Jermayn Parker and Stephen East chat with Swedish writer Magnus Carling. This is a fascinating chat with a new comer to the Phantom universe who has two story credits to his name. We learn about his jounery from a Fantomen reader as a kid who grew up in the 1980's to someone who gets to live most phans dreams of creating their own Phantom stories.

You can follow Magnus Carling at his Instagram or Facebook, or look at his work on his website which includes links to his novels and books that you can purchase which includes several being translated into multiple languages including English.

Some of the topics we touch upon in this podcast are his mentorship with popular Fantomen creator Dai Darell aka Diane Alfredhsson / Karlstrom. How the real life world problems of an off shore drill rig being hacked inspired one of his stories, his ways of solving a decreasing page count to tell a comic story plus much more.

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Every year Phantom phans from around the world descend into Sydney to meet up with other phans and have a great weekend. In this podcast we preview the weekend,d chat with the organisers of the famous LFMBEC dinner, as well as the dinner's & Supanova guest Lauren Marshall and Julie Ditrich who is the writer behind the key story in Frew's milestone number 2000th - The Return of the Golden Circle.

Billy Zane will be attending Sydney and Perth Supanova events (find out more). For those who live in Sydney and Melbourne, you also have the opportunity to watch the movie and or have dinner with Billy. You can find out more about these events here.

Confirmed artists who will be having their own booths at Supanova are: 

• Joe Jusko. Artist for the 1996 Inkworks Phantom Puzzle card set. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Daniel Picciotto. Frew cover and interiors artist. He is the cover artist for issue 2000. (Instagram)
• Alex Trpcevski. Frew cover artist. His most recent Frew cover is issue 1998. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Jamie Johnson. Frew, Hermes Press and Lightning Strike cover artist. His most recent Frew cover is issue 1983. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Lauren Marshall. Frew cover artist. Her most recent Frew cover is issue 1995. (Facebook & Instagram)

Frew will be having a booth at Supanova and will be selling back issues, old products as well as new products and their 2000th number which will be a bumper issue celebrating a mammoth celebration. As for new products being released, they will be selling Legacy two volume collection of the 1950-1952 Super Yank series. (read more here), a Pholio #10 set, a Giant Size annual and they will be hosting several artists at the booth for signatures and commissions. We can confirm Antonio Lemos will be attending the booth.

If you know of other events around the world with Phantom related guests attending, please let us know so we can also promote them. Chronicle Chamber is part of the community and we rely on you to inform others about what is happening around the world.

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Happy birthday to the Phantom & happy anniversary to us celebrating our 300th podcast. We wanted to share the celebration with the Phantom! 

We were joined by Jeff Weigel and Mike Manley the newspaper story artists. Tony DePaul, unfortunately had to cancel due to some health reasons which we briefly cover during the podcast and or you can go to our website for more information.

To help celebrate this milestone with us, we were joined by some of our patreon supporters, CC contributors and other fans from around the world. We had representatives from Brazil, USA and Australia join us and we hope they had as much phun as we did.

If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of questions and other topics what we have discussed.

• Introductions: 1 Minute
• Why do we not see the Phantom drinking milk anymore and drinking alcohol?: 4 Minutes
• Tony DePaul and King Features choosing on what to 'keep' and what to rework in phandom: 12 Minutes
• The creators history with the character & their research: 18 Minutes & 30 Seconds
• Do you have a preference drawing period or modern stories?: 25 Minutes
• Why did Jeff Weigel change the Phantom's costume for past Phantoms: 32 Minutes
• Will Mike Manley be using the new Jeff Weigel designs of the Past Phantom?: 37 Minutes
• Other changes to the Phantom costume with the utility belt and the change out of the Mr Walker trench coat: 38 Minutes
• Do you have any input on the sizes of how the strip appears on different mediums from phones to newspapers?: 44 Minutes
• Will we be seeing a new direction of a romantic element introduced to the newspaper stories?: 52 Minutes
• Will "The Spark" Daily newspaper story that is current, be the coming of age story for Kit? 58 Minutes
• How important it is to have an interest in a wide range of art styles & direction: 1 Hour & 5 Minutes
• How learning how to paint landscapes has helped Mike Manley draw his jungle backgrounds: 1 Hour & 13 Minutes
• If you where in charge of King Features, what is the one thing you would do?: 1 Hour & 16 Minutes
• What will happen with the Phantom as it nears public domain?: 1 Hour & 22 Minutes
• What do you think will be your greatest legacy to the character?: 1 Hour & 26 Minutes
• Goodbyes: 1 Hour & 31 Minutes

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The three amigo's are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra who review the latest Fantomen and Shatki comics.

We chat paper quality, covers, figurines, historical stories, the ongoing 22nd Phantom saga, what Tony DePaul means by his next Daily newspaper story title plus so much more. 

For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts.

Frew Publications Comics Review

• Frew #1914: 3 Minutes
  • "Death in the East End, Part 1: The College Ghost" by Michael Tierres and Georges Bess
• Frew #1915: 
  • "Death in the East End, Part 2" by Michael Tierres and Georges Bess
• Frew #1916: 
  • "Death in the East End, Part 3: Castle in the Sea" by Michael Tierres and Hans Lindahl
    
    

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 8/2022: 34 Minutes
  • "Den översvämmade staden" ("The Flooded City") by Claes Reimerthi and Janusz Ordon
• Fantomen 9/2022: 36 Minutes
  • "Uppgörelsen vid Paradise hotel" ("The Deal at Paradise Hotel") by Claes Reimerthi and Janusz Ordon
  • Download link for the free English Karl Kämpe comic book 
    
    

Shatki Comics Review

• Shatki Comics #3: 38 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • "A Detente with Crime" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
    
    

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 192: "The Ingenues" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 43 Minutes
• Daily 260: "Death in the Himalayas" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 52 Minutes 30 Seconds
  
  

News

• Partnership with Ukraine, Unicef and Chronicle Chamber (link): 1 Hour 5 Minutes 
• Inkspot with Glenn Lumsden cover and interview (link): 1 Hour 10 Minutes 30 Seconds
• RIP Aslan Sukur (link): 1 Hour 13 Minutes
• Boss Fight Studio’s posting Wave 1.0 and Wave 1.5 (link): 1 Hour 16 Minutes 30 Seconds
• LFMBEC June with Supanova: 1 Hour 21 Minutes 30 Seconds
• LFMBEC website 

We want your feedback on a few topics. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

• Do you like the new paper stock for Frew? Would you pay extra for it in every comics?
• Have you brought any phaffle tickets for the Unicef Ukraine fund raisers?
• Do you want to see more of the 22nd Phantom saga stories?
• Have you received your Boss Fight Studio figurines yet? Have you pre ordered the other items?
• Would you like to see Madam X back in another Phantom story?
• Which guest would you like to see at Supanova Sydney / LFMBEC?

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Jermayn Parker tackles Duncan Munro on his own and together they get up to some mischief and phun talking everything Phantom. It is a fast paced chat as they talk and dissect all the big Phantom topics ranging from colour comics, paper quality, killing off the 21st Phantom, the digital realm and the age old Falkimsm v Modernism.

Duncan Munro is one of the few Phantom people who balance the act of a life time phan but also a creator who has added to the lore of the character.

Some of the discussions we have during the podcast are:

• Duncan's history with the character
• What he collects and what he would NEVER collect
• Favourite stories
• How he would get new phans if he ever stepped into the KFS and Frew shoes
• The Phantom & the world of digital. Can they marry?
• Colour and increased paper quality with the Frew comic
• Under utilised elements of the Phantom
• Falkism, modernism and the tricky balancing act in-between
• Should we kill off the 21st Phantom?
• The Phantom visiting Australia again
• Duncan and his decision to add/correct Falk lore
• Duncan's right of reply to our reviews of his work

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A huge shout out to Sean Bassett who was our reporter for the day down at the 2022 Melbourne Supanova on the weekend of March 5 and 6. Sean records his thoughts of the weekend plus records the Phantom panel featuring Matt Kyme and Marie Lewis.

Matt Kyme is a comics writer and artist for Frew Publications plus has heaps of his own self published titles. Matt has also been a regular on our own X-Band: The Phantom Podcast.

Marie Lewis has heaps of titles as a writer, radio host and host of the new Phantom never Dies audio documentary. 

Please note, we do not have video content of this. The above YouTube video is just audio only.

Some of the following discussion has been touched in previous podcasts both here and on the Phantom Never Dies podcast but a list of the topics they touch upon are:

• Racism
• Favourite stories
• You can learn about Matt Kyme's fav story here in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #170 
• About the Phantom Never Dies Podcast
• What they would like to see in a new TV show or movie
• Should have the Phantom aged in real years and passed the mantle every 30-40 years?
• Do we kill off the 21st Phantom? The transition in the newspaper stories
• Other generational heroes
• The Australian Phantom club

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A video call with Sal Velluto who together with Chronicle Chamber calls out phellow Phantom artists to support Ukraine through some donations of their work to sell to phans.

Full details can be found on this website.

Artists, if you want to participate, please contact us to discuss the donation. We will also be in touch with artists. We will post artwork as it comes up. To reserve the art, it will be first in best dressed. Reserve by email only (chroniclechamber@gmail.com)

All phunds go to Unicef.

The process:

• The artist creates the work
• The artist sends a scan of the artwork to CC
• We promote the art on our website and socials
• Someone reserves the art
• The buyer sends Chronicle Chamber the money via paypal/EFT
• Chronicle Chamber sends the money to Unicef in the buyers name
• We send the receipt to the buyer (can be used for tax deductions)
• The artist sends the art to the buyer
• The purchaser may need to pay extra for the postage. Deal with the buyer and artist

If any artists would like to do another video with us promoting your piece, also contact us.

As some phans will know, 2020 we did a bushfire phundraiser book and we all together raised over $25,000. This is NOT a book but just a call out for artists to help support Ukraine.

All details, plus images of the donations and any further communications with artists can be found here.

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The three amigo's are back together talking all the latest Phantom comics & news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics & even the 91:an issue featuring another tribute to Claes Reimerthi. 

