Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3

Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3
Produced for:	Fantomen 21/2015
# of pgs:	22
Writer:	Claes Reimerthi
Artist:	Kari Leppänen
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Publishing AB

"Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3" is a 2015 Team Fantomen story, written by Claes Reimerthi, with art by Kari Leppänen.

Plot synopsis

Pinkerton Agent Amanda Bee is hiding in the docks, afraid to go back to her hotel. Paddy Mahoon's men still find her the next day and keep her locked up outside the city in congressman Scott's garden shed. The Phantom is looking for her her, but is unable to find her. The bokor, the voodoo witch doctor, has turned a dock worker into a zombie. The voodoo queen Marie Laveau receives a note with a drawing of a snake. The drawing becomes a real snake but her servant Claude shoots it with a gun. Laveau puts herself into a trance and discovers that she has a bokor as a powerful enemy. She sends a note to the Phantom to meet with him. She has received word that a group of influential men have hired a bokor to perform a task for them, including creating a zombie. The Phantom tells her that this group is conspiring to have the South secede from the union and that the Pinkerton Agency is monitoring them.

Agent Bee manages to escape from her captors. The same night the Phantom and Marie Laveau visit a cemetery where they discover a freshly dug grave. They find a recently buried coffin containing not a man but a dead dog. The dog comes alive and attacks them. When the Phantom shoots the dog dead, the bokor himself appears and, using an exploding device, makes the Phantom and Laveau hallucinate that they see the undead wanting to drag them down into the ground. The ghastly sight disappears when Laveau tells the Phantom to close his eyes. The bokor disappears and the Phantom tells her that he intends to stop the conspirators before hundreds of thousands of people die.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 16th Phantom
• Amanda Bee, Pinkerton agent
• John F. Scott, member of US congress
• Paddy Mahoon, boxer
• Sullivan

One-time characters

• Montgomery Stuart, gambler
• Job, dock worker
• Claude, servant

Real-life characters

• Marie Laveau

Locations

• USA
  • Louisiana
    • New Orleans

Organizations

• Pinkerton Detective Agency

Vehicles

• Gloria Scott, paddle steamer

Related stories

Preceded by

• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 1" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 2" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen

Followed by

• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 4: A Diabolical Plan" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 5: Revolt" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen

Behind the scenes

• The original Swedish story has a subtitle that was not translated into English by Frew; "The Voodoo Wars".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3", The Phantom #1750 (2016)

Brazil

• "O Espírito de Nat Turner, parte 3: Guerra Vodu", O Fantasma #7 (2020)

Norway

• "Nat Turners ånd, del 3: Voodookrigen", Fantomet 13/2015

Sweden

• "Nat Turners ande, del 3: Voodookriget", Fantomen 21/2015