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<p>133.25.3.45: /* List of Bastei stories */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Translate}}<br /> <br /> The German publisher [[Bastei]] produced well over 100 original [[Phantom]] stories in the 1970s and 1980s. They are, however, unknown by most Phantom fans, since only a handful of stories have ever been reprinted outside Germany, and never in English.<br /> <br /> == Background ==<br /> Bastei's Phantom comics included stories from all available sources: the newspaper strip ([[daily stories|daily]] and [[Sunday stories]]), [[Team Fantomen stories]], [[Gold Key/King/Charlton stories]] and [[Fratelli Spada stories]]. On top of that, Bastei began to produce original stories. <br /> <br /> No credits were given for the Bastei stories, but apparently all of them were written by the productive [[Peter Mennigen]]. The artwork was provided by artists working for a Spanish studio.<br /> <br /> == Differences ==<br /> <br /> Bastei's stories are easy to distinguish from other Phantom stories, not only because of the artwork but also because the Phantom is portrayed in a very different way in these stories. Here, the Phantom is a well-known crimefighter who is often contacted by police and government to assist in crime investigations. The Phantom rarely uses the Mr Walker disguise but his costume causes almost no reactions among the people he meet. The mystique of the Phantom is almost non-existant. Since Bastei's stories were published side-by-side with stories by [[Lee Falk]], [[Team Fantomen]] etc., it was set up for confusion among the German Phantom readers.<br /> <br /> <br /> In chronicle stories, Bastei used their own version of the Phantom lineage which differs significantly from that of any other publisher:<br /> [[Image:ahnentafel.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|[[Bastei]]'s version of the [[Phantom]] lineage.]]<br /> *[[Captain Kit Walker|Captain Christopher Walker]], born in London in 1478, died 1535<br /> *[[The 1st Phantom]], born in 1515, became the Phantom after a pirate attack in 1535, died in 1571.<br /> *[[The 2nd Phantom]], born in 1549, died in 1610.<br /> *[[The 3rd Phantom]], born in 1579, died in 1639.<br /> *[[The 4th Phantom]], born in 1610, died in 1671.<br /> *[[The 5th Phantom]], born in 1643, died in 1701.<br /> *[[The 6th Phantom]], born in 1673, died in 1731.<br /> *[[The 7th Phantom]], born in 1705, died in 1754.<br /> *[[The 8th Phantom]], born in 1734, died in 1787.<br /> *[[The 9th Phantom]], born in 1758, died in 1821.<br /> *[[The 10th Phantom]], born in 1792, died in 1850.<br /> *[[The 11th Phantom]], born in 1825, died in 1881.<br /> *[[The 12th Phantom]], born in 1854, died in 1913.<br /> *[[The 13th Phantom]], born in 1885, died in 1929.<br /> *[[The 14th Phantom]], born in 1915, died in 1959.<br /> *[[The 15th Phantom]] – the current Phantom.<br /> <br /> Bastei's chronicle stories departed in many ways from what had been presented in previous stories, even including the origin of the Phantom. When Chronicle stories from [[Team Fantomen]] were published in Bastei's comics, the numbering of the Phantoms were often changed to fit into Bastei's Phantom lineage.<br /> <br /> It is also worth noting that in most chronicle stories, the ancestors were accompanied by a horse named [[Hero]] and a wolf named [[Devil]].<br /> <br /> A bit surprised it seems to smpile and yet useful.</div>

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