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400 years ago the first Phantom swore an oath to fight “piracy, cruelty and injustice in all its forms.” Unfortunately, one of the most...

When someone says to you, "Who's this Phantom guy, anyway?” How do you reply? While the answer to that question may be "He is a force for good whose mantle has been passed from generation unto generation," it is the images, scenes, and events your mind sees from the comics and strips that really define who and what the character is. A comics character can only ever be as great as the creators working on him. Despite the “character potential” that a lot of creators like to sp

I put The Phantom, the new mini-series from RHI Entertainment, set to air on SyFy in June, into the Blu Ray-player with a strange feeling...

Paul Hogan impersonated him on television. Comedian Austen Tayshus immortalised him in song. Test cricketer Bill Lawry was nicknamed in his honour. And former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss was said to be an ardent fan. The unlikely inspiration for these celebrity accolades is none other than The Phantom – ‘The Ghost Who Walks, Man Who Cannot Die’. No other comic book character has enthralled generations of Australians, who are no doubt eagerly awaiting the 60th anniversa

Few people actively reading The Phantom today can be unaware of Claes Reimerthi. The man is, after Lee Falk, by far the most productive...

No matter what your interest, if you are part of a fan community something you’ll quickly discover is that all these people, united by a...

With Moonstone’s Phantom issue Silvestre Szilagyi becomes the series new on-going penciler. In the lead up to #16’s release we sat down with Silvester to talk about his career, how he came to draw The Phantom and all manner of important topics… ChronicleChamber: G’day Silvestre, thanks for joining us here at ChronicleChamber.com. Starting with issue #16 (out this month), you’ll be taking over as on-going artists for Moonstone’s Phantom series. Although we’ve seen a few samp

When the first edition of Frew Publications’ new comic book, titled Enter The Phantom, went on sale in September 1948, it was the latest entrant into Australia’s then-booming postwar comic book market. The ‘boom’ was fuelled by a wartime embargo on the importation of American comic books (in place since 1940), and spurred by the increased availability of newsprint supplies and the easing of government restrictions which curtailed the launch of new, ongoing magazine titles, w

Everyone loves a bad guy! I take a look at ten of the best thieves, murderers, and evil types that have come up against The Ghost Who Walks over the years. Once you have read this, go and watch or listen to the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #172 - Our Top 10 Phantom Villains to learn about the other teams' thoughts on their top 10 villains. “Villain” might be a rather ambiguous term in a Phantom story. After all, nothing seems to scare the man in purple more than his own moth

When Ray Moore went to war, his friend Wilson McCoy took over the artistic duties of creating the Phantom strip. When Moore came back, he...

Does a ghost need technology? JD takes a look at technology in The Phantom’s world. The internet. Television. Digital media and...

There have been some beautiful Phantom collector cards through the years. The more recent ones featured modern conventions like colour...