The Phantom:
A Publishing History in Brazil

by Sérgio Takara and Bryan Shedden

Editora Saber (1969-1975, 1993-2000)

Title:O Fantasma
Year:1969-1975
(2nd edition: 1993-1998)
Issues:48 (2nd edition: 43)
Size:15cm x 19cm
(2nd edition: 13.5cm x 21cm)
Pages:76 (2nd edition: 96)
From January 1969 to December 1975, Saber published a series of black and white Phantom comics simultaneously with EBAL's Fantasma Magazine -- apparently EBAL did not have exclusive Brazilian rights to the character. The series started as a biannual and then settled into a monthly schedule from #3 in March 1970. From #35 in January 1973, the series reverted to a bimonthly release, then changed to a biannual for the last two issues in June 1975 (#47) and December 1975 (#48). Covers for these issues were usually a montage of panels from the original strips, although some artists were given credit for their original contributions: Desconhecido, Edú, Sérgio, and Fabio.
A second edition of this series was reprinted between October 1993 and August 1998. They were smaller than the first edition but contained more pages. A total of 43 issues were produced in the second edition. The stories were all the same as in the first edition, except for #41 and #43 which contained new daily strip stories (D167, D171, D172).


Title:O Fantasma Edição Extra
Year:1971-1975
Issues:9
Size:15cm x 19cm
Pages:152 & 154
Interspersed with their O Fantasma comic book, Saber released occasional extra editions, with double the usual number of pages and containing two or three stories each.


Title:Fantasma
Year:1996 (reprinted 2000)
Issues:3
Size:17cm x 26cm
Pages:36
This series reprinted Marvel's 3 issue colour miniseries by Dave De Vries and Glenn Lumsden. A second edition was also published in July 2000, with another name Almanaque Especial.


Title:Saber Especial
Year:1997
Issues:1
Size:17cm x 26cm
Pages:32
This colour series started in August 1997, and only one issue contained a Phantom story (Prince Rex of Baronkhan).


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Last Updated 13 January 2002