Claes Reimerthi

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Claes Reimerthi
Biographical information
Born: January 12, 1955
Died: July 23, 2021
Nationality: Mini sweden.gif Swedish
Occupation: Writer
Website: N/A
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1984: "The First Phantom"
2001: "The Prodigal Son"
2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050"
2007 (new story): "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1"
2009: "The Phantom Gladiator, Part 1"
2013: "Year 1349"
2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana"
2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn"
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1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle"
2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050"
2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2"
2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power"
2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar"
2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch"
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1986: "The Moor of Death"


Claes Reimerthi (1955–2021) was a prolific Swedish comics writer who wrote scripts for Team Fantomen from 1984 until shortly before his death. He also wrote scripts for the newspaper strip for King Features 2000–2003 and was the main writer for the Phantom Sunday page those years.

Biography

Reimerthi was an aspiring comics artist who submitted his own comic to Svenska Serier in the late 1970's, but was turned down by editor Ulf Granberg. A few years later, Reimerthi met Dai Darell who by then had begun writing scripts for "The Phantom". Inspired and helped by Darell, Reimerthi began a career as a scriptwriter for comics and by the end of 1984 he was a part of Team Fantomen (initially under the pseudonym Michael Tierres, an anagram of his own name).[1]

Over the years, Reimerthi has become the main writer for the Phantom stories produced for the Fantomen comic book. He has written more stories than any other Team Fantomen writer, and in later years he was responsible for some of the most important story arcs.

He wrote 283 regular stories on behalf of Team Fantomen during his long tenure. In addition he wrote "The Heart of Darkness", a serialized story divided into seven chapters and totally covering 50 episodes of over 350 pages in total.

After the death of Lee Falk, Reimerthi supplied scripts for the Phantom newspaper strip from 1999 to 2003, in total nine stories, two of which were remakes of earlier Team Fantomen stories.

Reimerthi was one of Sweden's most productive comic creators, and has also written scripts for the licensed versions of "Kerry Drake" and "The Gauntlet of Fate"; the comedy strips "91:an", "Lilla Fridolf" and "Sputnik"; the children's comic "Bamse" and the historical graphic novel series "Gustaf Vasa" about the Swedish king of the same name.

Reimerthi was also a comics scholar who has written several books, articles and reviews of comics and comics creators.

From 2013 to 2015, Claes Reimerthi and Hans Lindahl were the editors managing the production of new Team Fantomen stories.

Reimerthi retired from writing Phantom scripts in early 2021. He passed away suddenly and unexpected later that year.