Below is a run sheet with a time stamp:

Frew Publications Comics Review

• Frew #1911: 3 Minutes
• Frew #1912 & #1913: 9 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Frew #1912 & #1913: 36 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Giantsize #20: 41 Minutes

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 5/2022: 50 Minutes
• Fantomen 6-7/2022: 53 Minutes 30 Seconds
• 91:an 5/2022: 56 Minutes 30 Seconds

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 192: "The Ingenues": 1 Hour 1 Minute
• Video instructions on how to say the word 
• Daily 260: "Death in the Himalayas": 1 Hour 12 Minutes

NEWS

• • Sy Barry NFT Art (link): 1 Hour 22 Minutes
  • The Phantom Never Dies podcast (link): 1 Hour 29 Minutes
  • Frew Generations Trading Cards (our review): 1 Hour 34 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • Boss Fight Studio’s posting Wave 1.0 and Wave 1.5 (link): 1 Hour 49 Minutes
  • NECA DotE wave 2.0 out (link): 1 Hour 54 Minutes
  • LFMBEC June with Supanova: 1 Hour 55 Minutes 30 Seconds 
  • WWE Game with the Phantom Skin (link): 1 Hour 59 Minutes
  • German Book on the Phantoms history (link): 2 Hours 5 Minutes 
  • David Bishop writing the Phantom back in New Zealand (link): 2 Hours 8 Minutes
  • Paul Mason Kickstarter (link): 2 Hours 10 Minutes 
• We want your feedback on a few topics. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 
  • Would you like to see different themed covers for the Replica Series?
  • Do you like the French language words sprinkled in the Phantom in Paris stories?
  • Would you like all Phantom in Paris stories published together or you like them spread out?
  • Do you like the covers for the two Phantom in Paris issues?
  • You can see more of Turid Aurora Walderhaug and Lily McDonnell's work via:
  • Turid: @walderhaugarts 
  • Lily: @mybeautifulmonsters 

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Who loves a good random phact? 

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser got over 10 random phacts from around the world. We reckon not one phan will know all 10 & everyone will learn something as you listen or watch this podcast.

Here are the random Phantom phacts we highlight during the podcast.

1. Multiple wives marrying the same Phantom.  
   • Pura married the 3rd, 4th and 11th Phantom 
   • 1st and 2nd married Marabella
2. One of the first comic books published had a cover image of Phantom without the skin tight costume which he fast became famous for (just gloves, mask and briefs)
   • Learn about the Brazillian comic here.
3. The Phantom Club in Australia was run out of the space under a two-story Queenslander in Coorparoo.
   • X-Band: The Phantom Podcast: Episode #81 
   • Learn more about the Preservation Project
4. Name changes from around the World:
   • In the Indian language Bengali:
     • Devil is Bagha 
     • Hero is Tufan which means Storm
     • The country Bangalla / Bengali is renamed to Denkali 
   • Fantomen in a Swedish newspaper was called Dragos
     • Mikael will be exploring this in an article for us later
   • Sala is Diana and Diana is Sala (Read the full story at this link)
5. Lee Falk only used the Singh Pirates as a significant villain in one story ever 
   
   
6. Originally intended to be grey costume, printers decision led to iconic purple (Read the full story at this link)
   
   
7. First colonial township ever mentioned in The Phantom was Frasertown, a settlement on the outskirts of the jungle.
   
   
8. Third most credited writer is someone most phans have never heard of and likely never read his stories: Peter Mennigen (Read an interview with Peter here)
   
   
9. Longest running continuous Phantom comic series is not Frew but rather the Fantomen Swedish Christmas Album series which first published in 1944 and is still publishing them yearly.
   
   
10. Lee Falk based the Bandar tribe on the real life African tribe the Ituri  (Learn about Ituri and watch a video here )

We would love to hear from you on what you think of the Random Phantom Phacts we discussed in this podcast & we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

Huge shout out to all those websites and phans who have helped with sources:

• Deepwoods.org 
• PhantomWiki.org 
• ChronicleChamber.com 
• Mikael Lyck
• Ankit Mitra
• Swaroop Chand
• Ivan Pedersen 
• Ed Rhoades
• Jermayn Parker
• Dan Fraser

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As we mentioned in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #211, due to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comics and news monthly podcasts. With 12 comics from four continents and 34 stories plus the latest Sunday and Daily stories plus a bumper last two months of news from around the world, we decided to split our comics and news into two separate podcasts. 

Now we get into the comics from around the world from the past two months. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser are joined by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra as we go through all the comics. 

Some highlights include a passionate plea to Glenn Lumsden to come to a Supanova for some signings and we want to know, did anyone read the replica series that came with the Annual? Please let us know, Jermayn doubts it, someone prove him wrong.

We also discuss the difference between the names of DAKK and DARK for the region beyond the Misty Mountains to the east of Bangalla.

Yes it is a longer than usual podcast but grab a bite to eat and a cold glass of milk and let's get started.

If this podcast is too long for you to listen to, below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose. We do recommend listening to the whole podcast though - you can always press pause.

Daily / Sunday progress

• Sunday S192: "The Ingenues" (2 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Daily D259: "The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz" (14 Minutes) 
• Daily D260: "Death in the Himalayas" (19 Minutes)

Frew Publications 

• Frew #1908: (29 Minutes)
• Frew #1909 (55 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Frew #1910 (1 Hour 9 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Giantsize #19 (1 Hour 50 Minutes)
• Frew Graphic novel 2 (1 Hour 56 Minutes)

Hermes

• DC Hermes Book Vol 1 (2 Hours 10 Minutes)

Fantomen   

• Fantomen 1/2022 (2 Hours 18 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Fantomen 2&3/2022 (2 Hours 23 Minutes 45 Seconds)
• Fantomen 4/2022 (2 Hours 26 Minutes 30 Seconds)

Shakti

• Shatki Phantom issue #2 (2 Hours 29 Minutes)

Regal 

• Phantom issue #19 (2 Hours 38 Minutes 15 Seconds)
• Phantom issue #20 (2 Hours 41 Minutes)
• Phantom issue #21 (2 Hours 43 Minutes)

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

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Due to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comics and news monthly podcasts. Our last one December and with 12 comics from four continents and 34 stories plus the latest Sunday and Daily stories plus a bumper last two months of news from around the world, we decided to split our comics and news into two separate podcasts. 

First up is a good hour discussing all the latest news from around the world from the past two months. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser go through it all and we spend a good 20 minutes talking figurines - 2022 will be the year of Phantom toys!

Below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose if needed. We do recommend listening to the whole podcast though.

Phantom News for January

• Boss Fight Studio cartoon style 3 inch figurines (link): 3 Minutes
• Boss Fight Studio Retro ‘Power Stars’ 5” figurine (link): 12 Minutes
• Release Dates for Hero HACKs, 3" and 5" Power Stars Figurines: 14 Minutes 30 Seconds
• NECA 6” Phantom superhero figurine out now (link): 18 Minutes
  • List of shops to buy your figurines 
  • How to Bath your Phantom NECA Figurines 
• Mr Walker Trench Coat and Library Bag for sale (link): 25 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Unlicensed Phantom Statues by Marco Navas Estudio (link): 31 Minutes 30 Seconds
• What is to come with Fantomen 2022 (link): 34 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Vote for the best Fantomen 2021 story (link): 38 Minutes
• Go Fund Me Campaign for Wulfric Media's Phantom Treasure (link): 39 Minutes
• Lion Muthu Comics Bringing out a Tamil Phantom TPB (link): 42 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Paul Mason’s art in Brisbane library, A Masked Marvel Sequel and an Exhibition in Thailand featuring Phantom art (link): 45 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Games by Lyck Extension Pack Update (link): 53 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Supanova 2022 Dates (link): 58 Minutes

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

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The boys Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East join together to interview Jeff Parker the writer of the popular Dynamite Entertainment "Kings Watch" series.

Jeff also returned to write the Flash Gordon "Kings Cross" series which ended the series of Dynamite Entertainment exploring the King Features characters they had licensed. 

If you enjoyed the "Kings Watch" series (or even hated what they did), this podcast is a must watch / listen. Jeff is very candid in his comments and details why he chose to have an imposter fulfilling the role of the Phantom. 

He also answers the question that has been on some phans lips since the character Jen was introduced as the missing Walker heir. Was that his idea or someone else's?

Jeff also talks about other plots and tid bits which you may find interesting, some of them are:

• The uncredited co writer to the Flash Gordon "Kings Cross" storyline.
• What the inspiration was for giant tarantula formed out of drowned apes.
• The un named Phantom imposter who took over the role was at one time going to be wearing a Skull Mark on his face by the previous Phantom.
• The relationship between Lothar and the Phantom and how he became an obvious replacement.
• How Jeff got the gig for Dynamite Entertainment and then how that morphed into a modern version of the 1980's classic TV show.
• Why Sydney, Australia faces perhaps the most dangerous beast/alien in the comic.
• Why its important to mess with fans slightly.
• When Jeff released that the Phantom was going to die.
• What was Jeffs vision for the missing Phantom if Jen was not shoehorned into the role.

To get in touch with Jeff Parker, you can follow him on twitter @JeffParker or his website www.JeffParkerWrites.com

What did you think of this podcast? You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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In a bumper 2 hour podcast Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East go over their favourites for 2021 from around the world. Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra also give us their favourites. 

We cover every country, every publisher and every comic. 10 countries, 100+ comics and 20+ new stories is a lot and even through a pandemic, 2021 has been a good Phantom year.

In December we started the competition for the best of Frew of 2021 and we go over the results including drawing the winners which are:

Frew Crew Badges:

• Dale Maccanti
• Michelle Forrester

Chronicle Chamber Pack:

• Wade
• Chad Kyme
• Zac Savage

You can read a detailed break down of the results here.

If you would like to just listen to specific opinions on what we think was best of 2021 from around the world, you can use the below timeline:

• Best non-Frew / Fantomen / Indian Cover: 13 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Best Frew Cover: 17 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Best Fantomen Cover: 29 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Best Indian Cover: 39 Minutes
• Best Writer: 44 Minutes
• Best Story Artist: 51 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Overall Best Story published by Frew: 58 Minutes
• Overall Fantomen Best Story: 1 Hour 16 Minutes
• Best Fantomen Issue: 1 Hour 18 Minutes
• Overall Best Indian Story Published: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
• Best Indian Issue: 1 Hour 19 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Best Frew Issue: 1 Hour 20 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Prize Draw: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
• Best Merchandise in 2021: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
• Best Chronicle Chamber Moment: 1 Hour 53 Minutes
• Overall reflection on 2021 & looking forward to 2022: 1 Hour 59 Minutes

What did you think of 2021? If you think there is a cover, artist, writer or story you think we missed, you can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

We love your opinion, so please leave it.

