Fantomen 2016
In the year 2016, 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". Six "double issues" were 100 pages, and one was 148 pages. The double issues were on sale for four weeks, while the other issues were on sale for two weeks.
One issue added extra pages by including a comics supplement.
The first issue of 2016 was released on December 29, 2015.
2016 was the 80th anniversary year of the Phantom comic strip. Fantomen celebrated this during the year with anniversary reprints of classic stories, remakes of classic covers, anniversary articles, and an 80th anniversary symbol on the front cover of every issue.
Promotion
There was significant media reports in Sweden during the year, regarding the Phantom's 80th anniversary, the start of future stories with Kit and Heloise, and Elin Jonsson's win of Best Fantomen cover 2015.
Covers
Henrik Sahlström was the main cover artist of the year, with 12 covers. Other cover artists were the teams Sal Velluto & Eugenio Mattozzi (5 covers), Henrik Jonsson & Brittany Pezzillo (1 cover), and Joan Boix & Brittany Pezzillo (1 cover).
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Phantom, five of the covers were inspired by covers from previous decades.
Cover gallery
Contents
Phantom stories
11 new Team Fantomen stories were published during the year, mostly as main stories in regular issues. One of the stories was published as main story in a double issue and of the former standard length 32 pages instead of 22 pages. Two regular issues featured Sunday stories as main stories, and previously unpublished daily stories were used as backup in most double issues. Anniversary reprints were included as stories in all double issues, usually as main stories. Among these were also a short Team Fantomen story from 1983 that had never before been published in Fantomen. The final part of Kings Watch was published as a supplement. One new Phantom Kids story was also published.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Phantom Kids
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Monster Within Us" | Hansegård | Bielecki |
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Iceman" | DePaul | Beatty | |
| "The Sky Band" | Falk | Moore | |
| "The Battlements of the Nomad" | DePaul | Beatty | |
| "The Aeronaut" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "The Scoundrel" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "The Rattle" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "Terror's Mutiny" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "John X" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "Patrolman X" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "Trouble in the Twelve Nations" | DePaul | Beatty |
Previously unpublished Dynamite stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Kings Watch Part 5" | Parker | Laming |
Previously published Team Fantomen stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Death in the Sky" | Granberg | Vallvé | |
| "The Slave's Railway" | Worker | Lindahl | |
| "The Disappearance of Prince Rex" | Avenell | Bade | |
| "The Plunderers of Kinloch Island" | Reimerthi | McLeod, Whigham |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Singh Brotherhood" | Falk | Moore | |
| "The Scarlet Sorceress" | Falk | Moore, McCoy | |
| "Bullets' Town" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Gibs Brothers" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "The Killer" | Falk | Barry |
Other comics
- "De utvalda" by Nils Lindberg and Gösta Lindwall (issues 2-3 and 18-19)
- "La Jeunesse de Thorgal" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 4 and 5)
- "Kriss de Valnor" by Yves Sente and Giulio De Vita (issues 16 and 17) and
by Xavier Dorison, Mathieu Mariolle, and Roman Surzhenko (issues 24 and 25-26) - "Louve" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 12 and 13)
- "Mildh & Fromm" by Göran Semb and Carlos Pedrazzini (issues 20 and 21)
- "Prasselsork" by Anders Végh Blidlöv (issue 2-3)
- "Le Scorpion" by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini (issues 8 and 9)
- "Undertaker" by Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer (issues 1 and 2-3)
Supplements
Fantomen 1 included a publishing schedule poster. Two versions were created – one with art by Sy Barry included for subscribers, and one with art by Henrik Jonsson included in the issues sold by retailers. Also included in the same issue was part 5 (the finale) of Kings Watch. Issue 16 included a poster of Best Fantomen cover 2015.
