21:a Fantomen

The 21st Phantom is the current bearer of a heroic legacy dating back to 1536, when the first Phantom swore an oath against piracy after his father's murder. Each generation passes the costume and mission to a son, creating the legend of an immortal Ghost Who Walks.

A Golden Age legend with remarkable staying power, 21:a Fantomen made their debut in 1950 in the pages of Fantomen — the Swedish publication that would carry this character's adventures for an extraordinary seven decades under the Egmont banner. Born from the creative partnership of Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy, the very architects of one of comics' most iconic legacies, this is a character whose roots run deep into the earliest, most treasured era of the medium. Sharing the page with the likes of Ludvig across a run stretching all the way to 2022, 21:a Fantomen represents a fascinating piece of Scandinavian comics history — a rare Golden Age figure whose presence endured long enough to feel truly timeless.