Fantomen 2006
In the year 2006, a total of 26 issues of Swedish comic book Fantomen were published.
Overview
2006 was the 70th anniversary of the Phantom comic strip. To mark the occasion, every cover of Fantomen featured a 70th anniversary symbol.
19 issues were regular issues of 72 pages, 6 were expanded issues of 104 pages, and 1 issue was a special 70th anniversary issue of 164 pages with a 20-page supplement. Every issue was on sale for 2 weeks.
The first issue of 2006 was released on December 29, 2005. The corresponding issue of Fantomet was released on December, 2005, and was numbered as the last issue of 2005 instead, thus giving Fantomet a total of 27 issues published in 2005. The corresponding Finnish issue was released first of the three, on December 21, 2005, but was still numbered as the first issue of 2006.
Promotion
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Covers
The main cover artists of the year were Rolf Gohs (10 covers) and Hans Lindahl (9 covers). The Rolf Gohs cover of the 70th anniversary issue featured an old painting in front of a collage of various Phantom comics covers from all over the world. Other cover artists included the team Paul Ryan & Tom Smith (3 covers), the team Felmang & Rudy Walk (3 covers, of which one with Usam), and Bob McLeod (1 cover).
The color of the vertical striped bar along the left side of the cover was changed from purple & black to red & black. A symbol to commemorate the Phantom strip's 70th anniversary was placed on every covers, with small variations during the year.
All issues (except no. 14) also featured 5 different artworks on the first inside cover page, except issue 1 and 5 that had it on page 3. One hadn't been published before.
Cover gallery
Inside cover gallery
* = on page 3
Contents
Phantom stories
17 issues featured new Team Fantomen stories as main stories. The six 104-page expanded issues all featured reprinted daily stories as main stories, with the first daily "The Singh Brotherhood" as the 70th anniversary finale in the last issue. 1 issue featured a new daily story as main story, and 1 issue featured a reprinted Team Fantomen story as main story. The 70th anniversary special featured the biggest variety of Phantom stories ever in a single Fantomen issue: 4 newspaper strip stories, 2 Team Fantomen stories, 1 Fratelli Spada story, 1 Charlton story and 1 DC story. Several reprints of Falk & Barry Sunday stories appeared as back-up stories throughout the year.
Previously unpublished Team Fantomen stories
Previously unpublished newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Temple of the Gods, Part 2: Return to Eden" | DePaul | Ryan | |
| "The Gibs Brothers" | Falk | McCoy | |
| "Adventure in Algiers" | Falk | Moore |
Previously unpublished Fratelli Spada stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Lightning Egg" | Ferri | Ferri |
Previously unpublished Charlton stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Phantom of 1776" | Newton | Newton |
Previously unpublished DC Comics stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Apes" | Verheiden | McDonnell |
Previously published Team Fantomen stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Prisoner in Venice" | Lundström | Vallvé | |
| "The Castle of Evil" | Worker | Lindahl | |
| "The Phantom's Unknown Sister" | Kharelli | Bessis |
Previously published newspaper stories
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Golden Wood" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Mystery of Kula-Ku" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Queen Karola of Kula-Ku" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Phantom Treasure" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Ughland" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Tale of Joomba" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Luck and Wealth" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Wig" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Masked Ball" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Presidents" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Kimberly Diamonds" | Falk | Barry | |
| "Little Girl" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Lake Lady" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The First Phantom" | Falk | Barry | |
| "The Singh Brotherhood" | Falk | Moore |
Other comics
- "Bad Bob" by Stan Lynde (issue 5)
- "Bernard Prince" by Greg and Hermann (issues 2, 3, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 24)
- "Captain Biceps" by Tebo and Zep (issues 11, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 25)
- "Herman Hedning" by Jonas Darnell (issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 26)
- "Herman Hedning och Bacon & Egg firar 70-årig vålnad" by Jonas Darnell and Patrik Norrman (issue 14)
- "Jerome K Jerome Bloche" by Alain Dodier (issues 4, 5, 9, 10, 21, and 22)
- "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (issues 2, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23, and 26)
- "Mort de trouille" by Virginie Vanholme and Mauricet (issues 11 and 12)
- "Robin Hood" by Bill Finger and Russ Heath (issues 1, 10, and 13)
- "Spirou" by André Franquin (issues 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, and 23)
- "Thorgal" by Yves Sente and Grzegorz Rosiński (issues 24 and 25)
Supplements
Supplements during the year were a publishing schedule poster in Fantomen 1, a wrist sweat band in Fantomen 8, a deck of cards in Fantomen 11, a soft CD case in Fantomen 13, a 20-page Lee Falk biography in Fantomen 14, the Best Fantomen cover 2005 poster and a CD (part 1) in Fantomen 15, a CD (part 2) in Fantomen 16, a good mark ring in Fantomen 17, and a Skull ring in Fantomen 23.
Publishing schedule poster. 
Deck of cards. 
Soft CD case. 
Lee Falk biography. 
Best cover 2005 poster. 
CD (part 1). 
CD (part 2).
