1492-1975: Glimpses from a Family History
1492-1975: Glimpses from a Family History | |
Produced for: | "Stora jubileumsboken" (1975) |
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# of pgs: | 12 |
Writer: | various |
Artist: | various |
Original colorist: | unknown |
Producer: | Semic Press |
"1492-1975: Glimpses from a Family History" is a 1975 Team Fantomen "story", composed of panels from previous stories put together with new editorial text, to form – as the title says – glimpses from previous generations of the Phantom line.
It was created for the Swedish "Stora jubileumsboken", released to celebrate the 25th aniversary of the Fantomen magazine in 1975.
In some parts, it uses the same panels as "The Phantom's history in pictures 1536-1973".
Included stories
The stories used as sources are:
- "Walker's Table" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the father of the 1st Phantom (1969 Sundays)
- the origin of the Phantom legend as told in several stories, featuring the 1st Phantom (panels from "The Phantom's history in pictures 1536-1973")
- "The Wig" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 2nd and 3rd Phantom (1971 Sundays)
- "The Pirates Prisoner" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé, featuring the 3rd and 4th Phantom (Fantomen 18/1973)
- "The Founding of the Jungle Patrol" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 6th Phantom (1964–1965 Sundays)
- "The Golden Sands of Keela-Wee" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 6th Phantom (1966–1967 Sundays)
- "The Vultures" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 6th Phantom (1971 dailies)
- "The Hanta Witch" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 7th Phantom (1964–1965 dailies)
- "Mutiny" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé, featuring the 10th and 11th Phantom (Fantomen 22/1974)
- "The Prisoner in Venice" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé, featuring the 11th Phantom (Fantomen 2/1975)
- "Portrait of a Ghost" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé, featuring the 15th Phantom (Fantomen 22/1973)
- "Tale of the Good Mark" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 17th Phantom (1971–1972 Sundays)
- "The Adventures of Lucy Cary" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry, featuring the 18th Phantom (1964 dailies)
- "The Prisoner in Marrakech" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé, featuring the 18th Phantom (Fantomen 13/1975)
While the selection includes every main "past Phantom story" (existing by the time of the release of "Stora jubileumsboken" in 1975) with art by either Barry or Vallvé, it notably omits every Lee Falk episode from the pre-Barry era (most notably "The Chain" and "The Female Phantom"), and every Team Fantomen story with art by Özcan Eralp ("The Pirate Treasure", "Terror in the Desert", "The Slavers", "Wagon Master", and "Curse of the Medicine Men"), as well as every Fratelli Spada story printed in Sweden. It also omits the episode with the Phantom of the year 1700, from Vallvé's "The Thousand Tigers".
With the story being released while the Team Fantomen chronology was still being worked out, it includes some notable details which have since been changed: the current Phantom is said to be the 20th (not the 21st) of the line and the 7th Phantom is said to have been the brother (not the son) of the 6th. Also - the Phantom appearing in "Tale of the Good Mark", "The Adventures of Lucy Cary", and "The Prisoner in Marrakech", has since been changed to the 19th (in the case of the latter two, this was due to the fact that the Phantom of these stories is specifically told to be the current one's grandfather).
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Finland
- "1492-1975 – erään sankarin historia", Supermustiskirja (1975)
Norway
- "1492 - 1975 Glimt fra en ætt's historie", Stor jubileumsbok (1975)
Sweden
- "1492-1975: Glimtar ur en ätts historia", Stora jubileumsboken (1975)