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{{Magazinebox 
|Title=The Island of Death
|image= 
|1st= [[Fantomen 8/1971|''Fantomen'' 8/1971]]
|Pages= 24
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]] & [[Hans Jonsson]]
|Artist= [[Özcan Eralp]]
|Colorist=N/A
|Producer=[[Semic Press]]
|}}

'''"The Island of Death"''' is a 1971 [[Team Fantomen stories|Team Fantomen story]] by [[Hans Jonsson]] and [[Özcan Eralp]], based on a story by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Wilson McCoy]].

==Plot synopsis==
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=== Appearances ===
<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
'''Recurring characters'''
*[[The 21st Phantom|The Phantom]]
*[[Hero]]
*[[Guran]]
*[[Diana Palmer-Walker|Diana Palmer]]
*[[Lily Palmer]]
*[[Dave Palmer]]
*Unidentified past Phantoms
*[[Baron|Scorpia leader]]
'''One-time characters'''
*Teacher
*Reporter
*TV host
*Lil
*Airfield mechanic
*Gus
*Scorpia henchmen
</div><div style="float:right; width:50%;">
'''Locations'''
*[[United States of America (location)|USA]]
**New York
***Palmer home
***College
***Police station
***Airport
***Museum
***23, Scorpia's American Branch
*[[Bangalla|Bengali]]
**[[Deep Woods]]
***[[The Skull Cave]]
**[[Mawitaan|Morristown]]
***[[Box 7]]
*Scorpia island
**[[Center|The Base]]
*Canary Islands (mentioned)
*West Africa (mentioned)
*[[France (location)|France]] (mentioned)
**Paris (mentioned)
*Hong-Kong (mentioned)
*[[United Kingdom (location)|United Kingdom]] (mentioned)
**London (mentioned)
*[[Italy (location)|Italy]] (mentioned)
**Rome (mentioned)

'''Organizations'''
*[[Scorpia]]

'''Newspapers'''
*''[[Vecko-Revyn]]''
*''Dagsnytt''
</div><br clear="all">

== Behind the Scenes ==
*No official credits were given when this story was first published, but the text '''Ö11''' on the first page indicates that it is the 11th story drawn by [[Özcan Eralp|'''Ö'''zcan Eralp]]. This practice of indicating the creators by initials and a serial number on the first page is still used on some comic strips produced in Sweden, but was abandoned rather quickly for "[[The Phantom]]".
*No writer was credited at publication. According to documents donated to [https://www.seriearkivet.se/ Seriearkivet/The Comics Archive], [[Hans Jonsson]] did the rewrite of the story.
*In the original Swedish version, the name of Scorpia is misspelled on two occasions, as '''Siorpian''' and '''Scorpion'''.
*Like the story it is based on, there is no connection between the name Scorpia and the animal scorpion (besides the aforementioned misspelling). However, a competition on the editorial pages of the same issue of ''Fantomen'' that included this story makes this connection. That is the first published connection between Scorpia and scorpions.
*Scorpia's leader is never given a name or title.

== Related stories==
=== Remake of ===
*"[[The Scorpia]]" by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Wilson McCoy]]

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Dødens øy", [[Fantomet 6/1972|''Fantomet '' 6/1972]]
*"Dødens øy", [[Krønikebok 31|''Krønikebok'' #31]] (2006)
*"Dødens øy", [[Fantomet Kronologisk 28|''Fantomet Kronologisk'' #28]] (2023)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Dödens ö", [[Fantomen 8/1971|''Fantomen'' 8/1971]]
*"Dödens ö", [[Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1971, Del 2|''Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången'' 1971, Del 2]] (2022)

=== [[Image:mini_germany.gif]] West Germany===
*"Der heiße Draht zum Satan", [[Phantom 45|''Phantom'' #45]] (1976)
*"Der heiße Draht zum Satan", [[Phantom Super-band 1|''Phantom Super-band'' #1]]
*"Der heiße Draht zum Satan", [[Phantom Super-band 3|''Phantom Super-band'' #3]]

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