The Black Phantom

The Black Phantom
Produced for:	Fantomen 10/1999
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Norman Worker
Artist:	Felmang & Anthony Benny
Original colorist:	Times Graphics Singapore
Producer:	Egmont Serieförlaget

"The Black Phantom" is a 1999 Team Fantomen story, written by Norman Worker, with art by Felmang and Anthony Benny.

Plot synopsis

When his friend Omar is kidnapped by slavers and taken to Jamaica to be sold as a slave, The 7th Phantom follow him there. He is helped by a former pirate who has inherited The Good Mark necklace from his father.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Guran
• The 7th Phantom
• Joonkar
• past chief of the Bandars (unnamed, was the chief in the 7th Phantom's days)

One-time characters

• Omar (Joonkar's nephew)
• Malik, slaver
• Sief
• Dr. Baba, Joonkar's physician
• Silas
• Ben Calico
• Darco
• Jacob Dampier, pirate captain
• Johnny
• Captain Pungo, pirate captain
• Captain Williams of Southern Star

Real-life characters

• Henry Morgan

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Major Treasure Room
      • The Chronicle Room
  • Sanloi
• Jamaica
  • Port Royal
    • Gunboat Inn
• Panama (implied)
  • Portobelo

Objects

• The Good Mark necklace
• Henry Morgan's pirate flag
• The Diamond Cup of Alexander the Great

Vehicles

• "Southern Star", ship
• "Oxford", Henry Morgan's ship
• "Santa Rosario", Henry Morgan's second ship
• "The Blue Jester", Jacob Dampier's ship

Behind the scenes

• Ben Calico is drawn to look like a character from "Flash Gordon". The text "To Dan Barry" is written by Felmang in one panel.
• Captain Jacob Dampier is drawn to look like the villain from the story "The Masked Ball" (when he is at the masquerade as a pirate captain). This character was, in "The Masked Ball", drawn to look like Sy Barry's brother Dan Barry who drew the "Flash Gordon" newspaper strip.
• When this story was first published in Sweden and Norway, "The Masked Ball" was included in the same issue, making the similarities obvious to readers.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Black Phantom", The Phantom #1233 (1999)

Norway

• "Det svarte Fantomet", Fantomet 10/1999
• "Det svarte Fantomet", Krønikebok #7 (2002)

Sweden

• "Den svarte Fantomen", Fantomen 10/1999
• "Den svarte Fantomen", Fantomen Krönika 3/2003