The Monster Within Us

The Monster Within Us
Produced for:	Fantomen 14-15/2016
# of pgs:	12
Writer:	Jens Hansegård
Artist:	Jan Bielecki
Original colorist:	Jan Bielecki
Producer:	Egmont Publishing AB

"The Monster Within Us" is a 2016 Team Fantomen story written by Jens Hansegård and drawn by Jan Bielecki. It is the second story in the "Phantom Kids" series, aimed at a younger audience.

Plot synopsis

Ellie, student at Durham House, buys an old tribal mask from Bengali in a thrift store in Shymouth and gives it to Kit as a present. But the previous owner wants to have the mask back and visits the school at night dressed like a monster.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Kit
• Heloise
• Miss Holmes
• Dexter, Lester, and Lucy

One-time characters

• Ellie
• Magoye the witch doctor (mentioned)
• Wolf Pinemountain

Locations

• USA
  • Massachusetts
    • Shymouth
    • Durham House

Objects

• Mask of Magoye

Behind the scenes

• Wolf Pinemountain is named after Ulf Granberg, although Ulf's last name actually begins with "spruce" and not "pine".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Norway

• "Fantomet kids: Monstret i oss", Fantomet 8/2016

Sweden

• "Fantomen Kids: Monstret inom oss", Fantomen 14-15/2016
• "Fantomen Kids: Monstret inom oss", Fantomen Kids: Kit och Heloise på äventyr (2019)