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We are padding out our episodes as we want to release our 300th podcast with the Phantom's birthday. This will be 299B where we discuss the latest comics from around the world including Australia, USA, Sweden and Germany. Unfortunately due to the Frew 2025 Annual being delayed, we will be doing a 299C episode in a weeks time for the annual. We may have stolen the A and B issues from Frew but never had a C issue lol.

If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #1986: 6 Mins
  • "The Breakout" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley
  • "Dungeons Undone" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley
  • "The Journey Home" by Tony DePaul, Mike Manley, Bret Blevins and Jeff Weigel
• Frew #1987: 22 Mins
  • "The Island of Rada Mandi" by unknown Fratelli Spada creator, Giorgio Cambiotti and Lamberto Lombardi
  • "A Madman in the Jungle" (Prose Story) by unknown Fratelli Spada creator
  • "The Disappearance of Karina" by unknown Fratelli Spada creator, Giorgio Cambiotti and Lamberto Lombardi
  • "The Flood" (Prose Story) by unknown Fratelli Spada creator

USA (Mad Cave Studios)

• Defenders of the Earth #4: 47 Mins
  • “Whiplash” by Dan DiDio and Jim Calafiore

Sweden (Fantomen)

• Fantomen 25&26-2024: 57 Mins
  • "Resan hem" ("The Journey Home") by Tony DePaul, Mike Manley, Bret Blevins and Jeff Weigel
  • "Tågligan" ("The Train Gang") by Donne Avenell and César Spadari
  • "Mörkrets väktare" ("Guardian of the Eastern Dark") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Germany (Zauberstern and Zack)

• Zauberstern #16: 1 Hour, 2 Mins
  • "Gefahr in der verbotenen Stadt Teil 3" ("Duel in the Skies") by Peter David and Sal Velluto
  • "Gefahr in der verbotenen Stadt Teil 4" ("Free Fall") by Peter David and Sal Velluto
  • "Python schlägt zu" ("Justice for the Python") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
  • "Insel des Grauens" ("Crocco Island West") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
• Phantom Spezial #1: 1 Hour, 6 Mins
  • "Woduros Geheimnis" ("Woduro's Secret") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan
  • "Das Löwenkopfäffchen" ("The Lion's Head Tamarine") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan
• Zack #1:  1 Hour, 9 Mins
  • "Die verschwundenen Base Jumper" ("Captured from Above") by Bernd Frenz and Janusz Ordon
  • "Gefährliche Wasser" ("Dangerous Waters") by Bernd Frenz and Janusz Ordon

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To wrap up our festive season we have created a New Years Resolution that we all can get around and ensure we follow through. Forget eating healthy, saving your money or doing more exercise - let us all take some time out and read a Phantom back issue.

Mikael Lyck, Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra join regulars Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East in reviewing (one or two) stories that are worth digging out and having a re read. Some of the stories have been reprinted regularly and within the last 5 years but many have been out of print for 10 or 20 years.

The stories we have reviewed are:

"The Hanta Witch" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

• Frew #1746 (2016)
• Fantomen 22-23/2021
• Fantasma #282 (1979)
• Diamond Comics #73 

"The Founding of the Jungle Patrol" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

• Frew #1653 (2013)
• Fantomen 13/2021
• Fantasma #284 (1979)
• Diamond Comics #73 

"The Ghost Pirates" by Norman Worker and Jaime Vallvé

• Frew #765 (1983)
• Fantomen 1/2020
• Fantasma #367 (1986)

"The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 1-3" by Idi Kharelli and Hans Lindahl

• Frew #867A (1986)
• Fantomen Krönika 2/2002
• L'Uomo Mascherato #4 (2009)

"The Avenger" by Janne Lundström and Jaime Vallvé

• Frew #883 (1987)
• Fantomen Krönika Band 1 (1999)

"Red as Blood - White as Snow" by Lennart Moberg, Felmang, and Germano Ferri

• Frew #1607 (2011)
• Fantomen 22/1992

"The Phantom vs Singh 2050" by Claes Reimerthi and Hans Lindahl

• Frew #1276 (2000)
• Fantomen 21/2000

"Guns, Part 1-2" by Mark Verheiden and Luke McDonnell

• DC #1 & #2 (1989)
• Hermes The Complete Series: The Complete DC Comics Volume One (2021)
• Fantasma #1-#2 (1989)

What did you think of the stories? Have you read all of them? If you have another story you think phans and us should read, add a photo in the comments section or on social media. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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For our Merry Phantoming (Christmas) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we decided to have some phun. We created a quiz to celebrate the festive season. The quiz was open for a live participation with phans from around the world and then afterwards open for all. All together we had over 100 phans have a go.

The top five:

1. Indian 30,477
2. Seuj 28,464
3. Mase 25,934
4. Marcus 24,579
5. Callum 22,748

A huge thank you to all who participated plus Mikael Lyck, Marcus and Seuj Abir who joined us and participated. Seuj and Indian are both young teenager phans from India and we hope they stick around and are part of the next generation of long term phans. 

The list of questions are:

1. What is Ray Moore's middle name?
2. In which story is Bangalla first shown to be in Africa?
3. In what year did Mike Manley begin working on the daily strip?
4. What are the start & end dates for Sy Barry's time on the Phantom daily strip?
5. What date was the first Phantom strip published?
6. In what year did Tony DePaul solely take the reigns on the Newspaper strip?
7. What was the title of Paul Ryan's first Phantom Newspaper Story?
8. The Baronkhan Sedition is Mike Manley's first Phantom story - True or False?
9. What is the date of the First Frew issue?
10. Which was the first Frew issue to be published in portait rather than landscape?
11. How many times did Ralph Gohs win Best Cover for Fantomen ?
12. Who was the writer of the 1000th Team Fantomen story?
13. What year was Frew issue #1000 published?
14. What do the letters in Frew stand for?
15. Who was the 12th editor of Fantomen?
16. Which USA publisher published the most Phantom comics?
17. Which of the Big 2 Comic Publishers published a standalone Phantom comic first?
18. What was the first Frew issue published by The Frew Crew?
19. When did chroniclechamber.com launch?
20. What episode did the current line up of Dan, Jermayn & Steve host their first podcast together?
21. Who was Joe's first guest on the Podcast?
22. Where was the first X-Band theme from?
23. Who signed off with Happy Phantoming first?
24. Who designed the current Chronicle Chamber logo?
25. What is the P3?
26. Which Phantom creator has appeared on the most episodes of the X-Band Podcast?
27. In which episode did we first interview Sy Barry?
28. What number episode was the December 2021 Comics & News
29. In what year was the First Mallon Diary published?
30. What is the first known Phantom jam cover?
31. In the 1996 movie, what is the name of the Palmer family's butler?
32. What is the name of the 1980s cartoon which featured The Phantom?
33. Which company recently released a Jungle Patrol Hat and Beanie?
34. Who composed the score for the 1996 Phantom movie?
35. What is the name of the shape-shifting fractal biot from the 2040 series?
36. What is the name of The Phantom's alias in the 1943 Movie serial?
37. "Things are hotting up" is attributed to which Phamous Phantom Phan?
38. What is the longest running Sunday Story?

What did you think of the questions? Did you enjoy the quiz. Please let us know, you can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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This podcast is just shy of 16 minutes - maybe our shortest EVER!

Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East talk about some of their favourite Frew issues, covers and stories and then hand over to Frew creator Matt Kyme as he gives us his top three issues and stories for the year. 

To vote for your favourite Frew cover, issue and story for the year follow the link below:

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and do not forget to vote away. 

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Another bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in November and December 2021. 

Mikael Lyck, Ankit Mitra review comics from Sweden and India and are joined by regulars Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser.

If two hours is too long for you, below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose. We do recommend listening to the whole podcast though.

Frew Publications Comics Reviews

• Frew #1905: (2 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Frew #1906: (16 Minutes)
• Frew #1907: (28 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• "The Riddle of the Grey Malkin pt 6-8" (40 Minutes)
  
  
• Frew stuff to discuss
• Price rise (52 Minutes)
• Social media manager (58 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• What next as backups for Frew stories? (1 Hour 4 Minutes)

Fantomen Comics Reviews

• Fantomen 24/2021: (1 Hour 11 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Fantomen 25 & 26/2021: (1 Hour 15 Minutes)
• Fantomen 2022 Christmas Album: (1 Hour 18 Minutes 30 Seconds)

Shakti Comics

• Shatki Phantom issue #1: (1 Hour 21 Minutes 30 Seconds)

Daily / Sunday progress

• Sunday S192: "The Ingenues" (1 Hour 37 Minutes)
• Daily D259: "The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz" (1 Hour 39 Minutes)

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #200: Tony DePaul, Jeff Weigel and Mike Manley joined us with patreons and there are lots of comments and discussions about these newspaper past and future stories.

Phantom News for November & December

• Team Fantomen 1000 stories: (1 Hour 48 Minutes)
• Norwegian cassette Successful crowdfund (link): (1 Hour 54 Minutes 30 Seconds) 
• Sal Velluto & Eugenio Print Set (link): (1 Hour 56 Minutes) 
• Iron Studios Figurines (link): (1 Hour 57 Minutes)
• KFS Christmas Decorations (link): (2 Hours 1 Minute 30 Seconds) 

Upcoming podcasts over Christmas/New Years

• Best of Frew with poll 
• Merry Phantoming (Quiz with prizes) 17th December
• 2021 Review
• Special Phantom themed New Years Resolution
• Interviews to come in January
• Announcement of a special project we are working on 

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

 You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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Crossovers are all the rage within the comics universe with success with movies, so why not the Phantom? Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker chat about The Phantom and the crossovers he has existed in and then we discuss why they are important and what we would like to see from comic publishers but also the owners King Features Syndicate.

We also discuss if KFS have indeed put a ban on Frew crossovers and we raise why its important for the comic but also for the greater good of the Australian comic industry.

We go over known crossovers like:

• Video  / Audio
• "Defenders of the Earth" tv show
• "The Man who Hated Laughter" short movie 
• "Yellow Submarine" Beatles film clip
  
  
• Newspaper stories
• Phantom and Mandrake crossovers (click here for a full list link)
• "The Twins' Futures" (D243) - with Mary Worth
• Dick Tracy story - Featuring Mr Walker and Devil at an airport
• “Escaped Convicts” - Defenders of the Earth dream sequence crossover
• * Many of these cameo's are on our Phantom Preservation Project. To get access learn about becoming a patreon.
  
