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We review the first five issues by Mad Cave Studios which see the Phantom battling Singh Pirates as they invade the Deep Woods.

USA artist Jim Calafiore behind the Defenders of the Earth comic book series published by Mad Cave Studios is selling original artwork including covers

Review of Zauberstern #23 released late February 2026, featuring 4 stories drawn by popular American artists Luke McDonnell, Jim Aparo, Paul Ryan & Mike Manley

After two years, the third TPB collection is now available to be purchased online for 15,00€ (160 sek/nok, $20US and $25AUD). Click here to buy! These TPB's are published by Egmont Kustannus which is a Finnish magazine publisher and subsidiary of the Danish media house Egmont. Petri Aarnio is the editor of these three books. This volume is printed in black and white, which the stories were originally created for, and the TPB is 104 pages. This volume the stories included ar

We discuss all the Phantom comics from around Australia, USA, Germany, and Austria that was released in January & February 2026

In episode 16 of Phantom 2040: A New Shadow, Carlos Oserio battles his way to the lair of Charles Tyrus, our nefarious, corporate tycoon villain. We also learn the new name to Tyrus' big, bad villain outfit.

Brazilian publisher Mythos Editora has announced a reprint Phantom TPB collection to be released in March 2026.

We discuss all things Phantom from around the world for January & February 2026 with the latest Phantom news, and Newspaper daily and Sunday stories.

Long before the rise of the DC/Marvel superheroes, the Phantom was already serving justice in his mask and costume in the jungle and on the beaches of the fictional country of Bangalla. As a child reading these stories in the 1990s, I was amazed by this world filled with pirates, modern-day criminals, a masked muscular guy who could solve anything, and a skull-and-skeleton jungle setting. Consumer demand for nostalgia led to the Hungarian re-release of a collector's edition

The poor Norwegians have had no luck in the last 8 years with their Phantom comic, with another Phantom series cancelled after 3 issues in 2025

In Defenders of the Earth: Dark Destiny #3, our heroes reunite ahead of a final battle behind the REAL villain of this miniseries who threatens to take over all of Mongo!

Simon & Schuster's listing for 'The Phantom Vol. 1' reveals that we're getting more than just the Sky Band one-shot from Mad Cave Studios this year!

Fantomen published 19 different Phantom magazines in 2025 & now you can vote on your favourite cover of the year.

Review of the fourth Phantom comic from Austria from the publisher Art:9, reprinting three classic Ray Moore stories

Join us for 80 minutes as we review each Phantom & Mandrake crossover story in finer detail, the annual as a whole, and much more.

Spoiler warning! This is a behind-the-scenes account of “ The Magician’s Curse ”, one of the stories in Frew’s 2026 Annual. Make sure you read the comic first as we will be discussing spoilers. I had already illustrated a Phantom two-parter (" The Pinstripe Wizards " published in Frew #1956 and #1957 ) written by Jason Franks and thought it would be exciting to do a Mandrake story as well. In my mind, they always go together! I grew up reading the newspaper strip reprints,

In episode 15 of Phantom 2040: A New Shadow, our costumed villain hits the streets. Carlos Oserio's family and friends are this villain's prey! Watch our video review.

The Frew annual for 2026 is now out in shops throughout Australia, which features several crossover stories featuring the Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, both created by Lee Falk . One of the stories, " Still Lovely, Still Deadly " created by Fred Fredericks has a week missing on how it was originally created in the Frew annual. Attached is the final week of the story, which includes another cameo of the Phantom. No official word on why this week was missed. It could b

In exciting news, The Phantom, the Hungarian comic publisher Bubi Bolt and Sy Barry will be featured at the Budapest (Hungary) Comic Con on March 21-22, 2026. The Hungarian comic publisher Bubi Bolt in August 2024 started to reprint the Sy Barry daily stories in hardcover format and at the Comic Con convention will release volume two, which will cover the stories from 1963 to 1965 created by the dynamite duo Lee Falk and Sy Barry . At the moment, the number of pages inclu