Nebuchadnezzar's Ring

Nebuchadnezzar's Ring
Produced for:	Fantomen 14/2003
# of pgs:	31
Writer:	Tony DePaul
Artist:	Paul Ryan
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Kärnan

"Nebuchadnezzar's Ring" is a 2003 Team Fantomen story, written by Tony DePaul, with art by Paul Ryan.

Plot synopsis

The 14th Phantom is visiting Morristown when he helps a man who has been shot by muggers. Before he dies the man asks The Phantom to return a magical ring to Aku's temple in Iraq, a temple that only appears once every hundred years.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 14th Phantom
• Zuran
• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit and Heloise
• the future 15th Phantom (in flashback)
• Chandra Sykharn (mentioned)

One-time characters

• unnamed wounded man
• unnamed doctor in Morristown
• Bowden

Real-life characters

• Nebuchadnezzar (in flashback)
• Nabopolassar (in flashback)

Locations

• Bengali
  • Keela-Wee
  • Morristown
  • Deep Woods
    • The Waterfall
      • The Skull Cave
        • The Phantom Crypt
        • The Vault of Missing Men (mentioned)
• USA
  • Massachusetts
    • Durham House (mentioned)
• The Middle East
  • Iraq (implied)
    • Baghdad
    • Aku's Temple

Tribes

• Bandar

Organizations

• The British East India Company of Mesopotamia

Objects

• The Great Ring of Nebuchadnezzar

Behind the scenes

• According to Fantomen Krönika 6/2009 the story takes place in 1831.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Nebuchadnezzar's Ring", The Phantom #1360 (2003)

Finland

• "Nebukadnessarin sormus", Mustanaamio 14/2003

Norway

• "Nebukadnesars ring", Fantomet 14/2003
• "Nebukadnesars ring", Krønikebok #14 (2004)

Sweden

• "Nebukadnessars ring", Fantomen 14/2003
• "Nebukadnessars ring", Fantomen Krönika 6/2009