Phantom work by Claes Reimerthi

Stories

Team Fantomen stories

#   1 – 100
# Title Writer Artist
1
"Gold Fever, Part 1" Tierres Vallvé
2
"Gold Fever, Part 2" Tierres Vallvé
3
"The First Phantom" Sweden - 1984 Tierres Leppänen
4
"Black Glove, Part 1" Tierres Westad
5
"Black Glove, Part 2" Tierres Westad, Sydsæter
6
"The Wreck in Timpenni Sound" Tierres Bade
7
"The Carnival of Death" Tierres Vallvé ¤
8
"The Crying Idol" Tierres Bess
9
"The Fire of Life" Tierres Lindahl
10
"The Coffin from Bombay" Tierres Vallvé ¤
11
"Shamur's Eye" Tierres Vallvé ¤
12
"Black Fagin" Tierres Leppänen
13
"The Moor of Death" Finland - 1986 Tierres Vallvé ¤
14
"Easy Money" Tierres Bess ¤
15
"The Demon of Misty Island" Tierres Westad, Eralp ¤
16
"Deadly Infection" Tierres Vallvé
17
"The Swamp of Horrors" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp
18
"The Venetian Ghost" Tierres Vallvé ¤
19
"The Prisoner Who didn't Exist" Tierres Vallvé
20
"The Blood Night" Tierres Vallvé
21
"The Ghost Ship" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp ¤
22
"The Elephant Sect" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp
23
"The Rose of Cairo, Part 1" Tierres Lindahl
24
"The Rose of Cairo, Part 2: Pandora's Box" Tierres Lindahl
25
"Death in the East End, Part 1: The College Ghost" Tierres Bess
26
"Death in the East End, Part 2" Tierres Bess
27
"Death in the East End, Part 3: Castle in the Sea" Tierres Lindahl
28
"The River of Horrors" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp ¤
29
"Jamaica Jack's Treasure" Tierres Vallvé ¤
30
"The Elixir Maker" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp ¤
31
"The Minotaurus Cult" Tierres Vallvé ¤
32
"The Secret of the Haunted Castle" Tierres Felmang, Waldrag
33
"The Harbour Rats" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp ¤
34
"Deadly Intent" Tierres Wilhelmsson, Eralp ¤
35
"The Raid in Sanloi" Tierres Leppänen
36
"Duel to the Death" Tierres Bade ¤
37
"The Hunchback" Tierres Vallvé ¤
38
"The Mysterious Prisoner" Tierres Vallvé
39
"Death's Hour" Tierres Vallvé ¤
40
"The Storm Maker" Tierres Felmang, Waldrag
41
"Night of the Jesters" Tierres Vallvé
42
"The Demon in the Tower" Tierres Vallvé
43
"The Mysterious Inheritance" Tierres Lindahl
44
"Secret of the Volcano Valley" Eralp, Tierres Eralp ¤
45
"Cleopatra's Asp" Tierres Leppänen
46
"Jezebel" Tierres Bade ¤
47
"Death in the Depth" Tierres Vallvé ¤
48
"The Wings of Death" Tierres Felmang, Ferri
49
"The Devil's Cauldron" Tierres Vallvé ¤
50
"Marineland Drug Menace" Tierres Felmang, Ferri
51
"Redbeard the Traitor" Tierres Olesen
52
"From the Other Side of the Grave" Tierres Vallvé ¤
53
"The Mark of Death" Tierres Vallvé ¤
54
"The Guardian Angel" Tierres Felmang, Ferri
55
"Mojados" Tierres Cruz
56
"In the Shadow of Death" Tierres Vallvé ¤
57
"The Last Mission" Tierres Felmang, Ferri
58
"Death in Venice" Tierres Vallvé ¤
59
"Jungle Snow" Tierres Felmang, Ferri, Benny
60
"Evil Schemes" Tierres Felmang, Benny
61
"The Missing Link" Tierres Felmang, Benny ¤
62
"Election in Bengali, Part 1: The Challenger" Reimerthi Lindahl
63
"Election in Bengali, Part 2: The Loser" Reimerthi Lindahl
64
"The Evil Game, Part 1" Reimerthi Cruz
65
"The Evil Game, Part 2" Reimerthi Cruz
66
"Seconds from Death" Reimerthi Lindahl
67
"Revenge of the Hypnotist" Reimerthi Cruz
68
"The Triads, Part 1: Deadly Cargo" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny
69
"The Triads, Part 2: The Five Thunderbolts" Reimerthi Felmang, Rancho
70
"The Triads, Part 3: The Tiger Queen" Reimerthi Felmang, Ferri
71
"The Triads, Part 4: Death in Shanghai" Reimerthi Felmang, Ferri
72
"The Triads, Part 5: At the End of the Road" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny
73
"Caught in the Crossfire" Reimerthi Cruz
74
"The Count of Bengali" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny, Usam
75
"The Secret Agent" Reimerthi Cruz
76
"Duel on Destiny Top, Part 1" Reimerthi Cruz
77
