Pirates of the Yellow Snake

Pirates of the Yellow Snake
Produced for:	Fantomen 11/1984
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"Pirates of the Yellow Snake" is a 1984 Team Fantomen story, written by Norman Worker, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Plot summary

When The 14th Phantom in 1826 is captured by Chinese pirates and taken to Hongkong, his son Kit decides to follow him there in a rescue attempt.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 14th Phantom
• the future 15th Phantom
• Marie Claire
• The 21st Phantom
• Devil
• Hero
• Guran
• Rex
• Tom-Tom
• The 10th Phantom (in flashbacks only)

One-time characters

• Wu Fang
• Major Wilson of The Jungle Patrol
• Lee Wok
• Tiger Chan
• Gollo of the Bandar
• Sir Cedric Pagett, Governor of Bengali
• Chow Fang (in flashbacks only)
• Sir Cedric's brother (mentioned)
• Chan
• Ambrose Cole, ship's cook
• Captain Inch of "Goosander"
• The Emperor of China
• General Chang
• Shi Ling, The Emperor's daughter
• Huan
• Chin-Chin (panda)

Locations

• Bengali
  • The Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
      • The Chronicle Room
      • The Phantom Crypt
      • The Major Treasure Room
  • Moribar
  • Shark Point
• France
  • Paris (mentioned only)
• China
  • Hongkong
    • Pearl River
  • Beijing
    • Forbidden City
      • Summer Palace

Tribes

• Bandar

Ships

• Southern Star
• Goosander

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol
• Pirates of the Yellow Snake
• East India Company
• Tartar Army

Items

• Preserved specimen of Chin-Chin the panda

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Pirates of the Yellow Snake", The Phantom #1870 (2020)

Denmark

• "Gule slanges pirater", Fantomet #260 (1985)
• "Gule slanges pirater", Fantomet Krønike #3 (1994)

Finland

• "Keltakäärmeen rosvot", Mustanaamio 21/1984

Norway

• "Gule orms pirater", Fantomet 3/1985
• "Gule orms pirater", Fantomets Krønike 2/1999
• "Gule orms pirater", Krønikebok #15 (2004)

Sweden

• "Gula ormens pirater", Fantomen 11/1984
• "Gula ormens pirater", Fantomen Krönika 1/1998
• "Gula ormens pirater", Fantomen 25-26/2018

Awards

• Best story (Norway) 1985

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Best Story Winners
Finland
1985: "The Prisoner at Capitolium" | 1986: "The Moor of Death"
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race Against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "The Slave Ship Zong" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "John X" & "Patrolman X" | 2017: "The Karabasan League"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "Phantom Wedding" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" (tie) | 2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "Year 1349" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" | 2017: "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | 2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" | 2019: "The Devil in Stockholm" | 2020: "A Reckoning with the Nomad" | 2021: "Devil's Story" | 2022: "Saga of the Vultures Chapter One: The Haunted Castle"