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X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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Via the modern jungle drums Chronicle Chamber present the world's FIRST AND BEST podcast dedicated to the classic adventure comics hero, THE PHANTOM! If you're passionate about the Ghost Who Walks, this is one podcast you won't want to miss out on!Regular Hosts Jermayn, Stephen & Dan discuss everything in the Phantoms world from all the latest comics and news. We also regular interview Phantom creators and phans from around the world.
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#258 - With Dr Antonio DiDio

Our special guest may be our most educated and most professional guest ever. Duncan Munro and Jermayn Parker do their best to try and contain this larger than life Phantom personality. He is a practicing clinician with over 30 years experience, combined with ongoing service through several significant Federal and State medical policy roles providing outcomes to improve the well being of Australians. Was the Chairperson for the International Health Assessment Panel under Medevac Legislation 2019 ...

Aug 13, 20231 hr 15 min

#257 - July 2023 Comics & New Review

We sit down and discuss the comics news from July from seven different countries. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline. Frew Comics: Frew #1947: 1 Minute 30 Seconds Frew #1948: 30 Minutes Frew #1949: 45 Minutes 30 Seconds Fantomen Comics: Fantomen 13/2023: 54 Minutes Fantomen 14-15/2023: 57 Minutes Mustanaamio Comics: Karpaattien vampyyri 1 Hour 1 Minute & 30 Seconds Indian Comics Review Shakti #8: 1 Hour 5 Minutes Shakti #9: 1 Hour 1...

Aug 01, 20232 hr 36 min

#256 - Pitching a Phantom TV Series

We are getting excited about the confirmation on the official KFS Phantom page that a new TV series is in development. Obviously with the very small notice given we don’t know much at all, but that’s not going to stop us speculating wildly! For big news like this, we’ve got Chronicle Chamber members from all over the world to share in the excitement with Mikael Lyck , Ankit Mitra and Duncan Munro joining Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker . Given we know next to nothing (read “absolutely nothing”) ab...

Jul 16, 20231 hr 56 min

#255 - Sydney 2023 Wrapup (Supanova Panel, LFMBEC Speech & More)

Did you go to Sydnova 2023? If not, we have you covered. Included in this podcast we have a recording of the Supanova Phantom panel with Alex Trpcevski , Lauren Marshall and Matt Kyme plus Alex Trpcevski 's LFMBEC speech. Jermayn Parker also gives his review of the weekend as he discusses the phan catch ups, the LFMBEC dinner, the Frew booth and Supanova in general. The two recordings were recorded on a phone and in a non controlled environment, so the sound may not be the best. We did record th...

Jul 04, 20231 hr 14 min

#254 - May 2023 Frew, Fantomen, Mustanaamio, Shakti & Regal Comics Review

The extended team Seuj Abir and Mikael Lyck join Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East as they go through the comics from May (and June). We review 14 Phantom comics in total - 5x from Frew Australia and 3x from Fantomen Sweden, 1x from Mustanaamio and 2x each from Regal and Shakti which are published in India. It is a huge 33 Phantom stories in total. As you can understand, this is why we split episode #253 and #254 into two separate podcasts. Sit back and enjoy the five reviewers as the...

Jun 20, 20232 hr 28 min

#253 - May 2023 News & Newspaper Stories Catch Up

The team Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East are all together as they go through the news from May (and June). We also go over the latest newspaper stories " Dungeons Undone " and " Return of the Temple of the Gods ". It has been a busy but exciting last six weeks as we have new products to display in our Skull Caves, new clothing to wear at comic conventions and those boring Sunday lunches plus comics from Greece and France to discuss. Stick around and let us have some phun as we discu...

Jun 13, 20231 hr 32 min

#252 - Supanova Sydney 2023 Preview

Who is excited about Sydnova 2023? For Those Who Have Come in Late a lot of Phantom phans from around Australia and the world gather in Sydney for a bunch of phan gatherings and Sydney Supanova . To help increase excitement, Jermayn Parker is joined by several Phantom creators and phans to preview the upcoming weekend. If you want to learn more about the event read our Phantom Sydnova 2023 preview . Make sure you listen or watch as we have giveaways to pass onto you but you need to give us the s...

Jun 05, 20231 hr 48 min

#251 - Catch Up on the Latest of the Phantom Video Game

Recently Art of Play Games released some new in game screenshots on the Phantom Video Game and the phan community was very excited so we thought it is best to catch up with him. Join Jermayn Parker and Stephen East as they go through the screenshots and ask all the questions to Ashley Nicholls . Some of the questions we asked Ashley Nicholls are below. These questions were asked by phans that were sent to us or asked on the various social media accounts: Is July 2024 still the targeted release d...

