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X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #142 - Chat with Graham Nolan

Feb 6, 2020

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #142 - Chat with Graham Nolan

A huge honour to chat with Graham Nolan who is a modern day legend in the comics field with credits at both DC and Marvel and is mostly known for his Batman work including the co-creation of Bane, the villain in the world of Batman. As you will find out in the following podcast, there is much more to Graham Nolan that his Batman work including a legacy of the Phantom phandom passed on by his mother at a young age. Graham's Phantom work includes the Sunday newspaper strip adve

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #140 - Bushfire Phundraising Project

ChronicleChamber Team

Jan 19, 2020

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #140 - Bushfire Phundraising Project

It's only been a little over a week since we launched ChronicleChamber's Phundraiser for the Bushfire Appeal, and it's fair to say that we've been completely blown away by the response from the Phantom and broader artistic community. In episode #140 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we go into detail about the project (listen through the player at the bottom of this page, or via your favourite podcast app), and you can also read below for a latest and fullest update. At the time

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #138 - Phans’ Phavourites of 2019

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 29, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #138 - Phans’ Phavourites of 2019

Seeing out the year Phantom-style, Jermayn and Dan review everything Ghost Who Walks 2019. Wishing you all very Happy Phantoming in the New Year! Tale of the Tape: who released what in 2019? 3m20 - King Features 6m20 - FREW Publications 11m40 - Hermes Press 14m30 - Comics Revue 16m40 - Fantomen 20m30 - Fantomet 21m45 - Regal Publications 23m50 - Kockás 25m15 - Mythos 28m30 - Lightning Strike Comics 29m30 - Summary Phan Phavourites 34m50 - Intro 35m40 - Best Cover

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #136 - Merry Phantoming!

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 19, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #136 - Merry Phantoming!

In this relatively short episode, we have a quick bit of Christmas phun! Joined live by Swedish correspondent Mikael Lyck, the CC team draw the special Patreon Xmas raffle before discussing the best Phantom Christmas presents we've ever received, and then our honest thoughts on the lack of explicitly Christmas themed covers from Fantomen or Frew in 2019. After musing on our Xmas/New Years wishes for 2020, there's a bit of a laugh while we scare each other with a round rob

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #135 - December 2019 Comics & News

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 11, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #135 - December 2019 Comics & News

In our last Comics & News podcast for 2019, there's a lot to discuss! 2min - Reflecting on Billy Zane 11min - Frew's launch on comiXology 19min - Fantomet's soft cover book sales 23min - Sal Velluto's Lucca prints 25min - Lightning Strikes in Australia 28min - Wulfric Media designs and plans 35min - A new Phantom card game! 48min - Mikael Lyck reviews Fantomen 2019/24, 25-26, and Christmas Album 1hr25 - Frew #1852 - The Sky Band 1hr42 - Frew #1853 - The Pit of Do

Jermayn Parker

Nov 20, 2019

Frew in the Digital Age

The Phantom may still be living in a cave, but Frew Publications has jumped into the digital age by offering their books as digital comics via the popular ComiXology platform. At this stage it is nothing more than a soft launch with only three volumes available, but word from Frew is that more will be added soon. You can view the Frew Phantom comics available at ComiXology here. Phantom comics have been available digitally for decades, albeit in a very non-Phantom way, with t

The Complete Jim Aparo Charlton Phantom Video Review

Jermayn Parker

Nov 18, 2019

The Complete Jim Aparo Charlton Phantom Video Review

Following on from our The Complete Don Newton Charlton Phantom video review, we now review the first such complete compilation produced by Hermes Press. It was released back in 2016 and features the underrated artist Jim Aparo. Jim Aparo is best known for his time with DC Comics through the 1960s and 1970s, working on popular characters such as Batman, Aquaman and the Spectre. However, his first break into the comic book field came via The Phantom for Charlton Comics. He was

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #131 - October 2019 Comics & News

