The ChronicleChamber team is lucky enough to sit down with Billy Zane in a quiet moment at Brisbane Supanova 2019.

Generous with his time, Billy tells us how he became a phan and why the character resonates with him. He talks through the journey of getting the 1996 movie off the ground and convinces us that the time is right for a new Phantom film. We also hear about interactions with Australian phans and potentially exciting plans for...

For those who came in late

In the daily story "The Mysterious Ambassador" (Frew #1101 - 1995 & Fantomen 6/1996) Bengali was reformed into a republic, the people wanted Lamanda Luaga as their president but General Bababu tried to take the power. The Phantom however stopped Bababu. Ever since then Luaga has been the president. At least according to the Daily and Sunday strips. But there is another side to that coin which is Team Fantomen...

At the start of every season (Spring, Summer, Autumn [Fall] and Winter) we hold a competition for our loyal Patreon supporters.

For the Australian Summer, we have nine (9) signed Frew trading cards to give away to our Patreon winner. The winner gets to choose from the signed cards we have collected.

At the time of writing we have signed cards from American artists in Jeff Weigel and Keith Williams. Australians in Paul Mason, Glenn L...

You knew that having Billy Zane come to Australia meant that you were going to get bombarded with podcasts, right?

First up in the series is an insight into Adelaide Supanova through the eyes of one who was there. Phantom phan Sean reflects on his experiences and passes on his advice, before taking us into the audience of Billy's Q&A panel session.

A massive thank you to Sean for sending these recordings in for us all - we know listeners...

I was lucky enough to attend the 2019 Lucca Comics & Games Convention in Italy. As written about on Chronicle Chamber it is huge, the largest comics festival in Europe. For those who have attended Sydney Supanova, this is 100 times as big with booths and people. This has been the second time I have attended and following are a bunch of photos and reports from my time at the festival. 

While the Phantom does not have a huge cur...

In Fantomen 22-23/2019, we see an advert informing us that their next issue will feature a new Phantom artist named Anthony Spay. Anthony is an American artist who grew up in Swarthmore, PA, near Philadelphia. Anthony completed his undergrad at Gettysburg College and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with an MFA in Sequential Art.

Anthony Spay's credits include Zenescope Entertainment, Legendary: X-Men Deck Building Game...

ChronicleChamber discusses all the latest Phantom news from around the world, including detailed reviews of recent releases from Frew, Egmont, Mythos and Hermes Press.

2m45 - Steve's Lightning Strike visit

6m45 - Stevo's Choice

10m50 - Billy Zane in Australia

17m50 - Sal Velluto prints

20m20 - Brazilian products; Ludi

22m20 - Pod66 apparel

24m55 - Guy Possaint cards

27m50 - News strip creative team, health

30m10 - Lightning Strike news

33m2...

Wulfric Media have just announced the release of a prestige collection of Phantom jewellery.

In the set are two variations of a Skull Mark and a Good Mark ring, as well as a unique pair of Jungle Patrol dog tags.

The pieces are designed by John Evans, a bespoke jeweller with over 30 years experience, and produced by his Gold Coast business ParaMount Jewellers.. 

Some phans might feel the line is reminiscent of Bradford Country's Phantom r...

Continuing the resurgence of Phantom comic publishing around the world, after a quarter of a century our favourite character has returned to the nation of Hungary. This follows the return to Spain (via Dolmen Editorial in 2018) and Brazil (via Mythos earlier this year). 

In the late 1980's, Swedish publisher Semic tried to expand their titles in various nations around Europe like Russia, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic...

As reported by ChronicleChamber last week, world renowned comic book artist and unofficial Phantom ambassador Sal Velluto will be appearing at Lucca Comics and Games Convention at the end of this month. In further exciting news, we can now reveal that he and colourist Eugenio Mattozzi have produced a folio of Phantom prints that will be available for sale at the event, Europe's largest comics convention.

There are eight exclusive prints...