"Duel on Destiny Top, Part 2" Reimerthi Cruz
78
"The Street Kids" Reimerthi Spadari
79
"Public Enemy Number One" Reimerthi Leppänen
80
"Captain Walker's Log Book, Part 1" Reimerthi Felmang, Usam
81
"The Devil's Library, Part 1" Reimerthi Boix
82
"Captain Walker's Log Book, Part 2: The Golden Man" Reimerthi Felmang, Rancho
83
"Operation Hades" Reimerthi Cruz
84
"The Devil's Library, Part 2: The Devil in Disguise" Reimerthi Boix
85
"The Royal Murder Plot, Part 2" Reimerthi Cruz
86
"The Devil's Library, Part 3: The Hellhound" Reimerthi Boix
87
"The Wages of Sin" Reimerthi Felmang, Morrik
88
"The Pugilist" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny
89
"Death of Lubanga, Part 1: The Peace Prize Winner" Reimerthi Lindahl
90
"Death of Lubanga, Part 2: The Last Battle" Reimerthi Lindahl
91
"The Devil's Library, Part 4: The Secret Chamber" Reimerthi Leppänen
92
"The Ghostly Ruins" Reimerthi Leppänen
93
"The Golden Fleece, Part 1: Argo" Reimerthi Boix
94
"Bastis the Cat Goddess" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny
95
"The Golden Fleece, Part 2: The Grave of Tiberius" Reimerthi Boix
96
"The Golden Fleece, Part 3: Medea's Revenge" Reimerthi Boix
97
"The Golden Fleece, Part 4" Reimerthi Boix
98
"Marabella" Reimerthi Felmang, Benny
99
"Puppets of Death" Reimerthi Cruz
100 "The Royal Palace Fire" Reimerthi Lindahl
#101 – 200
# Title Writer Artist
101 "The Inheritance" Reimerthi Lindahl
102 "Worubu's Secret" Reimerthi Cruz
103 "The Betrayal" Reimerthi Bade
104 "Revenge of the Harlequin" Reimerthi Cruz
105 "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" Norway - 1998 Reimerthi Felmang
106 "The Last Phantom, Part 2: The Choice" Reimerthi Felmang|
107 "Mystery of the Crypt" Reimerthi Boix
108 "Lord of the Jungle" Reimerthi, Johnsen Bade
109 "A Deadly Game" Reimerthi Cruz
110 "The Montbar Treasure" Reimerthi Boix
111 "The Voodoo Menace" Reimerthi Bade
112 "The Gold Buddha" Reimerthi Cruz
113 "Alliance of the Golden Ox" Reimerthi Spadari
114 "The Lethal Science" Reimerthi Lindahl
115 "The Castle of Darkness" Reimerthi Boix
116 "The Halloween Gang" Reimerthi Lindahl
117 "Live Cargo" Reimerthi Spadari
118 "St Lucifer of the Darkness" Reimerthi Bade
119 "Fight Evil, Part 1" Reimerthi Bade
120 "Fight Evil, Part 2" Reimerthi Felmang, Morrik
121 "Julie and the Witchdoctor" Reimerthi Felmang, Morrik
122 "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" Sweden - 2000 Norway - 2000 Reimerthi Lindahl|
123 "Treasure of St Lucifer" Reimerthi Bade
124 "Island of Vengeance" Reimerthi Lindahl
125 "Durham's Curse" Reimerthi Boix
126 "The Prodigal Son" Sweden - 2001 Reimerthi Spadari
127 "Night of the Pirates" Reimerthi Boix
128 "The Ghost House" Reimerthi Boix
129 "The Witch Hunt" Reimerthi Boix
130 "The New Pupil" Reimerthi Boix
131 "The Hellhound" Reimerthi Cruz
132 "In A Strange Land, Part 1" Reimerthi Spadari
133 "In A Strange Land, Part 2" Norway - 2002 Reimerthi Spadari
134 "Patrolman Weeks Suspended" Reimerthi Mann
135 "Revenge of the Shipwreckers" Reimerthi Giordano
136 "Return of the Halloween Gang" Reimerthi Ryan
137 "The Mask of Gaguwara" Reimerthi Boix
138 "The Bank Robbers" Reimerthi Mann
139 "Curse of the Troll Drum" Reimerthi Lindahl
140 "The Cruel Revenge" Reimerthi Boix
141 "Secret of the Skulls, Part 1" Reimerthi Lindahl
142 "Secret of the Skulls, Part 2" Reimerthi McLeod
143 "Secret of the Skulls, Part 3" Reimerthi Ryan
144 "The Vanishing Lake" Reimerthi Giordano
145 "Dogai Singh's Treasure" Reimerthi Ryan
146 "The Hood" Reimerthi Boix
147 "The 21st Phantom" Reimerthi Ryan
148 "Molok" Reimerthi Ryan
149 "The Courier" Reimerthi Saviuk
150 "The Lethal Trap" Reimerthi Leppänen
151 "The Black Widow" Reimerthi Ryan
152 "The Grim Reaper" Reimerthi Ryan
153 "Annihilate All Singh" Reimerthi Boix
154 "Death at the Fun Park" Reimerthi Lindahl
155 "The Secret Singh Leader" Reimerthi Spadari
156 "In the Shadow of Death" Reimerthi Lindahl
