Ben Oakes

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Ben Oakes
First appearance:	"The Ghost Pirates"
Created by:	Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé

Colonel Ben Oakes was colonel of the Jungle Patrol in the days of the 13th Phantom, created by Team Fantomen.

Biography

Oakes came to know the future 13th Phantom during the young Phantom's visits to Pendragon House, the home of Kit's maternal grandparents. Oakes played a major part capturing som sahipwreckers, led by the mysterious "Scarecrow". The Scarecrow turned out to be the respectable dr. Gull, once known as the pirate Black Gull.

One year later, the daughter of dr. Gull tried to get him cleared, convinced that he was innocent. She was willing to go very far to get her revenge, however, the 12th Phantom stopped her.

Sometimes after this, Ben Oakes were taken to Bangalla, where he joined the Jungle Patrol, eventually reaching to the rank of colonel.

It is unknown for how long Ben Oakes was colonel, however, in 1811, in the days of the 14th Phantom, he had been succeeded by Colonel Quartermain.

Appearances

This list of appearances is considered to be complete, with reservations for the possibility of mistakes.

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Set in	Comments
"The Ghost Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé	1786
"Revenge of the Shipwreckers"	Reimerthi	Giordano	1787

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