The Highway Robbers
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The Highway Robbers | |
Produced for: | Fantomen 18-19/2020 |
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# of pgs: | 24 |
Writer: | Claes Reimerthi |
Artist: | Janusz Ordon |
Original colorist: | Reprostugan |
Producer: | Story House Egmont AB |
"The Highway Robbers" is a 2020 Team Fantomen story, written by Claes Reimerthi, with art by Janusz Ordon.
Plot synopsis
After successfully smuggling Benjamin Franklin to France the Phantom deals with highway robbers and corrupt officials on his way to his wife's father's estate in Cornwall.
Appearances
Recurring characters
- The 12th Phantom
- Marion Trelawney (mentioned)
One-time characters
- Lucifer, the Phantom's horse
- The Devil (mentioned)
- Innkeeper of Jamaica Inn
- Innkeeper's wife
- Silvester Carrott, lawyer
- Henry Knowles, brother of Henrietta
- Henrietta Knowles, sister of Henry
- Henry's and Henrietta's deceased father (mentioned)
- Justice William Moorcock, Magistrate
- Rupert Moorcock, William's son, also known as Mad Tom
- William's Butler
- Jimmy Poacher
Real life characters
- Benjamin Franklin (mentioned)
Locations
- England
- Cornwall
- Pendragon House (mentioned)
- Jamaica Inn
- Bodmin
- Bodmin Moor
- Magistrate Moorcock's Residence
- Magistrate Moorcock's Chambers
- Prison Cells
- Carrott's Office
- Abandoned Mine
- Cornwall
- France (mentioned)
Organizations
- Mad Tom's Gang
Items
- Mr Carrott's satchel
- Loan documents
Behind the scenes
- The Jamaica Inn is a reference to a novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier which was later turned into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. All are set in Cornwall.
Related stories
Follows
- "The Ambassador" by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé
Reprints
This story has been published in the following publications:
Australia
- "The Highway Robbers", The Phantom #1976 (2024)
Sweden
- "Banditernas väg", Fantomen 18-19/2020