  
• Comics
• "Defenders of the Earth" comic book series
• "Scorpius" by Shane Foley
• "Death Dive" by Glenn Lumsden
• "The Raven" by Andrew Constant
• "Phantom/Captain Action" by Moonstone 
• "Kings Watch / Quest / Cross" by Dynamite Entertainment 
• "Legenderry" by Dynamite Entertainment 
• "Zigomar vs the Phantom" 
• "Masks of the Phantom" with Varg Veum by Lightning Strikes
  
  
• Parodies
• Brazil DotE parody comic
• Mad Sunday parody 
• Robot Chicken DotE
• * Many of these cameo's are on our Phantom Preservation Project. To get access learn about becoming a patreon.
  
  
• Promotions & phan art worth mentioning
• Early KFS advertising 
• KFS American Football line up
• KFS Christmas table
• King comics with Girl Phantom on the back cover
• Various "Comics Revue" covers

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. If we have missed any crossovers, please let us know in the comments field via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram or you can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com. 

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Dan Fraser  and Jermayn Parker are joined by Moonstone and Frew cover and story artist Lou Manna. It was a great phun podcast as we chatted about his 15+ year career with The Phantom which started off with stories and covers for Moonstone and then a decade later a two part story for Frew that was originally created for Moonstone.

For fans you will be greatly excited about a couple of other stories awaiting to be published including one by two phans Peter Steven and Jaime Diaz. Some of the other various topics we discussed are:

• His career
• How Tom Tyler and George Wilson helped made Lou as a phan
• His love for the phans from around the world
• We go through Lou's four stories and hear some stories about printing and colouring issues plus more musings. 
• The Tom Tyler famous pose making its way into a Phantom comic.
• His interactions with DC and Marvel greats like Bob Kane, Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano, Jack Adler, Joel Orlando and many others.
• His Chronicle Chamber Bushfire Phundraiser piece. (link to learn more about the phundraiser)
• His love for Don Newton's Phantom artwork for Charlton.

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. If you would like to buy art from Lou Manna you can either contact him by his website, Facebook or eBay account.

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Another bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in October 2021.

Mikael Lyck, Ankit Mitra review comics from Sweden and India and are joined by regulars Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser. 

If two hours is too long for you, below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose. We do recommend listening to the whole podcast though.

Frew Publications Comics Reviews

• Frew #1902: 2 Minutes
• "Nest of the Undead" by Pidde Andersson and Joan Boix
  
  
• Grey Malkin Part 4 and 5: 10 Minutes
• by Glenn Lumsden and Jason Paulos
  
  
• Frew #1903: 17 Minutes 30 Seconds
• "The Prisoner of the Golden Cage" by Claes Reimerthi, Joan Boix, Rafael Ruiz, and Coral Martínez
  
  
• Frew #1904: 31 Minutes
• 115: “Wambo the Gambler“ by Lee Falk and by Wilson McCoy
• 114: “The White Monkey” by Lee Falk and by Wilson McCoy
• 113: “The Governors Family” by Lee Falk and by Wilson McCoy
  
  
• Giant Size #18: 35 Minutes
• "Scorpius: Judgement Day" by Shane Foley

Fantomen Comics Reviews

• Fantomen 20/2021: 43 Minutes
• "Befria Avaria!" ("The Free Avar Front") by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel
• "Monumentet" ("The Ghost Wall") by Tony De Paul, George Olesen, and Keith Williams
  
  
• Fantomen 21/2021: 46 Minutes
• "Lätta pengar" ("Easy Money") by Michael Tierres and Georges Bess
  
  
• Fantomen 22-23/2021: 49 Minutes
• "Spionskeppet" ("The Spy Ship‎") by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel
• "Hanta-Häxan" ("The Hanta Witch‎") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Heloise" ("The Name‎") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Halloweenligan" ("The Halloween Kidnappers") by Claes Reimerthi, George Olesen, and Keith Williams
  
  
• Fantomen 2021 Softcover: 53 Minutes
• "Slavstaden" ("The Slave Market of Mucar") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Den grymma Samaris" ("Queen Samaris XII") by Lee Falk and Bill Lignante
• "Den gyllene strandens gåta" ("The Golden Sands of Keela-Wee") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Mysteriet med de fyra lejonen" ("The Lions of Kukhan") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Djungelolympiaden" ("Jungle Olympics") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Regal Publishers Comics #16, #17 & #18: 59 Minutes

• Phantom issue #16
• "The Jungle Trek" by Tony De Paul and Paul Ryan
• "The Scoundrel" by Tony De Paul and Paul Ryan
  
  
• Phantom issue #17 (Claes Reimerthi tribute issue)
• "The Snake Goddess's Island" by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan
• "The Lion's Head Tamarine" by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan
  
  
• Phantom issue #18
• "The Halloween Kidnappers" by Claes Reimerthi, George Olesen, and Keith Williams
• "The Challenge" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

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Fantomen editor Andreas Eriksson joins us in episode #201. He introduces himself, his role and how its different to past editor Mikael Sol (His interview in episode #116).

After that Andreas goes through what we readers can expect for Fantomen 2022 which includes a new publication released in the first half of next year plus many more tid bits that should excite every reader and phan. One of the cool things was that some past creators will be back - who would you like to see return creating stories for Fantomen?

We in total over 20 questions ranging from Sandal Singh, the fatherhood dilemma of Nadir, who will take over from Claes Reimerthi and the Phantoms diversity. 

If two hours is too long for you, below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose:

• How you became a Phantom phan: 3 Minutes
• History with Fantomen and your past roles: 5 Minutes
• Black and white and or colour Fantomen: 16 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Most favourite story: 18 Minutes
• Timeline filling in for Mikael Sol in the past: 20 Minutes
• Difference between Mikael Sols job role and yours: 30 Minutes
• Why Sandal Singh is good for the Phantom: 35 Minutes
• Is Nadir The Phantoms Son?: 40 Minutes
• What is to come in Fantomen? 2022: 44 Minutes
  • Will 2022 be the same amount of issues?: 45 Minutes 
  • Will there be the same softcover album and christmas album?: 46 Minutes
  • A new publication for Fantomen 2022: 47 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • The 22nd Phantom saga: 55 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • A Phantom Bible: 1 Hour 9 Minutes
  • New Phantom stories for 2022?: 1 Hour 12 Minutes
  • Any new creators?: 1 Hour 24 Minutes
  • The 1000th Fantomen created story: 1 Hour 28 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • Will you ever publish a whole black and white fantomen comic again?: 1 Hour 31 Minutes 30 Seconds
• - Who will take over from Claes Reimerthi?: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
• - We will ever see a return of extras (supplements) in our Fantomen?: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
• - Does the Phantom need to be more diverse or have more diverse characters?: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
• - What do you do if there is a continuity issue?: 1 hour 48 Minutes
• - Process with KFS: 1 Hour 53 Minutes
• - What do you want your legacy to be?: 1 Hour 55 Minutes
• - About Jacob Habinc: 2 Hours

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed with Andreas Eriksson. and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

If you want to listen to our past podcast with Andreas 7 years ago in August 2014, click here

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Welcome to our 200th celebration for X-Band: The Phantom Podcast. It has been an amazing ride for the last 8+ years. Chronicle Chamber gives thanks to the past and present hosts in Joe Douglas, Lindsay Walker, Jermayn Parker, Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Matt Kyme along with our many correspondents including Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra. 

To celebrate the 200th, our patreons were invited to chat with the newspaper adventure creators Tony DePaul, Mike Manley and Jeff Weigel. What followed was an amazing two hour chat were they got to field questions to the newspaper creators.

Some of the highlights includes Tony gives us a clue of stories a year in the future including us seeing how the 21st Phantom dies (again) which you can listen and watch in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #196A, the return of the Temple of the Gods on Eden plus a story that was directed by Jeffs keen interest in African heritage. 

Below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps:

• 3 Minutes: Welcome to the guests
• 8 Minutes: What does Tony's, Mikes and Jeffs normal day look like?
• 14 Minutes: The love of drawing
• 16 Minutes: How Tony DePaul got connected with the Phantom, Ulf Granberg and Egmont
• 17 Minutes 30 Seconds: Tony DePaul's history with the Phantom
• 19 Minutes 30 Seconds: The Lore and has Tony ever had any stories rejected or changed?
• 23 Minutes: Has Jeff and or Mike had anything changed by KFS?
• 29 Minutes: Possibly why Tony has never had anything changed by KFS
• 33 Minutes: Inconsistency of the Phantom strip 
• 35 Minutes: Interactions and process between the three creators 
• 37 Minutes: Mike shows us example of script from Tony, Daily originals
• 39 Minutes: Mike talking about props and references including showing us one he brought.
• 42 Minutes 30 Seconds: Jeff talking on the time it takes for him to draw a strip
• 45 Minutes: Jeff talks about that special project for Frew.
• 47 Minutes 30 Seconds: Jeff as the "canary in the coal mine"
• 48 Minutes: Mike talking on the time it takes for him to draw a strip
• 52 Minutes: Mike talks about working with Al Williamson
• 55 Minutes: Gurans hat and being respecful to Bengallans
• 57 Minutes: Jeff Weigels New Sunday Story Theme
• 1 Hour, Minutes: Colonel Weeks and his retirement
• 1 Hour, 4 Minutes: Zippa Tone, Colouring the strips and the lack of handover
• 1 Hour 20 minutes: Extremes the creators go to creating our strips
• 1 Hour 23 Minutes: Phans compared to other fans and their legacy to the Phantom
• 1 Hour 33 Minutes: Pressure of the strip
• 1 Hour 37 Minutes: The official Phantom colour
• 1 Hour 39 Minutes: Restrictions of the strip
• 1 Hour 43 Minutes: fav or phun stories worked on 
• 1 Hour 50 Minutes: The Phantom is not Batman
• 2 Hour: When is the 21st Phantom going to die?
• 2 Hour 6 Minutes: Patreon Draw

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed with Tony DePaul, Jeff Weigel and Mike Manley. and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

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Jason Paulos, is one of the most prolific Frew creators and we have not had him on since 2016 in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #65 when we where introduced to the Phantom by Gaslight series.

We learn all about Jason including his history of comic creation including great stories of receiving a photocopy of art from Glenn Lumsden (Glenns Podcast Interview) as a kid and photocopying his first comics while stuck in an office job.

