The Cathedral Mystery

The Cathedral Mystery
Produced for:	Fantomen 26/1990
# of pgs:	40
Writer:	Scott Goodall
Artist:	Jean-Yves Mitton
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Cathedral Mystery" is a 1990 Team Fantomen story, written by Scott Goodall, with art by Jean-Yves Mitton.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• The 12th Phantom
• The 13th Phantom
• Devil
• Hero

One-time characters

• Marc Bourdon
• Pierre Lamont
• Monsieur Roques
• Marquis de Fabras
• Otto Metternich, "The German"
• Gustaf Gyllenhielm, the nameless prisoner
• Ingrid, his wife
• Fredrik Gyllenhielm, his cousin
• Gustaf III of Sweden
• Sylvester Dupont
• Nils Henric Liljensparre (mentioned only)

Locations

• France
  • Paris
    • Notre-Dame
      • The Secret room in the Notre-Dame de Paris
  • Amboise
    • Chateau de Crouzette
  • Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
• Switzerland
  • Geneva
    • University of Geneva
• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Morristown Airport

Organizations

• The Monkey Mail

Old Jungle Sayings

• When the Phantom moves, lightning stands still.

Related stories

References

• "The Escape from the Bastille" by Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Cathedral Mystery", The Phantom #994 (1991)
• "The Cathedral Mystery", The Phantom #1620 (2010)

Finland

• "Katedraalin arvoitus", Mustanaamio 9/1991

France

• "Le secret de la cathédrale", The Phantom #3 (2012)
• "Le secret de la cathédrale", Le Fantôme de Jean-Yves Mitton (2022)

Norway

• "Katedralens hemmelighet", Fantomet 20/1992
• "Katedralens hemmelighet", Fantomets Krønike 6/1998

Sweden

• "Katedralens gåta", Fantomen 26/1990
• "Katedralens gåta", Fantomen Krönika 1/1997 (part only)
• "Katedralens gåta", Fantomen Krönika Band 5, del 1 (2003; part only)
• "Katedralens gåta", De bästa äventyren #3 (2004)

Awards

• Best story 1990 (Sweden)

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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"