Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. It has been a BIG month in the Phantom world. Phan and creator Duncan Munro takes the place of Stephen who is on holidays and does a great job filling his shoes. We are also joined with Mikael Lyck and Ohm Roy who review the Fantomen comics and the amazing Jean-Yves Mitton book by Black and White Editions . For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with ti...
Sep 22, 2022•2 hr 23 min
Jermayn Parker , chats with Chris Stantley who may be better known as Cosplay Chris who caused a lot of excitement at the 2022 Sydney Supanova event as he cosplayed as the Phantom. Chris goes through the stages of building his costume, sourcing materials from around the world, children's toy shops and his visits to his local tailor. This is a PHUN podcast and we discuss all the interesting points ranging from Chris' love for the Phantom, if the suit is a onsie or a twosie and perhaps the biggest...
Sep 11, 2022•57 min
Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East join forces again to discuss with phan phav creator Paul Mason on his latest Frew Publications created story. The story has a lot of phans excited as it is a sequel to the Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy " The Masked Marvel ". We go through why Paul Mason loves the story, this era and the boxing themes in many classic Phantom stories. Paul also highlights the many Easter Eggs including past boxing legends from the world & Australia and friends who get a...
Aug 31, 2022•2 hr 6 min
Jermayn Parker and David Barry join forces to discuss with Scott Einiger who is the founder of Kleckt. You may remember Kleckt as the company who announced their intentions of turning Sy Barry into NFT on the Phantom's birthday i n 2022. This podcast we try and dig into the future of the Phantom and getting the character digitised. As you listen or watch be prepared to have your mind blown, stretched and challenged. As you will find out what Scott talks about is much more than just a NFT. We tal...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Stephen East and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Christian Moller who review the Fantomen comics and the latest comics from Germany. For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts that may interest you. Frew Publications Comics Review Frew #1922: 3 Minutes 30 Seconds Frew #1923:9 Minutes 30 Seconds Frew #1924: 21 Minutes 30 Seconds Fantom...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 56 min
While this may be our third podcast with Sy Barry , he is a legend who has been in the industry for decades and has countless stories to share. This time is no different as we are also joined by his son David Barry who shares with us stories growing up as the son of a legend. This is a phun podcast you can watch or listen to. We do not want to give away everything we talk about but some of the subjects we discussed are: His career with Marvel and DC His assistants His legacy Who his favourite as...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Stephen East and Jermayn Parker join forces to chat with Pidde Andersson who is a Swede writing stories for the Australian Frew magazine. He is also currently the most prolific story writer for Frew . We discuss many interesting topics including how he got the job, the joys he received seeing his own stories intended for the English audience find its way to be published by the Fantomen magazine. His career plus interesting tropes on artists he has created stories for including: Shane Foley , Raf...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics. Along with the latest Frew comics we pitch an idea of a new comic series along with a creator team we would like to see take the series. We would love to hear your opinion of the pitch. Maybe the key to a short comics and news podcast is Stephen to limit the length as Dan and Jermayn talk a long time in this podcast. For t...
Jun 28, 2022•2 hr 8 min
Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser from Chronicle Chamber and many other Phantom phans converged to Sydney the past weekend (17, 18 & 19 June 2022). Here is a wrap up of the weekend which included a wrap up of their visit to Frew Publications , Supanova Sydney , the LFMBEC dinner and various phan catch ups. With permission we have also included a touching speech from LFMBEC guest Daniel Picciotto . The podcast also includes thoughts from Jermayn , Dan and our teenager reporter Angus Fraser who atte...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Jermayn Parker is joined by Frew Publications co owner Rene White as they go over Sydnova 2022 featuring the Frew open house, Supanova and the LFMBEC Dinner . We go over the new and existing products Frew will be selling plus what you will see if you attend the open house event. Please note, bookings need to be made by contacting Rene at his email - rene@rcwhite.com.au. We also list all the Phantom creators who will be attending Supanova . Frew The new products available at the Frew open house a...
Jun 14, 2022•20 min
Three young bucks, artists Jamie Johnson , Daniel Picciotto and Camillo Di Pietrantonio banded together in an 'online studio session' to raise funds for Unicef . This came on the back of several other artists who have done similar phundraising. You can learn about the phundraiser (fundraiser) campaign Chronicle Chamber have been involved with on X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #214A . All three artists have credits for Frew , Ninja Turtles plus much more and have a healthy rival at Supanova and Comi...
Jun 09, 2022•2 hr 36 min
The three are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics. 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 #1917: 2 Minutes Frew #1919: 13 Minutes Frew #1917 & #1919: 25 Minutes Frew #1918: 40 Minutes Fantomen Comics Review Fantomen 10-11/2022: 42 Minutes 30 Seconds Daily / Sunday Stories Progre...
May 31, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Jermayn Parker is joined by Ankit Mitra as they talk to Pratheesh from Regal Publishers , the Indian publisher bringing back the Phantom with great success. We end the podcast talking and exploring the ground breaking "Terror of the Python" TPB featuring 250+ pages of the collected stories of the battle between Chatu and the Phantom and his family. We learn that Regal Publishers actually first published the Phantom back in the 1980's with reprints of the Avon novels, then comics in the 1990's. W...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continues the series of having a good chat with phans who also wear the hat as a creator. We tackle all the hard questions including should the Phantom be allowed a wine with his wife or how to make new phans, do we kill of the 21st Phantom and much more. Grab a beer or milk and let us have some PHUN! Some of the discussions we have during the podcast are: Matt 's history with the character How he would get new phans if he ever stepped into the KFS and Frew shoes Th...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 36 min
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 Com...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 31 min
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 discussi...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 27 min
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 ne...
Mar 29, 2022•49 min
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 Unic...
Mar 26, 2022•22 min
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 : 5...
Mar 16, 2022•2 hr 18 min
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. Multiple wives marrying the same Phantom. Pura married the 3rd, 4th and 11th Phantom 1st and 2nd married Marabella One of the first comic books published had a cover image of Phantom without the skin tight cos...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 22 min
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 , Stephe...
Feb 17, 2022•2 hr 49 min
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 Ea...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 33 min
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: ...
Jan 13, 2022•2 hr 9 min
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 t...
Jan 02, 2022•50 min
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: Indian 30,477 Seuj 28,464 Mase 25,934 Marcus 24,579 Callum 22,748 A huge thank you to all who participated plus Mikael Lyck , Marcus and Seuj Abir who joined us and participated. Seuj ...
Dec 20, 2021•50 min
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 a...
Dec 14, 2021•15 min
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 Publicatio...
Dec 09, 2021•2 hr 10 min
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 Aus...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 31 min
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 othe...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min
