Scorpia
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| Scorpia | |
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| First appearance: | "The Scorpia" |
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| Created by: | Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy |
Scorpia is a centuries-old criminal organization, and arch-enemies of the Phantom.
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History
According to newspaper stories
According to Team Fantomen
In "The Mona Lisa Caper", the act on Scorpia is shown:
US Security Service Q V 82, Paris
REF: 3597/AAC/12#Z, Secret
Subject: Scorpia (piracy)
Oral tradition claims that Scorpia as a pirate organization was formed during the 16th century, being active in the West Indies and Africa.
Documented history:
Jamaica 1612: Scorpia organization defeated and their leader, Brunel de Gottshalk, killed by mysterious adventurer, known as the Phantom.
East-Africa 1780: Scorpia slavers arrested by the British Fleet.
Suez 1818: Pirate ship operates in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea under the flag of the Black Scorpion.
Shanghai 1898: Opium traffic organized by Scorpia cell in cooperation with other Scorpia cells in Europe and America.
Appearances
Daily and Sunday stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "The Scorpia" | Falk | McCoy |
Team Fantomen stories
| Title | Writer | Artist | Comments |
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| "Return of the Scorpia" | Worker | Leppänen | |
| "The Mona Lisa Caper" | Worker | Vallvé |
