Fantomen-krönika #68

In a jungle-set tale from the Fantomen-krönika, the 19:e Fantomen attends a lecture by the eccentric Professor Clive Cornwall, who claims to have discovered the final resting place of the biblical Samson—and the secret to forging indestructible weapons from his chains. When Sandal Singh, leader of the Singh-piraterna, takes the theory seriously and funds an expedition to Palestine, the 21:a Fantomen and Diana Palmer-Walker join the journey. There, the 19:e Fantomen is captured and chained with Simsons bojor—only to discover they’re far from the legendary strength they’re said to possess.

In the shadowed streets of Prohibition-era New Orleans, the 19:e Fantomen crosses paths with jazz singer Pearl and the enigmatic voodoo priestess Jazz, entangled in a web of smuggling, forbidden magic, and the restless dead. As bootleg rum flows and zombified laborers toil in secret, the masked hero must outwit a dangerous alliance while racing to save a kidnapped African healer—only to face a chilling fate at the hands of Jazz, who seeks to turn him into her next undead servant.

In "Häxdoktorns hemlighet," the 21:e Fantomen and Diana Palmer-Walker witness a dark turn when the sorcerer Jazz transforms the 19:e Fantomen into a zombie. Trapped in a twisted game of vengeance, Jack Callahan turns to the wisdom of an African medicine man, using mystical herbs to control the undead hero and turn him against the criminal underworld. As the line between magic and madness blurs, Pearl—later known as Bessie Jackson—saves the fallen Fantomen from the swamp, leaving behind a legacy that echoes through jazz and legend.