157 "Diana's Crisis, Part 2: Diana Disappears" Reimerthi Ryan, McLeod
158 "The Phantom - Man or Myth?" Reimerthi Saviuk
159 "The Redeemer, Part 1: Healing Hands" Reimerthi Leppänen
160 "The Redeemer, Part 2: The Farm" Reimerthi Lindahl
161 "The Redeemer, Part 3: The Army" Reimerthi McLeod
162 "The Racist Cult" Reimerthi Bade
163 "Jonathon Wild, Part 1: King of Thieves" Reimerthi Leppänen
164 "Jonathon Wild, Part 2: Sentenced to Hang" Reimerthi Leppänen
165 "The Shadow" Reimerthi Leppänen
166 "The Plunderers of Kinloch Island" Reimerthi McLeod, Whigham
167 "The Philosopher's Stone, Part 1: Phoenix Reborn" Reimerthi Lindahl
168 "The Philosopher's Stone, Part 2: King of Beggars" Reimerthi Leppänen
169 "The Philosopher's Stone, Part 3: The Lost Library" Reimerthi Saviuk, Giordano
170 "The Philosopher's Stone, Part 4: The Middle of the World" Reimerthi Leppänen
171 "Return of the Commander, Part 1" Reimerthi Boix
172 "The Loch Ness Monster" Reimerthi Bade
173 "Return of the Commander, Part 2" Reimerthi Boix
174 "Deadly Virus" Reimerthi Spadari
175 "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" Sweden - 2007 Reimerthi Leppänen
176 "The Phantom Crusader, Part 2" Reimerthi Leppänen
177 "Dogai - The Road to Power" Norway - 2007 Reimerthi Lindahl
178 "The New President" Reimerthi Velluto
179 "The New Leader" Reimerthi Lindahl
180 "The Phantom Crusader, Part 3" Reimerthi Leppänen
181 "Dark Justice" Reimerthi Bade
182 "The Great Deception, Part 1" Reimerthi Boix
183 "The Great Deception, Part 2" Reimerthi Spadari
184 "The White Elephant" Reimerthi Bade
185 "The Pirate Festival" Reimerthi Leppänen
186 "The Mystery at Pendragon House" Reimerthi Boix
187 "The Devil of Ravenscar" Norway - 2008 Reimerthi Bade
188 "Secret of the Leech Pond" Reimerthi Leppänen
189 "The Gandor Sect" Reimerthi Bade
190 "The Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" Sweden - 2009 Reimerthi Leppänen
191 "Wipe out Bengete" Reimerthi Bade
192 "The Phantom Gladiator, Part 2" Reimerthi Leppänen
193 "Lord of the Hyenas" Reimerthi Bade
194 "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" Norway - 2009 Reimerthi Lindahl
195 "The Phantom Gladiator, Part 3" Reimerthi Leppänen
196 "Hotspot Barbados" Reimerthi Lindahl
197 "The Invasion of Baronkhan" Reimerthi Felmang|
198 "Cloak of Darkness" Reimerthi Bade
199 "Patrolman Aurora" Reimerthi Velluto
200 "The Governor and Scarface" Reimerthi Leppänen
#201 – 283
# Title Writer Artist
201 "Walker's Ride" Reimerthi Velluto
202 "In the Shadow of the Guillotine" Reimerthi Bade
203 "Power of the Skull Mark" Reimerthi Bade
204 "The Legend of Rahotep, Part 1" Reimerthi Leppänen
205 "The Skull Murders" Reimerthi Velluto
206 "The Legend of Rahotep, Part 2" Reimerthi Leppänen
207 "Fatal Salvation" Reimerthi Bade
208 "Dangerous Escape" Reimerthi Felmang, Ferri
209 "Fateful Meeting" Reimerthi Lindahl
210 "Encounter With Murder" Reimerthi Boix
211 "The Legend of Rahotep, Part 3" Reimerthi Leppänen
212 "The Scapegoat" Reimerthi Velluto
213 "Burnt Offering" Reimerthi Bade
214 "Grinning Jack's Treasure" Reimerthi Spadari
215 "Save Jerusalem" Reimerthi Leppänen
216 "The Resurrection Man" Reimerthi Bade
217 "Prisoner in the Skull Cave" Reimerthi Lindahl
218 "Secret of the Templar Knights" Reimerthi Leppänen
219 "The Devil Camp" Reimerthi Saviuk
220 "The Brotherhood of the Ring" Reimerthi Bade
221 "Year 1349" Sweden - 2013 Reimerthi Leppänen
222 "The Search For Mu" Reimerthi, Lindahl Spadari
223 "Rodia - Twilight" Reimerthi Felmang|
224 "Rodia - Night" Reimerthi Boix
225 "Invisible Eyes" Reimerthi Bade
226 "Rodia - Dawn" Reimerthi Boix
227 "The Last of the Merovingans" Reimerthi Leppänen
228 "Epilogue" Reimerthi Boix
229 "Raiders of the Lost City, Part 1" Reimerthi Saviuk
230 "Blood Red Sea" Reimerthi Boix
231 "Raiders of the Lost City, Part 2" Reimerthi Saviuk
232 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 1" Reimerthi Leppänen
233 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 2" Reimerthi Leppänen
