Mystery of the Ivy Crown

Mystery of the Ivy Crown
Produced for:	Fantomen 25-26/2016
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Olof Siverbo
Artist:	Joan Boix
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Publishing AB

"Mystery of the Ivy Crown" is a 2016 Team Fantomen story, written by Olof Siverbo, with art by Joan Boix.

Plot synopsis

Visiting the Palmer Home, Diana's cousin Beth asks the Phantom to help find her missing boyfriend Zander. The Phantom soon finds Zander's dead body and a long lost diary which leads to a secret society at Ivy Crown university whose old rituals includes the rape of a female student.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana
• Lily Palmer
• Lamanda Luaga (mentioned)

Real-life characters

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Beth
• Zander Peters
• Adam, Zander's room mate
• Professor Elm
• Professor John Freed
• Luther Gardner, principal
• Catherine Ford (flashback)
• Professor Reeves (flashback)
• Jenny, librarian
• Caretaker
• Eshe of Elana
• Isobel O'Neill, new principal

Locations

• USA
  • New York
    • The Palmer Home
  • US eastern coast
    • Ivy Crown university
      • Faculty of Medicine
        • Main Building
          • Wine Cellar
    • Library
    • Pinewood Point
• Ivory-Lana (mentioned)

Tribes

• Elana of Ivory-Lana

Organizations

• Ivy Crown University
• Serpentics Pharmaceuticals
• Pittsburgh Steelers (mentioned)
• FBI (mentioned)

Items

• Movie poster of Woody Allen's "Manhattan"

Behind the scenes

• The English title should be "The Mystery of Ivy Crown". The published title is a mistranslation of the original Swedish title. Ivy Crown is the name a school, and not an actual physical object.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Mystery of the Ivy Crown", The Phantom #1784 (2017)

Norway

• "Mysteriet på Ivy Crown", Fantomet 13/2016

Sweden

• "Mysteriet på Ivy Crown", Fantomen 25-26/2016