The False Tsar

The False Tsar
Produced for:	Fantomen 2/1997
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Ken Ikonen & Jens Hansegård
Artist:	Felmang & Anthony Benny
Original colorist:	Times Graphics Singapore
Producer:	Semic Press

"The False Tsar" is a 1997 Team Fantomen story, written by Ken Ikonen and Jens Hansegård, with art by Felmang and Anthony Benny.

Plot synopsis

In the winter of 1773 the 11th Phantom visits his friend Georg Löwitz in Saratov, Russia. A Cossack army, led by Pugachev, the self-proclaimed tsar, attack the city.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 11th Phantom
• Maria Löwitz

One time characters

• Professor Rachinskaya
• Georg Löwitz (Maria's father)
• Governor Brandt
• Monsieur Folle
• Mrs Yaga
• Brother Stepan

Real-life characters

• Yemelyan Pugachev
• Catherine II of Russia

Locations

• Russia
  • Saratov
    • Archaeological Museum Saratov
  • River Volga
  • Moscow

Items

• The treasure of St John

Behind the scenes

• The Russian sentences "фЛNЗК IIНЖБ" and "БАДЕ ЗЙЛГФ" said by the Cossack guards doesn't really mean anything.

Related stories

Referenced in

• "The Philosopher's Stone, Part 3: The Lost Library" by Claes Reimerthi, Alex Saviuk, and Dick Giordano

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The False Tsar", The Phantom #1169 (1997)

Finland

• "Väärä tsaari", Mustanaamio 2/1997

Norway

• "Den falske tsaren", Fantomet 2/1997
• "Den falske tsaren", Fantomets Krønike 2/2002
• "Den falske tsaren", Krønikebok #11 (2003)

Sweden

• "Den falske tsaren", Fantomen 2/1997
• "Den falske tsaren", Fantomen Krönika 5/2003