The Battle on Malta

The Battle on Malta
Produced for:	Fantomen 10/1986
# of pgs:	26
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Kari Leppänen
Original colorist:	N/A
Producer:	Semic Press

"The Battle on Malta" is a 1986 Team Fantomen story, written by Norman Worker, with art by Kari Leppänen.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 1st Phantom
• The 2nd Phantom
• The 21st Phantom

One-time characters

• Henri de Auvergne
• Suliman the cruel
• Jagello
• Gozzo
• Farada
• Beppo

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Republic of Venice
• Ottoman Empire (implied)
  • Constantinople
  • Piraeus
  • Kaisariani Monastery
• Malta
  • Fort St. Angelo

Organizations

• Order of Saint John, Knights Hospitaller

Objects

• The 1st Phantom's knight's armour from Malta

Related stories

Follows

• "The Treasure from Rhodes" by Norman Worker and Kari Leppänen
• "Duel in Venice" by Norman Worker and Kari Leppänen

Followed by

• "The Golden Falcon" by Norman Worker and Kari Leppänen

Referenced in

• "The Ring of Death, Part 1" by Ulf Granberg and Kari Leppänen
• "The Heart of Darkness IV - Part 8: Death in the Catacombs" by Claes Reimerthi and Joan Boix
• "The Great Deception, Part 2" by Claes Reimerthi and César Spadari

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "Duel in Venice Part 2: The Battle on Malta", The Phantom #938 (1989)
• "The Battle on Malta", The Phantom #1125 (1996)
• "Duel in Venice Part 2, Battle on Malta", The Phantom #1742 (2015)

Brazil

• "A Batalha de Malta", Fantasma Especial #9 (1987)

Denmark

• "Striden på Malta", Fantomets Krøniker #4 (1987)

Finland

• "Taistelu Maltalla", Mustanaamio 23/1986
• "Taistelu Maltalla", Mustanaamion kronikka 2/1996
• "Taistelu Maltalla", Mustanaamio 14/2005

Norway

• "Striden på Malta", Fantomet 21/1986
• "Striden på Malta", Fantomets Krønike 1/1994
• "Striden på Malta", Krønikebok #1 (2000)
• "Striden på Malta", Fantomet 14/2005

Sweden

• "Striden på Malta", Fantomen 10/1986
• "Striden på Malta", Fantomen Krönika 3/1993
• "Striden på Malta", Fantomen Krönika Band 1 (1999)
• "Striden på Malta", Fantomen 14/2005

Yugoslavia

• "Битка за Малту" (romanized as "Bitka za Maltu"), Politikin Zabavnik #2457 – #2458 (1999)

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