The Heart of Darkness

The Heart of Darkness is a 390 pages long Team Fantomen series written by Claes Reimerthi and drawn by Joan Boix. The story features the Phantom facing several supernatural elements, and ran as a backup story in Fantomen from 1994 to 1996, under the header Fantomenlegender (Phantom Legends). During this run it comprised 49 episodes, each being 7-12 pages long. A 50th and final 38-page supplement episode was published in 2009.

In 2022 all stories where gathered in one hardcover volume, Mörkrets hjärta.

Concept

The story stars the 21st Phantom, as well as his ancestors, fighting the Brotherhood, a centuries old organization with connections to the Nazis, struggling to gain world control. The big villain of the series, besides the Brotherhood, is Userhat, an assassin originating from the lost island of Atlantis, who gained immortality after being possessed by the demon Bahamot. Assisting the Phantom is his wife Diana, as well as Dov Herzl, an elderly Jew and former prisoner of the Nazi concentration camp, who once saved the life of the 20th Phantom.

"The Heart of Darkness" also follows up on the events from the 1985 Team Fantomen story "The Fire of Life", with several characters from that story reappearing.

Behind the scenes

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Episodes

Every episode is written by Claes Reimerthi with art by Joan Boix.

#	Title
1	"The Heart of Darkness - Prologue: The Stone of the Gods"
2	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 1: The Grave of Imhotep"
3	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 2: The Other Grave"
4	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 3: Nightmares"
5	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 4: Pharaoh’s Curse"
6	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 5: The Secret of the Scroll"
7	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 6: Unmasked Murderer"
8	"The Heart of Darkness I - Part 7: In the Darkness of the Tomb"
9	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 1: Secrets of the Temple Ruins"
10	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 2: The Omen"
11	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 3: The Escape"
12	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 4: The Trap"
13	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 5: Death has Many Shapes"
14	"The Heart of Darkness II - Part 6: The Secret of the Force"
15	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 1: Intermezzo in Cyprus"
16	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 2: The Death Squad"
17	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 3: The Body in the Swamp"
18	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 4: The Ship"
19	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 5: The Prisoner"
20	"The Heart of Darkness III - Part 6: From the Other Side"
21	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 1: The Missing Pages"
22	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 2: The Traitor"
23	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 3: The Tawny Owl Inn"
24	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 4: A Failed Attempt"
25	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 5: Hide and Seek"
26	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 6: The Seventh Rider"
27	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 7: The Key of Solomon"
28	"The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 8: Death in the Catacombs"
29	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 1: Jerusalem"
30	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 2: The Ark of the Covenant"
31	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 3: The Secret of the Temple Mount"
32	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 4: The Hideout"
33	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 5: The Sword in the Stone"
34	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 6: Fight in the Underground"
35	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 7: The Booby Trap"
36	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 8: In the Shadow of Death"
37	"The Heart of Darkness V - Part 9: Uninvited Guests"
38	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 1: The Stowaway"
39	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 2: In the Dungeons of the Tower"
40	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 3: The Madman in Glastonbury"
41	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 4: The Bleeding Crucifix"
42	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 5: The Hidden Message"
43	"The Heart of Darkness VI - Part 6: The Secret of the Crypt"
44	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 1: The Apostate"
45	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 2: The Ethiopian Link"
46	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 3: The Saboteurs"
47	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 4: Operation Götterdämmerung"
48	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 5: The Ark of the Covenant"
49	"The Heart of Darkness VII - Part 6: In The Heart of Darkness"
50	"The Heart of Darkness: The Island of Death"