The Last of the Merovingans

The Last of the Merovingans
Produced for:	Fantomen 4/2014
# of pgs:	32
Writer:	Claes Reimerthi
Artist:	Kari Leppänen
Original colorist:	Reprostugan
Producer:	Egmont Kids Media Nordic AB

"The Last of the Merovingans" is a 2014 Team Fantomen story, written by Claes Reimerthi, with art by Kari Leppänen.

Plot synopsis

Minerva Brooks is forced under gunpoint to travel to France to recover The Book of Thoth for a maniac. Following her, The Phantom meets a megalomaniac who wish to make France a medieval dictatorship.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Minerva Brooks
• Dr Caen

One-time characters

• Lucien Saunier-Duval
• Pepe Ferreira
• Gérard Valée, MP
• Dodo, thug
• Patrick, driver

Locations

• Bengali
  • Morristown
    • Ethnographical Museum
• France
  • Paris
  • Chateau d'Errant

Objects

• The Book of Thoth

Behind the scenes

• Lucien Saunier-Duval is a great admirer of the Middle ages but at the dinner he wears a costume in the style of a later period, the 16th century.

Related stories

Follows

• "Year 1349" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Last of the Merovingans", The Phantom #1689 (2014)

Norway

• "Den siste Merovingerkongen", Fantomet 7-8/2014

Sweden

• "Den sista Merovingerkungen", Fantomen 4/2014
• "Den sista Merovingerkungen", Den hemliga krönikan (2023)