Le Fantôme Spécial

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Le Fantôme Spécial was the title of two French comic series dedicated to "The Phantom".

First series

The first series was based on the Italian series L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo. The French series was published by Les Editions des Remparts, a French comics editor based in Lyon, but it was printed in Italy by Fratelli Spada. It was also occasionally distributed in Quebec, Canada by Presses Selection Limitée in Montreal.

99 issues were published from 1963 to 1973. It was published in a larger format than the regular Le Fantôme series, and was monthly for most of its run. Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums". A total of 21 albums, containing issue 48 to 99, were published.

The issues featured dailies and Sundays, from Ray Moore to Sy Barry, sometimes Fratelli Spada stories, and occasionally other back-up comics.

Issue overview

Regular series

1963	1	2	3	4
1964	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1965	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
1966	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
1967	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
1968	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64
1969	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
1970	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86
1971	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95
1972	96	97	98
1973	99

Albums

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21

Second series

The second series began in 1973, the same year that the first series ended. This time it was in an album format, based on The Phantom albums from Fratelli Spada's I Quaderni del Fumetto series.

After six albums, the format changed drastically to a pocket book in 1977. The series was now based on another Italian series called Phantom Selezione, and also changed name to Phantom Spécial, but kept the same numbering. From #17, the title returned to Le Fantôme Spécial which it kept until the end with #22 in 1979.

Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums". A total of 6 albums, containing issue 7 to 18, were published.

Issue overview

Regular series

1973	1	2
1974	3	4
1975	5
1976	6
1977	7	8	9	10
1978	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1979	19	20	21	22

Albums

1

2

3

4

5

6

See also

• L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo
• I Quaderni del Fumetto
• Phantom Selezione