Fantomen 2008
In the year 2008, a total of 22 issues of Swedish comic book Fantomen were published.
Overview
2008 continued the trend of reducing the number of actual issues published in favor of "double issues". In total, 22 issues were published of which 18 were regular issues of 68 pages and 4 were "double issues" of 132 pages. The double issues were on sale for four weeks, while the other issues were on sale for two weeks.
The first issue of 2008 was released on December 27, 2007. The corresponding issue of Fantomet was released on December 24, 2007, and was numbered as the last issue of 2007 instead. The corresponding Finnish issue was released first of the three, on December 19, 2007, but was still numbered as the first issue of 2008.
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Covers
Rolf Gohs was the main cover artist of the year, with a total of 11 covers. Other cover artists included Hans Lindahl (2 covers), Sal Velluto & Eugenio Mattozzi (2 covers), Felmang & Germano Ferri (2 covers), Felmang & Alex Biffignandi (1 cover), Heiner Bade (1 cover), César Spadari (1 cover), Joan Boix (1 cover) and Paul Ryan (1 cover). With 9 different cover artists (or cover artist teams), this was the highest number of different cover artists in a single year in the history of Fantomen.
The cover design where the cover artwork was placed inside a frame ended with Fantomen 25, after having been used for 23 issues. The new cover design was more in line with previous years, where the cover artwork fills the entire front page.
Most of the issues up till 18-19 also featured one of two different artworks on the first inside cover page or on page 3. They had been published before.
Cover gallery
Inside cover gallery
* = on page 3
Fantomen 5*, 10-11*, 18-19*
Contents
Phantom stories
All but 3 issues featured new Team Fantomen stories as main stories. Two issues featured newspaper strip stories that hadn't previously been published in Fantomen as main stories. One issue featured a reprinted Team Fantomen story as main story. Several reprints of Lee Falk & Sy Barry daily and Sunday stories, and one Team Fantomen reprint, appeared as back-up stories throughout the year.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
"The Crime Apprentices" | DePaul | Ryan | |
"Woduro's Secret" | Reimerthi | Nolan |
Previously published Team Fantomen stories
Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
"The Secret of the Golden Snake" | Kharelli, Redno | Leppänen | |
"Kingdom of the Amazons" | Goodall | Felmang, Ferri |
Previously published newspaper stories
Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
"The Hunters" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Delta Pirates" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Wedding of the Phantom" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Snake Goddess" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Three Bandits" | Falk | Barry | |
"What's Wrong with Hzz?" | Falk | Barry | |
"Zabadabah" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Star of Bangalla" | Falk | Barry | |
"The Heirs" | Falk | Barry |
Other comics
- "Bernard Prince" by Cheradic and Hermann (issue 3),
by Greg and Hermann (issues 8, 9, 13, 24, and 25), and
by Hermann (issue 10-11) - "Herman Hedning" by Jonas Darnell (issues 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 18-19, 20, 22-23, 24, 25, and 26)
- "Jerome K Jerome Bloche" by Alain Dodier (issues 12, 13, and 26)
- "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (issues 1, 5, 6-7, 14, 17, 20, and 21)
- "Latigo" by Stan Lynde (issues 1, 3, 6-7, 8, 16, 17, 18-19, and 22-23)
- "Spirou" by André Franquin (issues 1, 2, and 14) and
by André Franquin and Greg (issues 15 and 16) - "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King, Robin Furth, Peter David, Jae Lee and Richard Isanove (issue 10-11)
- "Thorgal" by Yves Sente and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 3 and 4) and
by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 6-7, 10-11, 18-19, and 22-23)
Supplements
Fantomen 1 included a publishing schedule poster, Fantomen 15 included a poster of Best Fantomen cover 2007 and a Good Mark tattoo, and Fantomen 16 included a Skull Mark tattoo.