One of the interesting parts was when Jason showed us an A3 folder full of unpublished Phantom stories. Some of the other topics we talk about during the 95 minute podcast are:

• His love for black and white comics
• How to draw not to rely on colour
• How he grew up on horror and DC comics in suburban Brisbane
• His relationship with Glenn Ford and Glenn Lumsden
• How Jason returned a story back to Frew
• His views on story telling 
• His views on the American v European panels on page argument
• How comics should be an escapism 
• Jason Paulos' process on drawing, lettering and colouring his comics
• About The Gray Malkin Gaslight story

One other topic is that Jason is after feedback from phans on his Frew #1883 "The Poor People's Plague" story. If you would like to purchase artwork from him you can go to his website and or Facebook and contact him which page your after.

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed with Jason Paulos. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your ideas: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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Please note that the video (hosted on YouTube) is not the best quality as Jason was having some technical difficulties and maybe not for delicate ears with a few F and S Bombs dropped occasionally. 

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We are padding out our episodes as we want to release our 300th podcast with the Phantom's birthday. This will be 299A as we discuss the latest Daily and Sunday stories that are running in newspapers and on the Comics Kingdom website. We will also discuss all the related Phantom news.

If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.

Daily and Sunday Newspaper stories

• Daily 267: "The Skull and Jaw": 2 Mins
• Daily 268: 11 Mins
• Sunday 195: "The Princess of Songhai": 22 Mins

Phantom news 

• Mad Cave Studios #0 cover (link): 28 Mins
• Moonstone comics update (link): 33 Mins
• Hermes Daily volume #33 out now: 34 Mins
• Phantom on the USA Comic Con Cruise: 35 Mins
• KFS Tea Fougner moves on: 37 Mins
• Signed NECA Phantom figurine comp (link): 39 Mins
• Steve playing the Phantom video game (link): 40 Mins
• Vote for Fantomen 2024 best story (link): 46 Mins
• 22nd Phantom saga returns in 2025 (link): 48 Mins
• Mythos new Brazilian book: 56 Mins
• Editions Dante new TPB: 57 Mins
• Fantomet new TPB (link): 59 Mins
• Shakti Comics 2025 calendar (link) & book fair: 1 Hour
• Mallon diary out: 1 Hour, 3 Mins
• Phantom at Brickvention (link): 1 Hour, 4 Mins
• Fan fiction prose Phantom adventures (link): 1 Hour, 8 Mins

You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. We would love to have your input on the following topics:

• Do you like shorter newspaper newspaper stories?
• Do you like seeing the For Those Who Come In Late origin retellings?
• Do you like the Walkers crest?
• Do you like the comic cover by Greg Smallwood?
• Are you excited by the new Mad Cave Studios and Moonstone comic series?
• When do you think Hermes will stop their volume reprints?
• Who is going on the USA Comic Con Cruise?
• Have you voted for the Fantomen best story for 2024?
• Would you like to see an ongoing 22nd Phantom storyline?
• Do you like reading the Phantom in prose?

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Phantom movie being released we hold a phan commentary on the movie. This podcast is released on the day the movie was released in Australia.

Come and join us as we watch and talk about the movie. 

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed during this phan commentary. Do you have a solution on how you could change the skulls of Touganda? You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your ideas: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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We manage to get the podcast under two hours as we review 6 weeks of comics from Frew Publications and Fantomen by regulars Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East with input by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra. 

plus all the latest Phantom news from around the world across five continents with new comics from around the world, items to buy for Christmas, a new kickstarter campaign to follow plus much more.

Stephen East goes on a long run up to digest the three part saga of the "The Secret Theatre" saga. Did you enjoy the saga?

Make sure you listen / watch all the way to the end to hear Jason Paulos' song and do not forget to get that music video created.

Please make sure you share, like and leave a comment on our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram as well as our YouTube Channel. 

If you only want to listen to specific reviews of the comics and or news, we have included a timeline for you to follow. Enjoy!

Frew Publications

• Frew 1899, 1900 & 1901 (1 Minute 30 Seconds)
• "The Secret Theatre, Part 1: The Man with the Silver Nose" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "The Secret Theatre, Part 2: Shakespeare in Venice" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "The Secret Theatre, Part 3: The Final Performance" by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
  
  
• "The Riddle of the Grey Malkin, Part 1, 2 & 3" by Glenn Lumsden and Jason Paulos (23 Minutes)
  
  
• Kid Phantom #10 (30 Minutes)
• "Love Letter" by Andrew Constant and Paul Mason
• "Muiran" by E.J. Holden and Wellington Diaz

Fantomen

• Fantomen 18 & 19/2021 (45 Minutes 30 Seconds)    
• "Gränsfloden" ("?") by Claes Reimerthi and Kari Leppänen
• "Grodmanspiraterna" ("The Toad Men") by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
• "Juvelkuppen" ("The Shoplifters") by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
• "Dimmornas barn" ("Children of the Fog") by Dai Darell and Georges Bess

Daily & Sunday Story Progress

• Sunday: "The Visitor" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel  (48 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Daily: "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley (56 Minutes)

The Latest Phantom News

• News from Frew (link) (1 Hour 6 Minutes)
• Regal and Shakti Situation (Including video from Ankit Mitra) (1 Hour 12 Minutes)
• Phantom Card Game Extension Pack (Including video from Mikael Lyck) (link) (1 Hour 20 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Hermes Press printing The Mandrake newspaper stories (link) (1 Hour 24 Minutes)
• New Comic Kingdom Products (link ) (1 Hour 25 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Editions Dante Publishing a Regular Series (

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During our recording of our 200th podcast with our patreons and newspaper creators Tony DePaul, Mike Manley and Jeff Weigel, Tony was asked about the 21st Phantoms death.

Not only did he answer but he talked about the current daily newspaper story "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" and how it will show the DEATH OF THE 21ST PHANTOM.

Because it was such an amazing 15 minute chat we decided to cut it out of the 200th podcast and present it together in a separate stand alone mini podcast. We hope you enjoy it!

Did you pick up on the fork in the narrative?

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what Tony DePaul said in the mini podcast. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your ideas: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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After reading disappointing stories from various publishers and then asking King Features Syndicate about their Phantom bible in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #191 the boys at Chronicle Chamber (Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser, Stephen East & Mikael Lyck) have decided to take matters in their own hands and start the discussion.

We talk about why its important to lift the standard of the poorer stories from some publishers who do not have a grasp of our hero. After that we each discuss our top 5 Phantom elements that need to be in any bible.

There is a lot of crossover between the boys which can only be a good thing that even with a wide range of their Phantom backgrounds they can still agree on what elements need to be in every Phantom story.

Each of the boys top 5 elements for the bible are listed below. We also go over some other elements that creators, phriends and some of our patreons also believe are important.

Stephen East's top 4

1. The Phantom Oath 
2. The Phantom Outfit & Rings
3. You Cannot see the Eyes of The Phantom
4. The Phantom is Highly Jungle trained

Mikael Lyck's top 5

1. The Phantom Oath
2. The Phantom Outfit & Rings
3. The Phantom Is a Justice Hero 
4. The Humour element
5. The Phantoms World ie: Skull Cave, Bandar, Deep Woods

Dan Fraser's top 5

1. The Phantom Oath
2. The Phantom Outfit & Rings
3. Legend of the Phantom
4. The Phantoms World ie: Skull Cave, Bandar, Deep Woods
5. Old Jungle Sayings

Jermayn Parker's top 4

1. The Phantom Oath
2. Legend of the Phantom
3. Old Jungle Sayings
4. The Phantom Outfit & Rings

We would love to hear from you on what you think of the Phantom bible idea, is it needed in your opinion? What would you include in it? Have we missed anything?. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your ideas: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser with input by regulars Mikael Lyck, Stephen East and Ankit Mitra review all the latest Phantom news and comics from around the world across five continents. 

We review comics from Frew Publications, Regal Publications and Fantomen plus spend time discussing a big month of Phantom news of new publishers and comics to come in the near future, new items to buy plus some new dates for Supanova events in Australia for the back end of 2021. Frew also drop a huge hint for a potential Christmas present.

We also touch upon the sad passing of Claes Reimerthi which we go into more detail and reflection in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #194.

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If you only want to listen to specific reviews of the comics and or news, we have included a timeline for you to follow. Enjoy!

Frew Publications

Frew 1896 (4 Minutes)

• "Rotten Apples" by Duncan Munro and Jeff Weigel

Frew 1897 (25 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Fishers of Pearls" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore
• "The Maharajah's Daughter" part 2 by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy
• "The Maharajah's Daughter" part 1 by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy

Frew 1898 (30 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• “The Messengers of the Jungle” by Donne Avenell and Georges Bess

Regal Publishers

Regal #13 (46 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Temple of the Gods, Part 1: The U-Boat Mystery" by Tony DePaul, George Olesen, Keith Williams, and Paul Ryan
• "Temple of the Gods, Part 2: Return to Eden" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

Regal #14 (50 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Woduro's Secret" by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan
• "The Viking Fortress Mystery" by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan

Regal #15 (53 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "The Ghost Wall" by Tony De Paul, George Olesen, and Keith Williams
• "The Crime Apprentices" by Tony De Paul and Paul Ryan

Fantomen

Fantomen 16/2021 (57 Minutes 40 Seconds)

• "Nosferatus hämnd" by Claes Reimerthi and Janusz Ordon

Fantomen 17/2021 (59 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Den förbjudna skogen" ("The Llongo Forest") by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley

Daily / Sunday Stories 

Sunday: "The Visitor" (1 Hour)

Daily: "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" 1 Hour 17 Minutes 30 Seconds

Phantom News

• News from Frew (1 hour 27 minutes)
• 7 Foot Phantom (link) (1 hour 34 minutes)
• 2020 Best Fantomen Cover Announced (link) (1 hour 37 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Classic Phantom NECA Figurine Announced (link)  (1 hour 41 Minutes)
• Claes Reimerthi Passing (link) & memorial podca

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Every Phantom phan was devastated when they heard the news of Claes Reimerthi passing on the 23 of July 2021. Please read our obituary on the legacy of Claes Reimerthi.

On the podcast the boys (Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser, Mikael Lyck & Stephen East) spend 90 minutes talking about the great man and his imprint on our hero, The Phantom. 

We discuss our lasting memory of Claes and what we think his legacy will be. Other topics are:

• Our favourite characters he created or developed like: Miss Mist, Lubanga, Sandal Singh, The Butterfly Man and Dogai Singh
• Who takes over from Claes writing the 22nd Phantom ongoing saga?

We never had the chance to have Claes as a guest on our podcast but you can read an interview with from 2008 here.