234 "The Skull Gang" Reimerthi Bade
235 "Ticket to Freedom" Reimerthi Jonsson
236 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3" Reimerthi Leppänen
237 "Singh War, Part 1: The Flying Dutchman" Reimerthi Spadari
238 "Singh War, Part 2: Rodiagate" Reimerthi Bade
239 "The Thief" Reimerthi Saviuk
240 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 4: A Diabolical Plan" Reimerthi Leppänen
241 "Predator's Road" Reimerthi Bade
242 "Snake in Paradise" Reimerthi Spadari
243 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 5: Revolt" Reimerthi Leppänen
244 "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" Sweden - 2016 Reimerthi Leppänen
245 "The 22nd Phantom, Part 1: The Empty Throne" Reimerthi Ryan
246 "The 22nd Phantom, Part 2: Baptism of Fire" Reimerthi Saviuk
247 "The 22nd Phantom, Part 3: The Man in the Shadows" Reimerthi Ruiz, Martínez
248 "Lost at Sea, Part 1: The Island of Mysteries" Reimerthi Spadari
249 "Lost at Sea, Part 2: The Singing Statues" Reimerthi Spadari
250 "The Ghost of Thanatos" Reimerthi Bade
251 "Black Dagger, Part 1: The Rag Doll" Reimerthi Leppänen
252 "Black Dagger, Part 2: The Curse of Black Annis" Reimerthi Leppänen
253 "The Man with Six Fingers" Reimerthi Saviuk
254 "Shadows over Spyglass" Reimerthi Boix
255 "Butterfly Man" Reimerthi Spadari
256 "The Scavengers" Reimerthi Ruiz, Martínez
257 "The Dark Chalice, Part 1: The Ghost in Glastonbury" Reimerthi Leppänen
258 "The Dark Chalice, Part 2: The Tomb of the Sorceress" Reimerthi Leppänen
259 "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" Sweden - 2018 Reimerthi Bade
260 "The Angel of Retribution" Reimerthi Boix
261 "The Fight Against Singh, Part 1: Shadows over Singhtown" Reimerthi Ordon
262 "The Fight Against Singh, Part 2: In the Shadow of the Enemy" Reimerthi Ordon
263 "The Seventh Icon" Reimerthi Leppänen
264 "The Man in the Shadows" Reimerthi Bade
265 "Kit and the Pirates" Reimerthi Spadari
266 "The Prisoner of the Golden Cage" Reimerthi Boix, Ruiz, Martínez
267 "The Fight Against Singh, Part 3: Gauntlet with Death" Reimerthi Ordon
268 "Jean Lafitte's Treasure" Reimerthi Leppänen
269 "The Fight Against Singh, Part 4: A Family Affair" Reimerthi Ordon
270 "The Secret Theatre, Part 1: The Man with the Silver Nose" Reimerthi Leppänen
271 "The Secret Theatre, Part 2: Shakespeare in Venice" Reimerthi Leppänen
272 "The Secret Theatre, Part 3: The Final Performance" Reimerthi Leppänen
273 "The Highway Robbers" Reimerthi Ordon
274 "The False Jean Lafitte" Reimerthi Spay
275 "Stolen Rings" Reimerthi Müller, Spay
276 "The Island" Reimerthi Leppänen
277 "Attack on the Jungle Hospital" Reimerthi Ordon
278 "In the Claws of the Vultures" Reimerthi Ordon
279 "A Web of Lies" Reimerthi Leppänen
280 "Nosferatu's Revenge" Reimerthi Ordon
281 "Floating Borders" Reimerthi Leppänen
282 "The Flooded City" Reimerthi Ordon
283 "Showdown at Paradise Hotel" Reimerthi Ordon
  • Claes Reimerthi and Michael Tierres are the same writer – Tierres was Reimerthi's pen-name until 1993.
  • The over 350 pages long story "The Heart of Darkness", published under the header Phantom Legends and spanning over 50 episodes, from 1994 to 1996 and 2009 is not included above.

Daily stories

# Title Writer Artist Start End
1 "The Halloween Kidnappers" Reimerthi Olesen/Williams 21 Oct 1999 15 Jan 2000
2 "The Strange Robber" Reimerthi Olesen/Williams 8 May 2000 5 Aug 2000
3 "The Connoisseurs" Reimerthi Olesen/Williams 1 Sep 2003 27 Dec 2003

Sunday stories

# Title Writer Artist Start End
1 "The Shipwreckers" Avenell, Reimerthi Olesen, Fredericks 2 Jan 2000 30 Jul 2000
2 "Woduro's Secret" Reimerthi Nolan 6 Aug 2000 4 Mar 2001
3 "The Lion's Head Tamarine" Reimerthi Nolan 11 Mar 2001 7 Oct 2001
4 "The War Mongers" Reimerthi Nolan 14 Oct 2001 7 Apr 2002
5 "The Briefcase" Reimerthi Nolan 14 Apr 2002 29 Sep 2002
6 "The Snake Goddess's Island" Reimerthi Nolan 6 Oct 2002 30 Mar 2003

Notes