The Ring of Death, Part 1

The Ring of Death, Part 1
Produced for:	Fantomen 17/1998
# of pgs:	28
Writer:	Kari Leppänen and Ulf Granberg
Artist:	Kari Leppänen
Original colorist:	Times Graphics Singapore
Producer:	Egmont Serieförlaget

"The Ring of Death, Part 1" is a 1998 Team Fantomen story, written by Kari Leppänen and Ulf Granberg, with art by Kari Leppänen.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• The 1st Phantom (in flashback)
• The 4th Phantom
• The 4th Phantom's wife (in flashback)
• Rex
• Tom-Tom
• Suran
• Emmanuel Capistrano
• Katarina Ulrikasdotter van Wallenbach
• Captain Johan Rosensköld

One-time characters

• Jesuit general (unnamed)
• Kätchen
• Muller
• Captain Gross
• Kellerman
• Konrad

Real-life characters

• Paracelsus (in flashback)
• Emperor Nero (in flashback)
• Johannes Kepler (mentioned)
• Galileo Galilei (mentioned)
• St Peter (in flashback)
• Gustav II Adolf (mentioned)
• Christian von Braunschweig (mentioned)
• Didrik Von Falkenberg (mentioned)
• Ignatuius of Loyola (mentioned)

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
      • The Chronicle Room
• Italy
  • Rome
• Germany
  • Frankfurt
  • Hamburg
  • Magdeburg
  • Werben
  • Rastburg
    • Baron von Sieghüller's castle
  • Lutter am Barenberge (mentioned)

Organizations

• The Jesuit Order
• The Catholic League

Items

• The Apple of Nero's Eye (mentioned)
• Galileo Galilei's telescope (mentioned)

Related stories

Followed by

• "The Ring of Death, Part 2" by Ulf Granberg and Kari Leppänen

Refers to

• "The Ring" by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé
• "Mystery in Rome" by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé
• "The Treasure from Rhodes" by Norman Worker and Kari Leppänen

Referenced in

• "The Castle of Darkness" by Claes Reimerthi and Joan Boix
• "Giovanna" by Ingebjørg Berg Holm and Dick Giordano

Behind the scenes

• The original publication in Swedish credits Kari Leppänen for "plot and art" and Ulf Granberg for "text editing". There is no credited scriptwriter. When the story was published by Frew in Australia, Ulf Granberg was credited as scriptwriter. On his website, Kari Leppänen has explained that he wrote a complete script in English, and the edits of the dialogue was common practice for all scripts by all writers. He is however wrong that the edits took place when Granberg translated the dialogue to Swedish, as there is another translator credited.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Australia

• "The Ring of Death, Part 1", The Phantom #1211 (1998)

Denmark

• "Dødens ring, 1. del", Fantomet #359 (1998)

Norway

• "Dødens ring, del 1", Fantomet 17/1998
• "Dødens ring, del 1", Krønikebok #4 (2001)

Sweden

• "Dödens ring, del 1", Fantomen 17/1998
• "Dödens ring, del 1", Fantomen Krönika 6/2002