The Phantom publications in Germany
The Phantom has been featured in several publications in Germany (or West Germany, prior to 1990). From the late 1980's until 2022 there was no Phantomcomic released in Germany. Currently, there are five regular Phantom publications.
Wick is currently publishing all the storys, which are painted by José María Ortiz Tafalla.
Zauberstern has published every other month a mixture of US, Australian, Swedish and newspaper stories, starting in 2025 they realeased Phantom Spezial, which focused on Artist Graham Nolan.
ECR is publishing the newspaper stories by Sy Barry from old newspaperreprints.
Kult Comics had published 2 Books, which covered the full work of the French illustrator Jean-Yves Mitton, together with various authors, which created stories for the Swedish magazine Fantomen.
Zack has published Stories from author Bernd Frenz from the Team Fantomen Stories, starting in November 2024.
Serialized "The Phantom" titles
| Title | Year(s) | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom-Heft | 1952-1955 | 35 |
| Phantom | 1966-1969 | 26 |
| Super Sonderheft | 1971-1973 | 2 |
| Phantom (Kelter Abenteuer) | 1974-1976 | 15 |
| Phantom | 1974-1983 | 238 |
| Phantom Super-Band | 1979-1983 | 65 |
| Phantom Pocket | 1976-1979 1980-1984 |
15 25 |
| Topix | 1976-1978 | 3 |
| Phantom Spezial | 1980-1982 | 49 |
| Phantom (Incos) | 1996-1997 | 4 |
| Phantom (Wick) | 2022-present | 8* |
| Phantom (Zauberstern) | 2022-present | 16* |
| Phantom (ECR) | 2023-present | SC 10 - HC2* |
| Das Phantom | 2023-2024 | 2 |
| Phantom (Zack) | 2024-present | 1* |
| Phantom Spezial (Zauberstern) | 2025-present | 1* |
*As of the turn of 2024/2025.
"The Phantom" one-shots
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Americana München | 1971 |
| Bibliothek der Grossen Comics | 1982 |
| Das Phantom (Bibliothek der phantastischen Abenteuer) | 1988 |
| Das Phantom (Movie novel) | 1998 |
| Sammlerherzchen #1 | 2023 |
| Flash Gordon #6 | 2024 |
| Defenders of the Earth (Zauberstern) 1-4 | 2024 |
| Sammlerherzchen #2 | 2024 |
Anthology appearances
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Comics - Weltbekannte Zeichenserien 1 | 1971 |
| Comics - Weltbekannte Zeichenserien 2 | 1972 |
| Comics - Weltbekannte Zeichenserien 5 | 1975 |
As backup title
| Title | Issue(s) |
|---|---|
| Buntes Allerlei | 1-42/1953 (42 in total) |
| Mandra | 1-2/1967 (2 in total) |
| Blitz Gordon | 2-3/1967 (2 in total) |
| Die Sprechblase | 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37 & 158 (14 in total) |
In newspapers
| Title | Sundays/dailies | Period | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abendpost Nachtausgabe | dailies | ? - 70's - ? | |
| Abendzeitung | dailies | ? | |
| Die Hamburger Morgenpost | dailies | 1949-19?? | |
| Frankfurter Nachtausgabe | dailies | 1951-19?? | |
| Nacht-Depesche | dailies | 1960s? |
In magazines
| Title | Sundays/dailies | Period | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das Neue Blatt | Sundays | ? |
In addition, American magazine Overseas Weekly have been distributed and sold in Germany. It was a publication destined to the American forces in Europe (the main part of them were in Germany) and it included a comics supplement - like the usual American newspapers.
Reference publications
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Die Sprechblase #11 | 1978 |
| Comic Rundschau #13 | 1991 |
| Die Sprechblase #158 | 1997 |
| Bastei Freunde #26 | 2009 |
| Reddition #71 | 2020 |
| Lee Falks PHANTOM | 2022 |
| Die Sprechblase #247 | 2023 |
| Comic Rundschau #17 | 2023 |
