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 Revi...
Nov 05, 2021•2 hr 9 min
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 st...
Oct 28, 2021•2 hr 11 min
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 w...
Oct 19, 2021•2 hr 12 min
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 f...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 43 min
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 pro...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 47 min
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 Theat...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 47 min
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 hop...
Sep 06, 2021•17 min
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...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 28 min
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...
Aug 05, 2021•2 hr 8 min
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...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 32 min
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 cu...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 57 min
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. Please make sure you share,...
Jul 04, 2021•53 min
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 Heartb...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 55 min
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 comic...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 38 min
*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...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 17 min
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 s...
May 23, 2021•1 hr 57 min
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 an...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 32 min
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 Bes...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 14 min
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 nov...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 36 min
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 ...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 27 min
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 Vultu...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 35 min
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 newspa...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 36 min
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...
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 43 min
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...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 49 min
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 Fr...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 28 min
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 ...
Jan 28, 2021•2 hr 20 min
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 previo...
Jan 17, 2021•2 hr 33 min
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. 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. Comic Reviews Frew Publications Frew 1882: 3 minutes Frew 1883: 32 Minutes 30 Seconds Giant Size 15: 45 Minutes 30 Seconds Fantomen Fantomen 1/2020: 1 Hour 1 Minute Phantom News Mikael Sol Stepping Down: 1 Hour...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 32 min
It is time for some phun to end 2020! We are joined by Callum Markin who is one of our loyal patreons as we let down our hair, put on some silly hats and celebrate Christmas for 2020. We touch upon our best buys for 2020, what we are hinting at with our families for Christmas and what we would like to see come out for 2021 which is the Phantoms 85th anniversary. 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 ...
Dec 22, 2020•46 min
This is a podcast you do not want to miss out on listening to and watch. We had the honour to interview Timothy Boyle ( Boiling Point Pictures & On Halloween ) who was the writer for a Phantom feature film that almost made it into production in 2010. In preparation of podcast we where able to read the fifth draft of the script. If you are a patreon supporter of the $5 level or more you will have been given access to read this script. The movie was titled "The Phantom Legacy". What follows is...
Dec 13, 2020•2 hr