If you would like to contribute to a memorial compilation podcast / video, please submit them to chroniclechamber@gmail.com

During the podcast we talk about a lot of stories, arcs, characters etc. Below is a list of every story with the Frew and Fantomen publication issue for you to either dig out and read or hunt down a copy. Enjoy!

The Rose of Cairo Part 1
922
1686
14/1987

The Rose of Cairo Part 2
923
1687
15/1987

The Count of Bengali
1105
3/1995
Kronika 2/1998

The Prodigal Son
1292
9/2001
Kronika 1/2006

In a Strange Land
1332
1333
19/2002
20/2002
Kronika 1/2006

Patrolman Aurora
1572
14/2010

The Triads
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
Trade Paperback #3
19/1994
20/1994
21/1994
22/1994
23/1994
Kronika 5-6/2000

The Pugilist
1787
21/1996
Kronika 4/2000
Christmas Album 2015

The Phantom- Man or Myth?
1420
11/2005

The Butterfly Man
1805
21/2017

Heart of Darkness
1739 - 1868
4/1994 - 26/1996
Kronika 5/2008-2/2009

Election Saga
1079
1080
4/1994
5/1994

Black Glove
898-899
1841
4&5/1985
Kronika 4/1994 & 1/1995
Kronika Band 2 & 3

Deadly Infection
890
16/1986
Kronika 1/2007

Death in the East End
951
952
953
16/1987
17/1987
18/1987

Duel on Destiny Top
1118
1119
13/1995
14/1995

Worubu’s Secret
1202
8/1998
First Phantom
1051
25/1984
Kronika 6/2001
2050
1276
21/2000

Year One
1390-1396
17/2004-22/2004

22nd Phantom
1792
1793
1794
16/2016
21/2016
2-3/2017

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Glenn Lumsden is a very popular Australian artist who first drew comics in Australia back in the 1970's. He was one of the first Australian artists to draw a full length Phantom story, has worked for several American comic companies including DC and Marvel. 

Some of the topics we touch upon are:

• History of the Marvel Phantom series including the amazing lengths he went to to get it right including mapping out the whole car chase and even his trip to Africa.
• History on comics from the 1930s to current.
• History on comics in Australia and who he worked with for several decades.
• His history with Glenn Ford and who he looked like in the 70's and 80's.
• His Giant Size covers
• The Phantom and crossovers with other Frew Giant Size characters including the next story he is working on.
• The Phantom by Gaslight and the next installment.
• Being a mentor to other creators.
• His love for gray and the Phantom's fashion being like "Harry Highpants".

You will not be disappointed in listening to this close to two hour chat.

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Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continue the podcast with #192B discussing all the news from May and June 2021. This follows the comics from May and June 2021 which can be found here.

At the end of the podcast after discussing the news, we talk to Ankit Mitra who is a Chronicle Chamber contributor but also a cover artist for Regal Publishers. He talks about Regal and their struggles gaining a foot hold in the India market with COVID still reeking havoc in the country.

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If you only want to listen to specific reviews of the comics and or stories, we have included a timeline for you to follow. Enjoy!

• Card Game Extention Pack - 2 Minutes
• New Phantom art Exhibitions - 9 Minutes
• LFMBEC & Supanova Sydney - 12 Minutes
• Melbourne & Perth postponed - 16 Minutes
• Wulfric Media New Headwear for sale - 18 Minutes
• Chat with Ankit Mitra - 27 Minutes

If you have ever wanted to do your own Chronicle Chamber reviews we are looking for any French / Canadian fans who have a copy and can review the latest Editions Dante TPB as well as anyone who can review the PNG Shields and Mallon Diary. We are also still on the look out for a Brazilian fan who can review all the new Mythos Phantom comics.

Please email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com if you are interested.

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With the team at Chronicle Chamber releasing other topical podcasts it meant the normal practice of a comics and news podcast once a month did not happen. Here we present a review of the comics from May and June.

We also discuss the latest happenings with the Sunday and Daily newspaper stories. If you only want to listen to specific reviews of the comics and or stories, we have included a timeline for you to follow. Enjoy!

Frew Publications

Frew 1892 (4 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Diana and the Heartbreaker Gang" by Matt Kyme and Shane Foley

Frew 1893 (11 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "Triumph of Evil" by Joe Gill and Don Newton  
• "Forever" by Andrew Constant and Massimo Gamberi

Frew 1894 (34 Minutes)

• "The Rhodian Column" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley

Frew 1895 (47 Minutes 30 Seconds)

• "The Drummer of Timpenni" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Revenge of the Drummer" by Norman Worker and Knut Westad
• "Revolt in the Jungle" by José Menezes, Walmir Amaral, and Wanderley Mayhé
• "Legacy of the Drummer" by Andrew Constant and Angelo Todaro

Giant Size 17 (1 Hour 9 Minutes)

• "The Game" by Lee Falk, Bill Harris, and Bill Lignante

Daily / Sunday Stories 

• Sunday: "The Visitor" (1 Hour 20 Minutes)
• Daily: "Hello to the Himalayas" (1 Hour 25 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Daily: "To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines" 1 Hour 34 Minutes)

Fantomen 

(1 Hour 42 Minutes)

Fantomen 10-11/2021

• "Kolonnen från Rhodia" ("The Rhodian Column") by Tony dePaul and Mike Manley
• "Oavslutade affärer" ("Unfinished Business") by Tony dePaul and Mike Manley
• "Den galna elefanten" ("The Rogue Elephant") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

Fantomen 12/2021

• "Requiem" ("Requiem") by Pidde Andersson and Wendell Cavalcanti
• "Diamantmysteriet" ("The Diamond Mystery") by Lee Falk and Özcan Eralp

Fantomen 13/2021

• "Legenden om Djungelpatrullen" ("The Founding of the Jungle Patrol") by Lee Falk and Sy Barry
• "Elefantkyrkogården" ("The Elephant's Graveyard") by Özcan Eralp

Fantomen 14-15/2021

• "Det odödliga lejonet" ("The Phantom Lion") Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
• "Förbannelsen" ("The Curse") by Dai Darell and Özcan Eralp
• "Diana i Djungelpatrullen" ("Diana in the Jungle Patrol") by Magnus Knutsson and Jaime Vallvé

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Every since we started this website and the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast one of the most common questions we have received is when will we get to hear from someone from King Features and or Hearst? 

It has always been a goal for us as we ourselves had a million and one questions that we wanted to ask. After 200 podcasts we got the chance and while we did not get to ask them all, we spent 90 minutes racing through as many questions as possible. 

A huge thanks must go to Tea Fougner who is the comics editor for the Phantom plus 60 other comic titles. She was great in answering as many questions as possible and some were not easy to answer. 

A brief list of the questions we asked in no particular order are:

• What is the approval process of new stories from Tony DePaul, Egmont and Frew Publishers?
• Is there a Phantom bible?
• Will we ever see a new Phantom TV Show and or Movie?
• The process from KFS point of view of the Matt Kyme and Shane Foley "Diana and the Heartbreakers Gang" story in Frew #1892.
• The Phantom and cross over stories with The Raven, Sir Falcon, Flash Gordon, Defenders of the Earth etc
• Moonstone  verses Dynamite Entertainment.
• What is the target audience of the Phantom?
• Targeting the next generation.
• The 100th Anniversary of The Phantom.

It must be noted that she did choose not to answer one question but you will have to listen and or watch the podcast to find out which one.

She also went over the history of King Features and Hearst and how they relate to our hero, the Phantom.

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Some phans will know that every year we review and discuss EVERYTHING that has been released from the year before and give our opinions on it. In 2024 there were 112 comics released over 14 countries from around the world and close to 30 different Phantom products released for phans to buy. That means every week, there is at least two Phantom comics and or items to purchase to add to your collection.

It is not easy to do this under two hours. Get your milk stout ready and join us.

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube Channel, and or leave them at our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

The Tale of the Tape:

KFS - USA

• 4 Daily stories (1x started in 2023)
• 2 Sunday stories (1x started in 2023)

Frew - Australia

• Regular issues: 26 (1961-1986)
• 47 stories total
• 66 in 2023, 54 in 2022, 58 in 2021, 60 in 2020, 69 in 2019. Less than in the previous 6 years
• Giant Size Phantom: 4 Issues. 7x Phantom related stories (8x in 2023. 4x in 2022)

Fantomen - Sweden

• 19 Regular Issues, 3 TPBs, 4 Replica HC books, 1 HC collection, 1x Phantom in X9 magazine.
• 34x stories in 2024. 13x repeat and 21x new. Less new stories than last two years

Hermes Press - USA

• 2 Daily (nothing since July)
• No Sunday HC books since May 2021

Comics Revue - USA

•  6 issues (2x with Phantom covers)

Mad Cave Studios - USA

• 4 issues
• 1 TPB

Regal - India

• 4 regular issues of English series

Shakti - India

• 3 issues (1 issue in 3x languages)

Zauberstern - German

• 6 Regular issues

Wick - German

• 2 Regular issues

Other German Series

• Mitton HC & SC book
• Zack
• ECR (1x HC, 7x regular & 1x supplement)

Other Countries

• Norway (1x Year Album)
• Finland (2x Softcover Albums)
• Spain (1x Daily reprint HC)
• Italy (1x Daily reprint HC & 1x TPB)
• France (1x TPB & 4x comics - 1x with Phantom cover)
• Brazil (1x HC)
• Denmark (1x HC)
• Greece (1x TPB)
• Hungary (1x HC)
• Irish (3x Digital comics & 1x Annual)

Total 14x countries
Total 112x comics
Total 22x brand new stories

Thanks to Christian, Mikael, Scott and Seuj who have helped us give a better world wide review of 2024. Below is a list of what we all vote on and give our views on what is the best from around the world in 2024.

• Best Frew Cover
• Best Frew Cover Survey Results
• Best Fantomen Cover
• Best Indian Cover
• Best German Cover
• Best USA Cover
• Best Other Comic Covers
• Best Writer
• Best Story Artist
• Overall Best Story published by Frew
• Best Story published by Frew Survey Results
• Overall Fantomen Best Story
• Best Fantomen Issue
• Overall Best Indian Story Published
• Best Indian Issue
• Overall German Best Story Published
• Overall German Best Issue
• Best Frew issue
• Best Frew Issue Survey Results
• Best merchandise new in 2024
• Best Chronicle Chamber moment
• Overall reflection on 2024
• What will be the big news of 2025?

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*This is the 200th episode actually published.