May 28, 20231 hr 25 min

#250 - Introducing 'Draw for Life' Charity Art Auction

Jermayn Parker is joined with David and Sy Barry as they introduce a charity art auction to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. The auction will be held at the new website www.DrawForLife.org between the dates July 1st to July 8th 2023. We talk about the genesis of the event. Why Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund are important and the choice of the charity. We also go through the meaning behind Sy Barry 's piece. We mention the names involved which incl...

May 21, 202325 min

#249 - Getting to Know Alex Trip

The team Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser together get to know Frew cover artist Alex Trip . In this podcast we can talk about many subjects including how geometry and Fibonacci spirals take place on many Phantom covers by Alex Trip . This part of the discussion will be best viewed on YouTube while listening - you can follow the conversation at the 19 minute mark of this podcast. There are plenty of other interesting topics including potential Frew releases at the 2023 Sydney Supanova event and wha...

May 09, 202352 min

#248 - April 2023 Comics & News

The team Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through April's comic reviews and news from around the world under two hours. Even in a quiet month, they still find a lot to talk about. we would love to hear your opinions as well. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew Publications Comics Review 22nd Phantoms Saga stories: “ In the Claw of the Vultures ” (Frew #1941) by...

Apr 25, 20231 hr 40 min

#247A - Matt Kyme & The Phantom Video Game Sneak Peak

In X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #247 Matt Kyme chatted with us about his involvement with the exciting Phantom video game. We decided it was best to release it as a separate sneak peak podcast for our next podcast. This 16 minute podcast will hopefully be a good tease as our next podcast which will be with Ashley Nicholas who has more to share with us including some more visuals. Devour this podcast and if you have any further follow up questions you would like us to ask, please email them throug...

Apr 16, 202316 min

#247 - Playing in Lee Falk's Sandbox

We have some phun (with a PH) and discuss playing in Lee Falk ’s sandbox. The concept of playing in a sandbox is about playing with someone else’s creation, ie the Phantom. Jermayn Parker , Stephen East and Dan Fraser are joined with Shane Foley and Matt Kyme who are two creators who thrive playing in the sandbox. All creators go some way into adding the “toys” that creators can play with in the sandbox. However today we’re getting a bit more specific. Today we’re discussing how creators utilise...

Apr 05, 20231 hr 40 min

#246 - March 2023 Comics & News

The team are all together as they attempt to go through months comic reviews and news from around the world under two hours. Even in a quiet month, they still find a lot to talk about. we would love to hear your opinions as well. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew Publications Comics Review Frew #1939: 3 Minutes Frew #1940: 19 Minutes For Those Who Came In Late Video on this series ( link ) Giant Size #24: 57 ...

Mar 27, 20232 hr 2 min

#245 - March 2023 Open Mic

Every phan has an opinion so we have opened the podcast microphone and allowed several phans to voice their opinions on several key modern day topics. This podcast is the recorded conversation between Jermayn Parker and five other phans from around Australia and India. If you missed the open mic invite and are now kicking yourself for missing out and want to participate next time, keep an eye out on our website or social media platforms, you can also email us ahead of time to express your intere...

Mar 14, 20231 hr 20 min

#244B - January & February 2023 Fantomen & Indian Comics & News

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two. The first podcast is the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories which you can listen to here. This is the second part of the podcast which consists all the news, ongoing discussions on the Daily and Sunday stories as well as reviews fr...

Feb 23, 20231 hr 16 min

#244A - January & February 2023 Frew Comics

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two. The first podcast will be the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories. The second part of the podcast will be out soon. The second part of the podcast will consist all the news, ongoing discussions on the Daily and Sunday stories as wel...

Feb 20, 20231 hr 55 min

#243 - Previewing Fantomen 2023

Jermayn Parker is the odd man out as he is joined not by one, or even two but three Swedes in Mikael Lyck , Andreas Eriksson and Jacob Habinc . For Those Who Came In Late: Andreas and Jacob are the editors for Fantomen and they give what we can look forward to for the year 2023. Mikael Lyck helps drill the two editors and we manage to get several exclusives from the editorial team. We start off by learning about Jacob Habinc and Andreas Eriksson and their histories with the comic and their roles...

Feb 13, 20232 hr 6 min

#242 - Introducing Ash Nicholls and Art of Play

The team interviews the man behind perhaps the biggest news of the last 10 years - the announcement of the Phantom video game by Art of Play Games . Thousands of phans from around the world were shocked, amazed and generally excited at the announcement. After the excitement sunk in, the questions flowed so we sat down with Art of Play games director Ash Nicholls who was very open and we think to say after two hours, there may not be many questions we didn't ask. Some of the key questions that ar...

Feb 01, 20232 hr 7 min

#241 - With Ivan Pedersen (Phan & Colourist)

Something a little special this time around as we interview Norwegian Ivan Pedersen who is a long time phan & has worked on 6+ publishers living the dream as a phan. Majority of phans who have a social media profile would know off Ivan . Jermayn Parker flies solo chatting with Ivan as they hash out some online arguments throughout the last 20 years. It is a rather in depth interview as we start at the beginning and go through his phan years to working on the character. As we found out, he ha...

