In this podcast, we are discussing June and July 2025. We review comics from Australia, USA and Germany; catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom; and discuss every bit of Phantom-related news from around the world, and much more. 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 on Facebook , Twitter , and/or Instagram . Below is a ...
Aug 13, 2025•1 hr 34 min
This podcast includes recordings from the Australian Phantom weekend, including the video from Lauren Marshall, who spoke beautifully at the 2025 LFMBEC dinner. Billy Zane completed many Q&As over the two weeks he was in Australia. He did Q&As at Sydney and Perth Supanova as well as other events at theaters located in Sydney and Melbourne in between the two weekends. Thanks must go to those fans who helped us with these recordings; unfortunately, we at Chronicle Chamber were unable to at...
Jul 30, 2025•1 hr 40 min
Stephen East , Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker meet and chat with Daniel Nguyen , the director over at Saturday Morning Cards (SMC). SMC has released a Phantom Designer Art Card set, with preorders being shipped at the end of July 2025. During this podcast, Daniel shows us the cards and explains the collector card concept, which may be foreign for some phans. Daniel also shows us every card in the set from the different finishes, including the black 1/1 and some of the sketches. We would recommend...
Jul 20, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Stephen East , Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker get together to review Frew 's celebratory issue 2000. They review every story and element of this bumper 220+ page comic in full colour with a variant cover and a free print included. Along with the stories, it includes an article giving a bird's-eye view of the history of Frew which covers their first comic release in 1948. The stories included in this special comic are: " The Golden Circle " by Lee Falk and Ray Moore (coloured by Ivan Pederson ) " ...
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 39 min
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...
Jun 22, 2025•52 min
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 ...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Every month, we take an hour or two to discuss all things Phantom from around the world. This month for May 2025, we review comics from Australia and Germany, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world with comic conventions, the latest comics soon to be released, and much more. 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 / Sunday ...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 36 min
If you are a Phantom nerd, you will like this podcast as Jermayn Parker and Matt Kyme discuss close to 50+ stories as they try and nail down important elements on how to create a good Phantom story. With the Phantom census currently open we are gathering data and information from hundreds of Phantom fans around the world telling us what they like, do not like and want to see happen with their Phantom. We wanted to focus on some of the questions we ask and that is about the stories and what makes...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 19 min
These monthly podcasts where we discuss all things Phantom from around the world are the highlights of our month and we hope you enjoy this podcast. We review comics from Australia, India, Germany and USA, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world with comic conventions, the latest in soon to be released in Ireland, USA, Brazil & Sweden comics, and much more. We love comments and feedback from the Phanto...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 38 min
Jermayn Parker is on his own as he talks to Chilean born Australian raised Marcelo Baez who is a Frew cover artist who has also drawn one short story so far. This is a fascinating chat with a new comer to the Phantom universe who brings an unique style to his covers. He also shows us his new Phantom cover which will be out in the next month. We go over his career, the reason why there was a five year hiatus between his first and second Frew cover and just how many skulls did he manage to sneak i...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 8 min
What better way to escape the world's troubles with weather patterns and political upheaval dominating our life than spending time with us as we review everything Phantom from March 2025. We review comics from Australia and USA, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world with comic conventions, the latest in soon to be released USA comics, new products to buy and much more. We love comments and feedback from ...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 37 min
For almost 90 years, The Phantom has been thrilling phans worldwide. But who exactly are the phans? In collaboration with King Features and several publishers, we at Chronicle Chamber aim to find that out, with the Phantom Phan Census 2025! This global census is a chance for YOU to share your Phantom story, from how you first discovered the legend to what you want to see in the future - whether it’s a new movie, TV series, or more comics! Plus the opportunity to gather information on how you rea...
Mar 23, 2025•49 min
What better way to escape the world's troubles with weather patterns and political upheaval dominating our life than spending time with us as we review everything Phantom from February 2025. We review comics from Australia and Germany, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some par...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 25 min
The 2025 Frew annual deserves a stand alone review and we spend a good 70 minutes dissecting it. The theme for this years annual is a monster theme with 8 stories with a mixture of colour & black and white over 220+ pages. What do we like, what do we not like and what rating do we give it? Listen and or watch and find out. Do not remember to let us know what you agree and or disagree with. Annuals are nothing new from around the world with British comics publishing them in hardcover albums d...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 10 min
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 ot...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 39 min
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, belo...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 15 min
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 Sun...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 14 min
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 commen...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 57 min
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 ...