In Frew 1893, Dudley Hogarth the Frew publisher in his Message from the Publisher suggested that the short story "The Future Phantom: Forever" may be worth a podcast. We listened and here is our thoughts of the 8 page story by Andrew Constant and Massimo Gamberi. 

To begin with we go over every story and future Phantom which includes the 27th from the Defenders of the Earth TV Show, the 24th from the Phantom 2040 TV Show and a host of others from publishers like Fantomen and Dynamite Entertainment. Andrew also joins us and we go over the story with him.

What began as a 40 minute planned podcast has turned into a 80 minute discussion between Andrew Constant and the team (Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser).

Where do you sit with this story? Did you like it? Do you want to see more? We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

Andrew also drops a massive exclusive in the podcast on a new story he is working on at the moment. It is worth mentioning that there is the occasional swear word in this podcast - parental guidance is recommended. 

As always the video will show slides, art examples and props as we discuss the Phantom. The audio only version is attached if you prefer that method. Make sure you subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. 

As we touch upon the future phantoms we drop upon a few past X-Band: The Phantom Podcast's. If you want to dig those out, the links are:

• Episode #154: Rick Hoberg DotE Art Director 
• Episode #173: Thom Schillinger, Phantom 2040 Art Director 
• Episode #176: Tim Boyle Writer of the 2010 Phantom Legacy movie 
• Episode #186: Ben Raab, Moonstone & Fantomen Writer 
• Episode #126: Alex Saviuk 

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If you love classic Lee Falk, Wilson McCoy and Ray Moore, this is a must listen (or watch) Podcast as we chat with two Australian creators whose work is heavily influenced by their legendary work.

Frew #1892 was released May 6 2021 and features the second Phantom story by Matt Kyme. His first Phantom story was solely created by him. For this second story Shane Foley was brought in by Frew Publications to ink and enhance the original art.

If you are wondering why Shane was brought on to this story you simply have to listen and or watch to this podcast. We chat to both creators and listen to the story on how this story was originally rejected by King Features. We then learn of the lengths Frew, Matt and Shane went through to ensure the story was published and enjoyed by us phans.

The podcast is close to two hours long and you may be wondering what we discussed for two hours? Along with the dissection of the "Diana and the Heartbreakers Gang" story in great detail we chat about Wilson McCoy and Ray Moore classic stories. Again if you love those stories, you need to listen to this podcast.

If your watching, Shane shows his original artwork and we compare many panels that are influenced directly by McCoy and Moore.

As always the video will show slides, art examples and props as we discuss the Phantom. The audio only version is attached if you prefer that method. Make sure you subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. 

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Anthony Spay's first story appeared in the 2019 Fantomen Christmas album and in no time he has seven completed stories to his credit. In this episode Mikael Lyck joins Jermayn Parker as we go over each of his stories and learn interesting things about Anthony like how he got the job at both Frew and Fantomen. 

Anthony is one of two artists you have created new stories for both publishers - the other is Joan Boix. Is there anyone else we have missed?

Anthony Spay before his work for Fantomen and Frew has credits for Zenoscope Entertainment, Marvel and DC. If you would like to keep track of his work we recommend visiting his Instagram social media profile.

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We are back to a shorter comics and news podcast this month. Due to timing there isn't a Regal Publishers comic to review but Mikael Lyck is joined by regulars Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker in reviewing the latest comics and news from Australia Sweden and around the world.

Latest Comics

• Frew 1889 & 1890: 3 Minutes, 30 Seconds
• Frew 1891: 19 Minutes
• Fantomen 8/2021: 29 Minutes, 30 Seconds
• Fantomen 9/2021: 32 Minutes, 30 Seconds

Latest News

• New Fantomen Editor Team Member (link): 35 Minutes
• Best Fantomen Story Results for 2020 (link): 35 Minutes, 30 Seconds
• Shipping Update for the Card Game (link): 35 Minutes, 40 Seconds
• Reflections on the 2021 85th Anniversary Mallon Diary (link): 44 Minutes
• The LFMBEC Dinner & Sydney Mecca Weekend (link): 49 Minutes
• Hint of a new Frew Product Coming Out Soon: 53 Minutes, 30 Seconds
• New Fantomen writer (link): 59 Minutes, 30 Seconds
• New French Publisher (link): 1 Hour, 3 Minutes
• Fantomen Softcover Album for 2021 (link): 1 Hour, 6 Minutes & 30 Seconds

We want to know from our listeners if you want us to review the newspaper stories as they finish in the newspaper or when they are published in a Frew and or Fantomen comic.

If you have ever wanted to do your own Chronicle Chamber reviews we are looking for any French / Canadian fans who have a copy and can review the latest Editions Dante TPB as well as anyone who can review the PNG Shields and Mallon Diary. We are also still on the look out for a Brazilian fan who can review all the new Mythos Phantom comics.

Please email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com if you are interested.

Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. 

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We are joined by past Phantom Team Fantomen & Moonstone writer, Ben Raab who wrote 23 Phantom stories over a decade between 1999 and 2009.

Some of his stories include the popular "The Spear of Destiny" saga, "The Hero", "The Invisible Phantom" which won Norwegian best story in 2001, the first team we see Kit and Heloise as the joint 22nd Phantom in "The First Assignment" for Team Fantomen. 

After Egmont he wrote several classic stories for Moonstone including the first two graphic novels "The Ghost Killer" and "The Singh Web" which was his adaption of the 1996 movie along with classic stories exploring the mythos of the Phantom in "Curse of the Phantom", "The Aviatrix" and "Legacy".

Eager phans may know that Ben Raab has been making waves in Hollywood since with writing credits for "Warehouse 13", "Flash", "Arrow" and currently "Legacies". So obviously we end the podcast talking about how he would write a Phantom TV show series. 

One of the questions we ask is could the Phantom exist being a hero in Africa in a TV show with a possible white saviour label being used against him? Ben also tells us how he would write a Phantom TV show.

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It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with 11 comics out around the world, Claes Reimerthi retiring, board and card games, wall banners plus much more news to discuss the podcast originally went for 3 hours so we decided to split it into two podcasts. 

Hopefully it makes the podcast more palatable and enjoyable. This is episode 185B and where we focus on all the Phantom news from the last 5-6 weeks. There is a lot. 

In X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode 185A Mikael Lyck our Swedish correspondent went into detail why Claes Reimerthi decision to retire is a big deal. We agree and pick off from there.

Latest News

• Claes Reimerthi Retiring (link): 1 Minute 30 Seconds
• Fantomen Editor Easter Eggs (link): 9 Minutes
• Card Game Arrived (Review link): 12 Minutes
• Board Game Update (Review link): 24 Minutes 30 Seconds
• 2021 Mallon Diary (Preview link): 41 Minutes
• NECA DotE Figurines (Where you can buy them): 48 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Boss Fight Studio Figurines (Where you can buy them): 55 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Ikon Collectibles Wall Banner (link): 1 Hour, 1 Minute
• Serbian Comic with Phantom on cover (link): 1 Hour, 6 Minute
• PNG Shields Coffee Table Book (link): 1 Hour, 7 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Sydney Comic Con (link): 1 Hour, 10 Minutes 30 Seconds
• LFMBEC 2021 Dinner confirmed: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Support Phantomwiki (link): 1 Hour, 20 Minutes 30 Seconds

If you want an extra motivation to listen, we have included a key word for a prize. Full instructions and the key word in the podcast.

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It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with 11 comics out around the world, Claes Remierthi retiring, board and card games, wall banners plus much more news to discuss the podcast originally went for 3 hours so we decided to split it into two podcasts. 

Hopefully it makes the podcast more palatable and enjoyable. We will release Episode 185B News in a weeks time.

Comic Reviews

Frew Publications

• Frew 1886, 1887 & 1888 (Vulture Saga): 4 Minutes
• Revenge of the Vultures (Frew 1888): 24 Minutes
• The Phantom in Vietnam (Frew 1886 & 1887): 30 Minutes
• Frew TPB 4: 40 Minutes

Regal Comics

• Regal #7: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes
• Regal #8: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes
• Regal #9: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes
• Regal #10: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

Fantomen

• Fantomen 5/2020: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes & 30 Seconds
• Fantomen 6-7/2020: 1 Hour, 29 Minutes & 30 Seconds

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We are joined by past Phantom Sunday artist, Terry Beatty who drew the Phantom in the KFS Sunday newspaper strip between the dates of January 29, 2012 and the last one on May 7, 2017.

He drew 9 complete stories and 2 part stories including gems like "Mandrake's Bon Voyage", "Death Stalks the 5th Phantom" and "The Shadows of Rune Noble". 

Terry is part of the exclusive club that both drew The Phantom and Batman, only the third credited artist to draw both the Phantom and Mandrake in a newspaper story and the last artist to draw the Phantom after legendary artist Fred Fredericks retired.

This is a phun episode as we go through Terry's career including his Australian trip as a guest of the Australian chapter of the LFMBEC.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREW CREW!!! 

Tuesday 23 February we celebrated 5 years of the Frew Crew releasing their first comic and we discussed what they have done throughout the years. Plus we will try and play Nostradamus on what we think they will do in the future.

Tale of the tape

After Jim Shepherd's death in April 2013, Judith and their son Stephen stepped in and kept the title alive. Stephen introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Frew website, purchased a license for the posters and brought in the infamous Replica Series. Stephen also started the process of improving the covers.

In 2014 Dudley Hogarth came in to replace Stephen. Then in December 2015 Judith signed off and after almost two months of no Frew comics, Frew issue 1745  was released on 23 February 2016. It has been often described, particularly by members of Chronical chamber, as a Frew-naissance ever since.