Jan 25, 20231 hr 11 min

#240 - Our Best of 2022

The team Dan Fraser , Jermayn Parker and Stephen East join together along with contributors Duncan Munro , Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra to discuss EVERYTHING that has been published and released in the year 2022. We do it in two hours. Grab a glass of milk or start that park run and enjoy! 2022 see's 11 countries publishing the Phantom, 98 comics from around the world. That is roughly two Phantom comics released a week. It also see's 30 brand new (never been published again anywhere) Phantom stor...

Jan 08, 20232 hr 10 min

#239 - New Years Resolution - Let's Read Some Back Issues

To wrap up the 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. Seuj Abir , Bradleigh Kelly , Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra join regulars Jermayn Parker , Dan Fraser and Stephen East in reviewing a story that is worth digging out of the back catalogue and having a re read. Many have been out of print for 10 or ...

Jan 01, 202344 min

#238 - December 2022 Comics & News

The team join for the last X-Band: The Phantom Podcast of the year as we discuss all the latest comics being released and Phantom related news for December. We also have some phun stating our Phantom related Christmas wish for 2023. Please note that our reviews of the Indian comics Regal Publications #26 and Shakti #6 will be up on our website and YouTube channel after this podcast comes out. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what w...

Dec 21, 20221 hr 44 min

237 - Presenting the Phantom Bible

Dan Fraser and Stephen East are joined by contributors Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra as they discuss and grill Jermayn Parker over the project "The Phantom Bible" which is now open for use. What is the Phantom bible? One suggested it is a jumping off point for inspiration and a sense check for reigning you in if you go off in the wrong direction for creators. You can view the website at: www.PhantomBible.com This podcast is a good 2.5 hours long but to be honest it is jam packed with heavy Phanto...

Dec 11, 20222 hr 24 min

#236 - November 2022 Comics & News

Jermayn Parker is joined by fellow WA resident Callum Markin . With the mad rush to the end of the year forcing the regulars to be absent. Callum, one of our long standing Patreons who has supported Chronicle Chamber for years has pitched in off the bench. We promise they only spent 5 minutes telling everyone how good WA and Perth is. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed. Frew Publications Comics Review Frew #1931: 5 ...

Nov 29, 20222 hr 26 min

#235 - When The Phantom Became Swedish

Mikael Lyck takes over the reigns and leads the interview with special guest Robert Aman about his new book " When the Phantom Became Swedish ". It is a rather provocative title and we are sure it will get some reactions from phans around the world. Please note, we do discuss several stories in this podcast which are listed here and may be worth a read before listening/watching this podcast . Sweden was leading the way in the 1960's and 1970's regarding many issues in Africa and teh world at the...

Nov 20, 20221 hr 22 min

#234 - Kelby Wooldridge & His Kickstarter Campaign

Reapers Quest this past week (2nd November 2022) has started his kickstarter campaign for miniatures of the Phantom country. We sit down with Kelby Wooldridge and he goes into great detail on his campaign. Click here to go Pledge at Kickstarter In this podcast chat we go over the pledge levels, the sizes of the miniatures and ask the hard questions. Have you backed yet? We wont be able to raise the full amount on our own but together, many phans together make light work! Click here to go Pledge ...

Nov 06, 20221 hr 10 min

#233 - October 2022 Comics & News

This is a bumper podcast as we try and squeeze two podcasts into one - comics and news plus a creator interview as Matt Kyme gives us a peak behind the curtain of story. The result? A long podcast. Hope you will enjoy it though. We have the full team talking all the latest things Phantom from around the world for October 2022. Mikael Lyck reviews five issues plus we have a heap of news including Kickstarter campaigns, deaths of Phantom legends, conventions, new comics to be released, a passionat...

Oct 31, 20222 hr 37 min

#232 - A Look into the End of the Phantom?

Jermayn Parker is joined by Dan Fraser and Stephen East and we talk about one of the most controversial stories ever written. It features the 21st Phantom dying, the eyes being shown of the Phantom, Diana, Kit jnr and Heloise turning away from the Phantom, we see the end of the Walker line and much more. This story has seen a lot of angst and phans upset, sad and unsure what is next. We simply had to review and talk about this story in great detail. Worth noting that on the YouTube video, we sho...

Oct 20, 20221 hr 32 min

#231 - with Chris Walker (Cosplayer from USA)

Jermayn Parker chats with Christopher Walker a cosplayer from USA who is in the middle of something special including finding some other cosplayers including a Guran, Sala and Diana. You can view more of Christopher Walker 's work at his website which can be found here . Hope you have enjoyed our mini series of talking to some cosplayers from around the world who are dressing up and showcasing the Phantom to other comic and pop culture fans. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat...

Oct 09, 20221 hr 7 min
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