Fantomen 2017
In the year 2017, a total of 19 issues of Swedish comic book Fantomen were 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.
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Covers
Henrik Sahlström was the main cover artist of the year with 8 covers. Several less frequent cover artist produced line art which was colored by Jenny Winther: Alex Saviuk (3 covers), Kari Leppänen (2 covers), Joan Boix (1 cover), and Heiner Bade (1 cover). Rafael Ruiz produced his first cover, and the team Sal Velluto & Eugenio Mattozzi did 3 covers.
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. Most stories were 22 pages, with the exception of one 21-page and one 23-page story. One regular issue featured a Sunday story as main story. Previously unpublished daily stories were used as backup in most double issues, which also featured Team Fantomen reprints. Three short "The World of the Phantom" stories were also published, after a year of absence.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
The World of the Phantom
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "A homage to Ray Moore" | Sonne | Sonne | |
| "An Evening in Morristown" | Wallin | Wallin | |
| "The Dragon's Treasure" | Sonne | Végh Blidlöv |
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Challenge" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "The Baronkhan Sedition" | DePaul | Ryan, Manley | |
| "The Wiseguy" | DePaul | Beatty | |
| "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | DePaul | Manley |
Previously published Team Fantomen stories
Other comics
- "La Jeunesse de Thorgal" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 4 and 5)
- "Louve" by Yann and Roman Surzhenko (issues 12 and 13)
- "Prasselsork" by Anders Végh Blidlöv (issue 2-3, 16, and 17)
- "Le Scorpion" by Stephen Desberg and Enrico Marini (issues 8 and 9)
- "Thorgal" by Yves Sente and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 20 and 21)
- "Undertaker" by Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer (issues 1 and 2-3)
Supplements
Fantomen 1 included a publishing schedule poster, Fantomen 16 included a poster of Best Fantomen cover 2016, and Fantomen 21 a postcard.