The Frew Crew are:

• Glenn Ford: Co-Director 
• Rene White: Co-Director
• Dudley Hogarth: Publisher
• Sha Hua: Production Coordinator
• Frank Schultz: Production Manager

Issues per Year Frew released are:

• 2016: 28
• 2017: 36
• 2018: 42
• 2019: 38
• 2020: 34

Key milestones of each year

2016
Colour (1748), first of heaps of Spada comics (1753), kiwi covers, 80th anniversary (1763), christmas album colour/theme (1772), Signature Series, Supanova stall and accompanying Supanova jam cover  (1755) and posters Pholio series, Frew Crew badges

2017
Kid Phantom, Phantom’s World stand alone, Gaslight, Giant Size, first TPB, first themed annual (1774), Triptych cover (1792-4) and then poster, Phantom Universe cards and folder, Phile cards and folder (1775), sketch cover

2018
Frew 70th (1820), sequel/prequel stories to classics (Sin 1813) and Frew 70th, TPB 2, Kid Phantom Kollection

2019
War annual (1830), 1850 (Matt Kyme), 1852 (colour daily and BZ on cover), Frew trading cards, Jam story printed (1855), first graphic novel, Frew games boardgame kickstarter, Phantom Adventures Collection and door poster

2020
Kid Phantom & PW cancelled, TPB #3 out, Comixology

2021 (so far)
Frew Games boardgame released, TPB #4 out, 

We then asked a heap of questions:

• What has been the THREE best things they have done
• What has been the THREE worst things they have done
• If Frew Crew were to end tomorrow, what would be their lasting legacy?
• Which has been your top THREE moments with Frew?
• What’s been your favourite Frew product?
• What’s been your favourite Frew comic/tpb?
• Looking into the future. What is the next step for Frew?
• If you were to join Frew, what would you do?
• What's your Best Frew year?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

It is The Phantoms 85th Birthday - on this day back in 1936, something amazing happened with the debut of a comic strip in the newspapers that has changed the world and many peoples lives. 

We at Chronicle Chamber have celebrated the birthday by talking about each of the decades in detail and going over what we believe are the key moments through out the Phantoms history.

Have a listen and tell us what you agree with and do not agree with. Have we missed any key dates or moments? We would love to hear back from you. Here are a few moments we discussed in the podcast. The video will have images showing the dates.

1930's

Oath of The Phantom, Comics being published around the world, strong character development, top stories, world wide appeal.

1940's

WW2, Frew Publications, Wilson McCoy and Alfred Bester filling in for Lee Falk and Ray Moore, First mainstream merchandise, serial featuring Tom Tyler, the first engagement, Mr Walker alias, love interests from other characters to Diana and The Phantom.

1950's

Heaps of new countries (Brazil, Sweden, Indonesia, Denmark, Norway etc), Jungle Patrol, the good mark and the Female Phantom were both introduced. Our Phantom was first introduced as the 21st Phantom

1960's

Sy Barry started on the Daily and Sunday strips, modernisation of the Phantom being moved to Africa and Bengalla becoming independent breaking  from its former colonialism rule. RGE/Semic started creating their own stories. Luaga, General Bababu, Eden, Rex, Whispering Woods, Keela Wee, Phantom Peak and Bomsbay Prison were all introduced.

1970's

The Phantom and Diana finally were married and then had two children. The stories from Sweden had a left lean towards them and emerged as the biggest producer of Phantom stories in the world. Old Man Mozz, Kit and Heloise, Dogai Singh, Mori tribe, Wasaki Tribe, origin of the Bandar friendship, the Dolphins, Hzz and Steggy were all introduced. The 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 18th Phantoms are all introduced to readers also.

1980's

Jim Shepherd took over Frew and modernised the comic. There was an explosion of merchandise in Australia and Sweden helped by the popularity of the clubs. Comic numbers sold in Brazil, Sweden and Australia all peaked. Defenders of the Earth was introduced. Fantomen Land in Sweden was opened and Frew went from the dominate blue cover to yellow strip top.

1990's

The 1996 Billy Zane movie, Sy Barry retiring and Lee Falk passing away was the big three of the decade. We were also introduced to Lubanaga, perhaps the biggest foe the 21st Phantom has ever dealt with. Fantomen moved to colour and Semic sold their rights to Egmont. Unfortunately with Lee Falk nearing his end and Sy barry retiring the newspaper stories hit an all time low. We also saw the 2040 Phantom TV show.

2000's

Moonstone started publishing comics, Ulf Granberg was instrumental is saving the newspaper strips existence with Cleas Remeirthi and Tony DePaul. Continue decline in Egmont and Frew sales. Introduction of Sandal Singh and the Python as major arch nemeses to the 21st Phantom.

2010's

End of an era with Ulf Granberg retiring and Jim Shepherd passing away. Frew Crew picked up the mantle and ran with it. Kid Phantom and Fantomen Kids started. Introduction to the Nomad and numerous swapping of newspaper artists. A bigger focus on Australian created content.

We then discussed our favourite decades and had a go at predicting what we believe will be key moments throughout the 2020's.

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Some phans will know that we have reviews of all of the Mad Cave Studios Defenders of the Earth Series up on our YouTube Channel and website but we wanted to conduct a mid series review with the whole extended team. Join Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker with our USA reviewer Scott Waldyn. 

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube Channel, and or leave them at our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram.

Some of the discussion points we discuss are: 

• The Phantom being a Ghost Who Walks
• Council of Phantoms. Do we like it? Do we hate it? Is it real?
• Does this Phantom behave like our Phantom or any Phantoms we have read in the chronicles?
• We discuss the oath of the Phantom being my 'son and their sons will follow' or should it be 'descendants'? 
• If the DotE Phantom is the 27th. Kurt would then be the 28th, If the DotE Phantom becomes the Phantom again, will that make him the 27th or 29th? 
• Was shrinking the mansion so Mandrake can take it in his pocket a clever way to get around the Phantom’s quandary? 
• Zuffy's transformation into a laughable character to someone with bite.
• Lothars ex wife is mentioned. Dale is seen at end of issue 4. No mention yet of the Phantom’s wife and or Nardia.
• With the future Mad Cave Studios sand alone series. Would we like to see it outside the DotE arc? 
• Do you like the series? What do you like and do not like?
• What do you think will happen in the next four issues?

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. Do you like the series? The artwork? The plot? Or you have opinions on where the story will be going, please let us know. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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It may be only be a month since our last comics and news podcast but with a heap of news and four comics to review there is plenty to talk about. Who are we kidding? We love chatting Phantom and you love listening to us - its a perfect match.

As some may only want to listen to parts of the podcast, we have included a time stamp of each topic. Either way, I hope you enjoy the podcast. We have also included links to each piece of news so if you want more information you can click the links.

The Frew 2021 annual has received a lot of negative feedback on social media. We discuss our thoughts including a response from the Frew Crew themselves and what the Frew 2022 annual may look like - they also want our feedback on what we want included with the annual. Make sure you listen to the podcast to hear some suggestions.

Comic Reviews

Frew Publications

• Frew 1884: 3 Minutes
• Frew 1885: 29 Minutes

Fantomen

• Fantomen 2-3/2020: 37 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Fantomen 4/2020: 41 Minutes

Phantom News

• Card Game Update (link to read more): 43 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Andreas Eriksson new Fantomen editor (link to read more): 44 Minutes
• Board Game Update (link to read more): 53 Minutes 30 Seconds
• 2021 Mallon Diary (link to read more): 59 Minutes
• Boss Fight Studio Wave 1.5 (link to read more): 1 Hour 30 Seconds
• Peter Richman Passing (link to read more): 1 Hour 9 Minutes
• Hermes Phantom DC Series Announcement (link to read more): 1 Hour 11 Minutes
• New German Series (link to read more): 1 Hour 18 Minutes
• NECA Defenders of the Earth Update: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes 30 Seconds

Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. Our next podcast is one to remember - stay tuned.

We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode and our reviews and opinions. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

EDIT: Worth noting that there has been THREE Frew created stories published by Egmont. Thanks for the correction.

Hero Complex published by Fantomet

Jungle Love and Errand of Mercy published by Fantomen

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Are Frew readers colourblind? 

If you like watching your podcasts with props, this will be a podcast to watch on YouTube.

To discuss The Phantom & colour in detail we are joined by Kevin Patrick, author of "The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero" and Indian phan Ankit Mitra who reviews the Regal Publishers Phantom comics for us. Together with Jermayn and Dan they discuss The Phantom and colour specifically focusing on the Frew comic published in Australia.

We discuss all means of topics including the quality of the product with the colouring in quality, comparing colour styles of DC and Marvel, comparing the paper quality and of course the impact it will mean to the price of the comic.

What makes this podcast work is that Ankit and Kevin know what they are talking about having a history of comics outside the Phantom. 

We touch upon several discussions including the history of Indians comics and why colour is so important to them. Along with Kevin's knowledge of India, he also talked about his research into the Swedish market and even looked at why and what lessons Frew could learn with Swedens and Norways Fantomen and Fantomet change to colour in 1991.

To finish the podcast we all answer some final questions

• Will colour Frew comics generate new younger readers for the Frew Magazine?
• Should Frew publish all the comics in colour, keep black and white or do a nice mixture of both?
• If you were in charge of Frew, what would you do with the colour and black and white mix of comics?
• If you were in charge of Frew, would you colour newspaper reprint stories?
• Would you be happy with less Frew comics a year if all in colour?

We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode along with your answers to the above questions. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or via our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram.

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Kevin Patrick is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University (Rose Hill, NY). He is an Australian media studies academic and comics historian, who has lived in the United States since 2016.

He is the author of "The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero", published by University of Iowa Press (2017) and has been on our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #83 as he discussed the book and his research. You can follow Kevin at his academia page and his Instagram page.

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Jermayn, Dan, Stephen & Mikael go over their phavourites from around the world for 2020 including the "Frew Best Of 2020" results as held in the survey ran by Chronicle Chamber.

It is a bumper podcast just a tick over 2.5 hours but with 100+ comics and products that came out and 12 categories for us to discuss from 2020, it was not an easy task but we managed.

First of all we go over the tale of the tape highlighting where each comic, TPB and book came from and comparing it from the previous years and then we go over our favourites. The discussion areas we discussed are:

• Best non-Frew/Fantomen cover
• Best Frew Cover
• Frew Survey Results for Best Frew Cover
• Best Fantomen Cover
• Best Writer
• Best Story Artist
• Best Story Published by Frew
• Frew Survey Results for Best Frew Story
• Overall Fantomen Best Story
• Best Fantomen Issue
• Best Frew Issue
• Frew Survey Results for Best Frew Issue
• Best Licensed and Unlicensed Merchandise 

We then finished it off discussing our overall thoughts of 2020 from an overall Phantom perspective and our favourite Chronicle Chamber moment.

Our YouTube video includes images and examples of all of the comics, stories and merchandise so if you are a visual person we recommend you watching our video. Otherwise our audio podcast is attached for your pleasure.

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/xdV5QHy146M

Also a huge thanks to everyone who entered in their phavourites for the Frew survey and a huge shout out to the winners:

Frew Crew Badge

1. Daniella Colomara
2. Nick Moles

Chronicle Chamber Merchandise Set

1. Shane
2. Glaucio Cardoso
3. Adrian Wade

All winners have their prizes sent out to them.

Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. 

We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode and our reviews and opinions. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or via our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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