Dec 31, 2024•44 min
We have fallen behind again with our monthly comics and news podcasts so this will be Episode 296B where we discuss and review the latest comics from around the world including Australia, USA, Norway, Sweden and Germany. There is 11 comics in total we will go through. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom of the article, we list some talking points we would love to have your input on. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube ...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 32 min
We discuss the latest Daily and Sunday stories that are running in newspapers around the world and all the related Phantom news that has been released around the world. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom, we list some talking points we would love to have your input on. Remember if you comment, you automatically go into our draw for a monthly competition of free Chronicle Chamber swag. Below is a timeline of what we discussed. Daily & Sun...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Stephen East , Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker catch up with the team behind the Phantom Video Game. With pre orders for the digital version of the game now open, we thought it would be a great opportunity for us to catch up with Ash Nicholls the Director behind Art Of Play , but also two of his colleagues who have left their imprint on the game. Go here to pre order your digital and collector box es Anthony Spay is the illustrator of the art from the game who has Frew and Team Fantomen credits as...
Dec 02, 2024•55 min
The 100th iteration of the iconic Supanova pop culture convention, in Brisbane November 2024, was a landmark event, especially for Phantom fans who descended upon the city in numbers. This year’s gathering was a celebration of all things Phantom, with a host of activities and special guests that made it an unforgettable experience. Among the highlights were appearances by talented Phantom cover artists Jamie Johnson , Alex Trpcevski , and Lauren Marshall . These renowned artists, each of them st...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Jermayn Parker is joined by Team Fantomen editors Jacob Habinc and Andreas Eriksson as he asks them all the questions about what they are planning for 2025 which so happens to be their 75th anniversary birthday! We first start off asking about the celebrations of 2025 and what they have planned. They tell us as much as they can and yet still hold back a few surprises which will be dropped as time goes by. If you want some hints, this is the podcast to listen to. Some of the secrets they tell us ...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Join us as we catch up with all the latest happenings with the Phantom from around the world in the month of October 2024. This podcast is truly international as we fly around dissecting Phantom related news from Sweden, Germany, Finland, Italy and Ukraine then review the latest Daily and Sunday newspaper stories and review comics from Australia, Sweden, Germany and USA. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom of the article, we list some talking...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 40 min
Dan Fraser , and Jermayn Parker join Janusz Ordon who is a Polish comics creator who has created Phantom stories since 2018. In short 6 years he has drawn 20 full length stories for Fantomen but also Frew . He has also drawn 6x Fantomen covers at the time of recording. We start at the beginning which includes how Janusz Ordon first came to know about the Phantom from the Fantom ( TM-Semic ) series published from 1992 to 1993 in his home country. Other areas we touch upon and discuss are: His pri...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Join the extended team in Seuj Abir , Ivan Pederson, Scott Waldyn , Stephen East , Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser as together they discuss the latest Phantom comics from around the world from Sweden, India, USA and Australia. It has been a busy two months with 9 comics in total. We would love it if you could answer some of our questions and topics we raise from our reviews from August and September 2024 - you can find them at the bottom. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Join the boys as together they discuss the latest Phantom news from around the world. We also keep up to date with the latest in the Daily and Sunday newspaper stories. It has been a busy August and September. Please answer some of our questions we have from August and September 2024 - you can find them at the bottom. 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 . Our timeline of what ...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
The team does not get a chance to nerd out too much by discussing the Phantom in finer details. This podcast fixes that with one podcasters wife commenting that this is perhaps our nerdiest conversation ever! We will discuss two big questions: Is it ethical for the Phantom to have a major treasure room and is the key to the Phantoms future, the digital comic? To join in this discussion we have Seuj Abir from India joining Dan Fraser , Stephen East and Jermayn Parker . We would love your opinions...
Sep 01, 2024•52 min
During May 2024 there were a few comic conventions being held in Norway and Sweden. Thanks to phan Kristian Hellesund who has helped us with the recordings from the events we can now present them to you. It is a great opportunity to hear from some creators from around the world. During this podcast we will hear from a panel discussion between Arild Wærness , Cormac Hughes , Knut Robert Knutsen and Kristian Hellesund. They will talk about their Phantom contributions including the Lightning Strike...
Aug 18, 2024•26 min
