Fantomius

Fantomius is a masked thief created by Guido Martina and drawn for the first time in 1970 by Romano Scarpa that with his exploits and his diaries Donald inspired to create his alter ego Duck Avenger.

Fantomius is the protagonist of the series The Amazing Companies Fantomius gentleman thief, written and drawn by Marco Gervasio and currently published on Mickey Mouse. This saga has had the merit of having developed enormously the past of this character.

Inspiring
the character Fantomius inspired by two criminals icons of French literature that television had led to its success in the 70s. Both the name and for the left blue mask that conceals the true identity, Martina remade ingenious criminal Fantomas created in 1911 by the Parisian writers Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. After a long series of novels and silent films made from 1911 to 1930, Fantomas is rediscovered by the general public in the mid-60s, thanks to a nice movie trilogy, masterfully played by Louis De Funès role as a cop Juve tireless enemy of Fantomas.

The nobler side of the personality of the mysterious owner of Villa Rosa, is borrowed from the quintessential gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by the French writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905 and brought to the fore the television, during the '70s, from a successful series of telefilms elegantly interpreted by French Georges Descrières.

Origins
In the first story of the Phantom Duck Phantom Duck entitled Demon Avenger is Fantomius explained that he was a gentleman thief, who stole from the rich paperopolesi, but Martina (its creator) does not elaborate further his character. Fantomius is only mentioned in many other stories and sometimes is also played by other Disney characters, especially Phantom Duck, who use his legend for different purposes. He appears as such only in the recent saga of Marco Gervasio.

Identity
The true identity and the true name of Fantomius, remained unknown for a long time until Marco Gervasio has not decided to investigate this character. A first clue comes from history Paperinik and the shadow of Fantomius published in 2002, in which we learn the name of the thief: Lord Quackett. The first name of Lord Quackett, John, is instead made official in the history and the secret of Paperinik Fantomius, always realized by Gervasio.

The real aspect of Fantomius was hidden for a long time behind the mask full of blue. Some assumptions could be done based on the portraits that in some stories appeared in Villa Rosa, but it was never possible to determine accurately its appearance because they were never designed for close-ups. It was always Marco Gervasio to outline the face of this duck nell'importantissima Duck Avenger history and the past without a future. The young Lord is a rich heiress, dressed elegantly, with hat and walking stick, also wears a hairpiece black slick in the taste of.