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Now you can wear your favourite Shakti Comics cover with pride with Imag!kal releasing new TShirts and a mouse pad.

Sad news has come through that sadly Ulf Granberg has passed away. In our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #110 , the team had Ulf in the top 5 of all-time influential Phantom people. Once you look into his legacy and footprint, it is not hard to see why. Ulf Granberg became the 12th editor of Fantomen in 1973, succeeding Per-Anders Jonsson , and continued until 1987 and then returned again in 2003. He did, however, remain in charge of the Team Fantomen production between his tw

The cover by Douglas Klauba has now been released which will feature on the Mallon Publishing 90th Anniversary Collection!

News has filtered through that Chris Smith, an Australian-born collector who has lived in the USA for the past few decades, has sadly passed away over the last few days. It is safe to say that at one stage, Chris had the largest and most diverse Phantom collection in the world. He had a Phantom Museum from the late 1990s in his home in the USA and the below video and above gallery are from that time period. He also wrote several articles for the Friends of the Phantom newsl

Fantomen published 40 different Phantom stories in 2025 & now you can vote on your favourite story of the year.

We discuss all things Phantom from around the world for December 2025 with the latest Phantom news, reviews of comics and stories to read.

Available for pre order from December 2025 are the latest two releases from Brazilian publisher Mythos Editora . The first release is a collection of the Marvel -published comics. This volume includes seven Phantom stories including the series based on the Phantom 2040 TV show originally published in 1995 and the modern depiction three story series created by Australian duo Dave DeVries and Glenn Lumsden . This volume is 244 pages and based on past omnibus editions, this wi

With news that the first set of Phantom Saturday Morning Card (SMC) cards is close to being sold out, the discussion naturally turns to whether we will see a second series be released. In our interview with Daniel Nguyen , the director of Saturday Morning Cards  (SMC) he said the likelihood of a second series will be determined by the sales. With this in mind, do we phans want a second series? What would you like to see in a possible second series? In the first series we saw

One of the world's most popular and long-lasting creators of the Phantom, Heiner Bade is from Germany, which has a rich history of the Phantom. This includes a current mini renaissance with many Germanic publishers publishing new and old classic stories in several publications - all of these are reviewed on our Chronicle Chamber website and YouTube Channel . Starting in 2026, German comic publisher Comics und Mehr (translated to Comics and More ) will be starting a new ser

We look into Tony DePaul's recent blog post where he promises to "overturn, ignore, [or] neglect" what Lee Falk wrote in a 1975 Sunday Phantom story.

We can announce the theme for the 2026 Frew Annual which will feature crossover stories of Mandrake the Magician.

Irish publisher Tasq Force second annual has now sold out. For those who have missed out, we believe there will be a second printing in the new year of 2026. If you cannot wait, you can still purchase a digital comic. Buy Annual #2 Buy Annual #1 Buy the digital version of Annual #2 This comic is 36 pages in full colour with newspaper strips from the following characters: Flash Gordon The Phantom Mandrake The Magician Popeye The Sailor Man Slylock Fox Dennis The Menace Hagar

We take an hour to discuss all things Phantom from around the world for November 2025 with the latest news, reviews of comics and stories to read.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa who played one of the major villains in the 1996 Billy Zane Phantom movie has sadly passed away.

Can we dream about an arcade machine version of the Phantom video game? We look at the possibility. Would you add it to your collection?

Hermes Press after almost a year's hiatus, will be releasing a new Daily and Sunday volume book in the first quarter of 2026

We have 10x new old jungle sayings to vote for with prizes to be won. Which is your favourite?

The Swedish publisher Egmont has released a new hardcover collection of Phantom stories. This series will be released every quarter and will replace the old Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången ( Fantomen - Year's issues in Hardcover ) series that ended in December 2024. This new series will be a similar concept to the popular 100-issue 1990 series collecting all the past Phantom stories. That series was called " Fantomen Krönika " and ended in 2010. However, this new series wil

Sammy J announces a 2026 "Hero Complex" 10-Year Anniversary Tour!

XBOX fans, you can now officially preorder The Phantom game, which will launch on December 5th, 2025. Launching on the same day, you can also get your hands on 'The Art of The Phantom' book in both digital and print.