The 8th Phantom

The 8th Phantom
Active years (Team Fantomen):
1700-1717
Active years (Lee Falk):
Early 18th century, deceased in 1726
Active years (Moonstone):
N/A
Active years (Bastei):
1754-1787
Active years (Other producers):
N/A

The 8th Phantom is one of the Phantoms.

Fictional Character Biography

According to Team Fantomen

He was born in 1682 to the 7th Phantom and Queen Heloise of Hanta.

Before he became the Phantom, he went to Sweden to study. There he met Lady Ingrid of Holstein in 1699 and fell in love. The Swedish King Charles XII , however, did not think him worthy of such a noble lady and forbade him such an arrangement. However, the future 8th Phantom proved himself worthy during a bear hunt where he saved the King's life. Shortly thereafter, he got a message that it was time for him to swear the Oath of the Skull. Back in Bangalla, he witnessed a ship sinking and managed to save only one person from it – his beloved Ingrid.

According to Lee Falk

The 8th Phantom was the tallest of the Phantoms and had four sons, Kit-One, Kit-Two, Kit-Three, (triplets, born in 1703) and Kit-Four, born in 1704 ("The Fourth Son").

He met the queen and supposed witch Heloise of Koqania ("The Hanta Witch"), whom he later married, in either 1685 ("The Name") or in April 1675 or 1685 ("The Return of General Bababu"). In "The Fourth Son" he is married to an unnamed Englishwoman.

"The Fourth Son" also depicts the 8th Phantom dying in 1726, after being shot in the back by Mongol warriors. Contradictory, in "The Snake Goddess" he is said having died from a snake bite after building a secret path through the Great Swamp. The path was built by putting rocks one foot under the water surface and then letting thorns and other plants keep hostile swamp animals away.

Most likely it was the 8th Phantom who first met 'the Little People' and signed the Treaty of the Rattle on May 12, 1718 The Little Ones.

He was succeeded by Kit-Four, who was the only one of his sons to be present at his deathbed.

According to Moonstone

The 8th Phantom has yet to be mentioned in the Moonstone stories.

According to Bastei

The 8th Phantom was born in 1734, succeeded his father in 1754 and died in 1787. Die Ahnentafel Phantoms

In 1760, he was in a relationship with a woman named Anna, although she did not know that he was the Phantom. The relationship ended when she flirted with a man named Renato because she thought Kit Walker was a weakling. As the Phantom, he defeated Renato who was a masked highway robber, which Anna also was unaware of. A Heartbreaker with Pistol

Notable Appearances

Daily/Sunday stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Joomkar's Crown"	Falk	Olesen, Williams	??	succeeded his father, who was killed by a soldier
"The Hanta Witch"	Falk	Barry	1675	No specific Phantom attributed 1682 in Team Fantomen lore. Also attributed to the 7th Phantom
"The Name"	Falk	Barry	1675	The historical part is initially a retelling of "The Hanta Witch". Also attributed to the 7th Phantom
"Return of the Thuggees"	Falk	Barry	1750
"The Snake Goddess"	Falk	Barry	unknown	Depicts the death of the 8th Phantom
"The Fourth Son"	Falk	Barry	1700-1726	Depicts the death of the 8th Phantom (not the same as above) Team Fantomen has attributed this story to the 13th Phantom.

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The White Horseman"	Darell	Lindahl	1686
"The Wreck in Bengali Bay"	Avenell	Felmang, Ferri, Benny	1699, 1700	The future 8th Phantom hunts bears in Sweden, winter 1699, then he must return to Bangalla to become the Phantom. Official Team Fantomen timeline has him succeeding his father in 1700, so the new year must have come before his father finally died.
"The Barbary Pirates"	Worker	Cruz	17??	undated, set some time after the 8th Phantom's marriage to Ingrid of Holstein in 1700
"Shipwrecked"	Worker	Cruz	1707
"The Highland Murders"	Bishop	Ryan	1707
"The Witch Hunt"	Bishop	Velluto	1707
"The Last Emperor"	Worker	Cruz	1710
"Struggle for Freedom"	DePaul	Moberg, Vallvé	17??	It is undated, however, a boy is shown, being around 7-10 years old, this boy is possibly Sula, who was more or less adult in 1717 in the story "Flame". In Norwegian Krønikebok #8 story set in 1714.
"The Thousand Tigers"	Hartler	Vallvé	after 1712	The Indian lord Alemi fled 1700, returned after ten years and stayed away two years, i.e. 1712, when an earthquake set the tigers loose, then the problem began which the Phantom solved.
"Temple of the Gods, Part 5: Thirst"	Bishop, Lindahl	Spadari	1705, 1716
"Walker's Ride"	Reimerthi	Velluto	1716
"The Avenger from the Sea"	Worker	Bess	1717

Moonstone stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Thy Will be Done"	Bullock	Zeu	??

Bastei stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"A Heartbreaker with Pistol"	Mennigen	unknown	1760
"The Snake Tower"	Mennigen	unknown	1773

RGE stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"Red Death in White Belt"	unknown	Amaral	1677