Fantomen 2015
In the year 2015, a total of 19 issues of Swedish comic book Fantomen was published.
Overview
In total, 19 issues were published of which 12 were regular issues of 52 pages and 7 were "double issues" of 100 pages. The double issues were on sale for four weeks, while the other issues were on sale for two weeks.
Five issues added extra pages by including comics supplements.
The first issue of 2015 was released on December 30, 2014.
Promotion
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Covers
Main cover artist of the year was newcomer Henrik Sahlström with 11 covers. Other cover artists during the year were Henrik Jonsson (also newcomer, 3 covers, of which two with Brittany Pezzillo), Hans Lindahl (2 covers), Alex Saviuk (also newcomer, 1 cover), Elin Jonsson (also newcomer, 1 cover) and the team Sal Velluto and Eugenio Mattozzi (1 cover).
Cover gallery
Contents
Phantom stories
All but four issues included new Team Fantomen stories as main stories, a total of 15 new stories. However, the standard length of a full-length story was changed during this year from 32 to 22 pages. Of the 15 new stories, the first four were 32 pages and the following 11 were 22 pages.
Two issues included a recent Sunday stories as main stories. Several previously unpublished daily and Sunday stories also appeared as back-up stories throughout the year, as well as one previously published daily story by Falk and Barry.
Two issues included reprints of Team Fantomen stories as main stories.
The World of the Phantom, the series of short Team Fantomen stories by new creators, continued from last year. Six new short stories (from one to six pages long) were published during the year. Also introduced was "Phantom Kids", an attempt to appeal to the younger audience.
The Kings Watch serial from Dynamite Entertainment was published as supplements. Four (of five) parts were published this year.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
The World of the Phantom
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kit and the Panther Queen" | Johnsson | Johnsson | |
| "Whoever Digs a Pit..." | Sonne | Jonsson | |
| "Alone Is..." | Krantz | Krantz | |
| "The Man in the Darkness" | Sonne | Jonsson | |
| "At the End of the Desert" | Sonne | Crescenzi | |
| "On Jungle Patrol" | Sonne | Crescenzi |
Phantom Kids
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kit and Heloise on Adventure" | Hansegård | Bielecki |
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
Previously unpublished Dynamite stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kings Watch Part 1" | Parker | Laming | |
| "Kings Watch Part 2" | Parker | Laming | |
| "Kings Watch Part 3" | Parker | Laming | |
| "Kings Watch Part 4" | Parker | Laming |
Previously published Team Fantomen stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Mysterious Cave" | Kharelli | Bess | |
| "The Mysterious Cave, Part Two: Ch'Gaan's Curse" | Kharelli | Bess | |
| "The Crying Idol" | Reimerthi | Bess |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Sea God" | Falk | Barry |
Other comics
- "De utvalda" by Nils Lindberg and Gösta Lindwall (issues 6-7 and 25-26)
- "Jerome K. Jerome Bloche" by Alan Dodier (issues 4, 5, and 6-7)
- "La Jeunesse de Thorgal" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 1 and 2-3)
- "Kriss de Valnor" by Yves Sente and Giulio de Vita (issues 16, 17, and 18-19)
- "Louve" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 12, 13, and 14-15)
- "Mildh & Fromm" by Göran Semb and Carlos Pedrazzini (issues 13, 14-15, 16, and 17)
- "Prasselsork" by Anders Végh Blidlöv (issues 6-7, 12, 18-19, and 22-23)
- "Le Scorpion" by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini (issues 8, 9, 10-11, 20, 21, and 22-23)
Supplements
Fantomen 1 included a publishing schedule poster, Fantomen 16 a poster of Best Fantomen cover 2014 and (in stores) the 1st issue of the latest incarnation of Svenska Serier. Parts 1 trough 4 of Kings Watch were included in 17, 20, 21, and 24.
