "Excalibur", Fantomen Krönika Band 1 (1999)

West Germany

• "Die Dämonenburg", Phantom #201

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• "Екскалибур" (romanized as "Ekskalibur"), Politikin Zabavnik #2438 – #2439 (1998)

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Sweden
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