Deadly Conspiracy

Deadly Conspiracy
Produced for:	Fantomen 19/1981
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Georges Bess
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"Deadly Conspiracy" is a 1981 Team Fantomen story written by Norman Worker, with art by Georges Bess.

Plot synopsis

The Phantom and Diana have been invited to the wedding of President Goranda of Ivory-Lana. Due to a heart condition, the president has had a pacemaker implanted. His enemy General Asolana has constructed a device in the shape of a camera that will trigger a heart attack and he intends to use it to kill Goranda on his wedding day.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Lamanda Luaga
• President Goranda
• General Asolana
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit and Heloise
• Gogo and Totu
• Devil

One-time characters

• Professor Burnet, surgeon
• Colonel Vamba, President Goranda's Head of Security Police
• Wilson, Asolana's henchman
• Ray, Asolana's henchamn
• Sheree Burnet, Professor Burnet's daughter
• Eva Perelta, President Goranda's fiancee
• Dr Mambo, president Goranda's doctor
• Colonel Mulla of Buijongo
• Luka, Buijongo boy
• His Excellency Leopold Mandale, dressed as a French aristocrat
• Eugeine, Leopold's wife, also dressed as a French aristocrat
• Unnamed standover man
• Luka, from the tribe in Buijongo
• Unnamed Liutenant of Buijongo
• Unnamed Sergeant of Buijongo

Locations

• Ivory-Lana
  • Tuskula
    • Old district
      • Bunker
    • Disco
    • Presidential Palace
      • Grand Ball Room
    • Hotel near the Presidential Palace
    • Gold Course
    • Hospital (mentioned)
  • Dr Burnet's House
    • Office
  • Ivory-Lana Airport
  • Petrol station just inside border of Ivory-Lana
  • Church
    • Bell Tower
• Bengali
  • The Tree House
• Buijongo
  • Sidana Prison Complex
  • Jongo Falls

Items

• Camera device to interfere with pacemaker

Behind the scenes

• At the Masked Ball, the Phantom dresses in his skin-tight suit, but without his guns or gun holster.
• The Phantom gives his name to the tribe in Buijonga as "Colonel Walker".

Related stories

Refers to

• "Return of the Terrorists" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Phantom Wedding" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "The Wedding of the Phantom" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Deadly Conspiracy", The Phantom #1989 (2025)

Brazil

• "Conspiração Mortala", Fantasma #355 (1985)

Denmark

• "Sammensværgelsen", Fantomet #219 (1983)

Finland

• "Kohtalokas salaliitto", Mustanaamio 2/1982

Norway

• "Sammensvergelsen", Fantomet 2/1982
• "Sammensvergelsen", Fantomet Gullalderen #15 (2014)
• "Sammensvergelsen", Fantomet 10/2018 (colored by Reprostugan)

Sweden

• "Dödlig sammansvärjning", Fantomen 19/1981
• "Dödlig sammansvärjning", Fantomen 18-19/2018 (colored by Reprostugan)

West Germany

• "Die Kamera des Teufels", Phantom #205 (1982)