The Witch Hunt (2002 story)

The Witch Hunt
Produced for:	Fantomen 1/2002
# of pgs:	31
Writer:	Claes Reimerthi
Artist:	Joan Boix
Original colorist:	Times Graphics Singapore
Producer:	Egmont Serieförlaget

"The Witch Hunt" is a 2002 Team Fantomen story written by Claes Reimerthi, with art by Joan Boix.

Plot synopsis

Kit and Heloise are studying at the boarding school Durham House in USA. Near the school at a construction site a skeleton of a man is found buried. Near the location of the body Heloise find an old crucifix that she decide to keep. The forensic analysis show that the body probably belong to Cotton Grey, the 17th century witch hunter and priest whose religious fanaticism led to the hanging of eight local women.

At the school students including Kit and Heloise are preparing the annual Christmas play and decide to perform a play about the witch hunt. At the same time the school is being repainted and it seems that the paint thinner is having a strange effect on the young actors. Or is it the old witch hunter that haunts the school?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit and Heloise
• Danny Ackroyd
• Miss Holmes

One-time characters

• Arnie, construction worker
• Doug, construction worker
• Matthew Tennyson, teacher
• Mike, painter
• Cotton Grey, witch hunter

Locations

• USA
  • Massachusetts
    • Shymouth
    • Durham House
  • New York
    • Brooklyn

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Witch Hunt", The Phantom #1313 (2002)

Finland

• "Noitavaino!", Mustanaamio 1/2002

Norway

• "Heksejakt!", Fantomet 1/2002

Sweden

• "Häxjakt!", Fantomen 1/2002