Death's Hour

Death's Hour
Produced for:	Fantomen 3/1989
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Michael Tierres
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"Death's Hour" is a 1989 Team Fantomen story, written by Michael Tierres, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 2nd Phantom
• the future 3rd Phantom "Chris"
• the future 4th Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Duran
• Rosamunda

One-time characters

• Roger/"The Fox"
• Jonathan Gregor/"Trevor Spenlowe"
• Rafael
• Jenny

Real-life characters

• William Shakespeare
• Guy Fawkes

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
• England

Related stories

Preceded by

• "The Hunchback" by Michael Tierres and Jaime Vallvé
• "The Mysterious Prisoner" by Michael Tierres and Jaime Vallvé

Behind the scenes

• The original Swedish title of this story, "Bleka dödens minut", translates directly to "Minute of the Pale Death". That is a literal translation of the Swedish title, which in turn is taken from a poem by the Swedish writer Birger Sjöberg. "Bleka dödens minut" was also used in 1987 as the Swedish title of the film "The Princess Bride" which also could be a reason why the title was chosen for a Phantom story two years later. An English translation of Sjöberg's poem uses the title "Death's Hour", which was then also used by Frew for their reprint of this story in English.
• The text JV-96 on the first page indicates that it is the 96th story drawn by Jaime Vallvé. This practice of indicating the creators by initials and a serial number on the first page is still used on some comic strips produced in Sweden, but was abandoned rather quickly for "The Phantom".
• Dr Axel is drawn as an African in this story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Death's Hour", The Phantom #1826 (2018)

Finland

• "Ratkaisun hetki", Mustanaamio 15/1989

Norway

• "Dødens minutt", Fantomets Krønike 3/1989
• "Dødens minutt", Fantomets Krønike 2/2001
• "Dødens minutt", Krønikebok #3 (2001)

Sweden

• "Bleka dödens minut", Fantomen 3/1989
• "Bleka dödens minut", Fantomen Krönika 2/1994
• "Bleka dödens minut", Fantomen Krönika Band 2 (2000)