The Treasure of the Barracuda

The Treasure of the Barracuda
Produced for:	Fantomen 13/1984
# of pgs:	46
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Jaime Vallvé
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Treasure of the Barracuda" is a 1984 Team Fantomen story, written by Norman Worker, with art by Jaime Vallvé.

Plot synopsis

After a pirate raid on Bengalitown in 1735, the loot disappeared when pirate captain Black Morgan's ship was sunk off the coast of Bengali. Dr Waghorn has found a map that shows the location of the ship and contact Black Morgan's modern descendants to try to recover the treasures.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Lamanda Luaga
• Devil
• The 9th Phantom
• The 10th Phantom
• Guran
• Colonel Worubu
• Diana Palmer-Walker (mentioned)
• Redbeard (mentioned)

One-time characters

• Dr Waghorn
• Kay Waghorn, Dr Waghorn's niece
• Harvey, antiques dealer
• Black Morgan, pirate captain
• Scarmelli, pirate captain
• Kemel Barbarossa, pirate captain
• Quilly
• Al Morgan
• Toni Scarmelli
• Talmash Barbarossa
• Lemmy, Al Morgan's goon
• Taggart, Al Morgan's goon
• Grogan, Al Morgan's goon
• Mango, Al Morgan's goon
• Lee, abbot of Lusang Monastery

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Skull Throne
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Bengalitown
  • Morristown
    • Morristown harbour
    • Presidential Palace
  • 10 nautical miles south of Keela-Wee
    • Bay of Pigs
    • Lusang Monastery
  • Dr. Axel's Jungle Hospital (mentioned)
• USA
  • South Carolina
    • Charleston

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol

Vehicles

• "Barracuda", Black Morgan's ship

Items Phantom lore

• The Oath of the Skull

Old jungle sayings

• The Phantom is rough with roughnecks.
• The Phantom can hear your shadow.

Behind the scenes

• This story was originally intended as the second "graphic novel"-type story produced by Team Fantomen, after "Flame". The "Piratbruden Flame" album sold well enough and "The Treasure of the Barracuda" was ready to be published in 1982. But at that time Semic had decided to stop publishing comic albums and it was decided that "The Treasure of the Barracuda" would be published in the regular Fantomen magazine instead of a color album.
• Doctor Waghorn has learned from his research that the Jungle Patrol was founded by The Phantom who defeated Redbeard and recruited pirates as the first patrolmen. Not even the Jungle Patrol records include this fact!

Related stories

Referenced in

• "The Singh Raiders" by Andreas Eriksson and Ivan Rodriguez

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Denmark

• "Barracudas skat", Fantomet #261 (1985)

Finland

• "Barracudan aarre", Mustanaamio 24/1984

Norway

• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomet 1/1985
• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomets Krønike 3/1990
• "Barracudas skatt", Krønikebok #9 (2003)

Sweden

• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomen 13/1984
• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomen Krönika 4/1995 (part only)
• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomen Krönika Band 3 (2001; part only)
• "Barracudas skatt", Fantomen 2-3/2024 (colored by Reprostugan)