Fantomen 1997
In the year 1997, a total of 26 issues of Fantomen were published.
Overview
After three years where a regular issue had been 84 pages, a regular issue was now reduced to 68 pages. 20 issues were standard issues of 68 pages, and 6 were expanded issues of 100 pages.
Contents
Covers
The main cover artist of the year was Rolf Gohs with 18 covers. Other cover artists were Hans Lindahl (4 covers), Christer Thunborg (2 covers), Felmang & Germano Ferri (1 cover), and Felmang, Germano Ferri and Silio Romagnoli (1 cover).
The cover design was changed this year, as the thin white line and top bar that had been part of the covers for the last three years were removed. The logo was changed, and a triangle was placed in the top right corner of most covers.
Phantom stories
All but one issue featured new Team Fantomen stories as main story. The only exception was a new Sunday story; the first new newspaper story published in Fantomen since 1993. The expanded issues featured reprints of Falk & Barry daily stories, continuing the chronological reprints that had begun the previous year in Den vandrande vålnaden.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | "Queen Medusa" | Falk | Olesen, Fredericks |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | "The Reef" | Falk | Barry |
| 6 | "The Adventures of Lucy Cary" | Falk | Barry |
| 10 | "The Bad Ones" | Falk | Barry |
| 14 | "The Hanta Witch" | Falk | Barry |
| 18 | "Prince Hali and the White Stallion" | Falk | Barry |
| 22 | "Bullets' Town" | Falk | Barry |
| 26 | "The Killer" | Falk | Barry |
Other comics
- "Chief Sly Fox" by Stan Lynde (issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, and 24)
- "Det okända" by Alex Toth (issue 12),
by Howard Purcell and Jack Abel (issue 20),
by Howie Post and Bill Draut (issue 10),
by John Broome, Alex Toth, and Sy Barry (issue 16),
by John Osgood, Alex Toth and Sy Barry (issue 14),
by Mort Drucker and Joe Giella (issue 23),
by Sid Gerson and Sy Barry (issue 17),
by Wrightson (issue 13),
by Sy Barry (issue 11), and
by ? (issues 2, 9, 24, and 25) - "Dödsspelet" by Tony DePaul and Kari Leppänen (issues 10, 12, 14, 23, 24, and 26)
- "Herman Hedning" by Jonas Darnell (issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26)
- "Herman Storm" by Eirik Ildahl and Enrique Villagrán (issues 16, 17, and 18)
- "Johnny Peril" by Robert Kanigher and Frank Giacoia (issue 15),
by Robert Kanigher, Alex Toth and Frank Giacoia (issue 7),
by Robert Kanigher, Frank Giacoia and Sy Barry (issues 1, 5, and 11), and
by Robert Kanigher, Jerry Grandenetti and Frank Giacoia (issue 4) - "Jonathan Struppy" by Joan Boix (issue 20)
- "Mandrake the Magician" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis (issues 1, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, and 26)
- "Stig & Grieg" by Alf Woxnerud (issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26)
- "Thorgal" by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 2, 3, 8, 9, 21, and 22)
- "Tybalt" by Norman Worker and Ian Kennedy (issues 6 and 25)
Supplements
Supplements during the year were a publishing schedule poster in Fantomen 1.
Publishing schedule poster.