ChronicleChamber Team

Nov 3, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #131 - October 2019 Comics & News

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 33m25 - Hermes Press & JFK 35m40 - Phant

A Patreon Supporter will Win: Spring 2019

ChronicleChamber Team

Aug 21, 2019

A Patreon Supporter will Win: Spring 2019

At the start of every season (Spring, Summer, Autumn [Fall] and Winter) we hold a competition for our loyal Patreon supporters. For the Australian Spring, we have another book donated by Hermes Press to give away to our Patreon winner. This issue is the collected works of The Phantom Charlton Comics Volume Two, digitally remastered and presented in a hardcover book with 224 pages in full colour. This volume originally retailed at $US49.99. The competition is open exclusively

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #126 - An Interview with Alex Saviuk

ChronicleChamber Team

Aug 16, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #126 - An Interview with Alex Saviuk

In this episode we are excited to be joined by the one and only Alex Saviuk. Alex is an accomplished and experienced Phantom artist, and in fact boasts the extraordinary achievement of having worked for the greatest variety of The Phantom publishers of any artist in history! His Phantom credits (both covers and stories) include: Marvel, Egmont, Moonstone, Lightning Strike Comics, Frew, Hermes Press, and even the King Features' syndicated Sunday strip! Over the course of this

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #125 - Interview with Sal Velluto

ChronicleChamber Team

Aug 4, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #125 - Interview with Sal Velluto

The team of Chronicle Chamber chat with Sal Velluto, an Italian American artist who we have admired ever since his work first graced a Fantomen / Frew comic. One thing we were surprised at was he has only been doing Phantom comics, covers and images for 12 years, yet he feels like an elder statesmen who has been at it for years. We learn all about Sal, from growing up in Italy and reading Fratelli Spada comics to working on comics around the world from Egmont / Frew and Herme

Don Newton competition - A Patreon Will Win!

ChronicleChamber Team

May 19, 2019

Don Newton competition - A Patreon Will Win!

There is only a couple of weeks left to enter our competition for a copy of Don Newton's Complete Phantom, the beautiful volume published by Hermes Press. Celebrating one of the greatest American comic book artists of our favourite hero, it is a stunning volume and a must have for any serious Phantom phan. Valued at around $80AUD in your local comic store, this is a prize worth chasing. Of course, there is a catch... The competition is exclusively open to Patreon supporters o

Mythos Exclusive: May 2019 Release Date plus More News

Jermayn Parker

Apr 28, 2019

Mythos Exclusive: May 2019 Release Date plus More News

A lot of phans from Brazil, South America and around the world are very excited about what Mythos has announced. Thanks to our discussions with editor Julio Oliveira and a second release article by Mythos, we are now aware that their new publications do not stop at their first release of Daily stories in the four issues they have already announced (You can read that here). We can now say that they will also publish eight editions containing the modern Sunday stories of the Gh

Video Review: Don Newton's Complete Phantom

Dan Fraser

Apr 8, 2019

Video Review: Don Newton's Complete Phantom

The Don Newton book published by Hermes Press has not disappointed! The collection of Charlton stories, essays, interviews and artwork gathers together the complete works of a man that many regard as one of their favourite Phantom artists. In the video review below, we look over Don Newton's Complete Phantom in detail. Fair to say we love the attention to detail that Dan Herman and the team have put into this volume. Make sure you watch to the end as we have a special competi

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #113 - Sy Barry

ChronicleChamber Team

Mar 11, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #113 - Sy Barry

In a very special X-Band: The Phantom Podcast, the ChronicleChamber team are once again privileged to be joined by living legend Sy Barry. Recorded in early February, we're releasing it today to coincide with the great man's 91st birthday! As any self-respecting phan knows, Sy Barry drew The Phantom Daily and Sunday newspaper strips for 33 years from 1961 to 1994. It's been two years since we last spoke to the great man for a podcast, back in December 2016, episode #53. Sy is

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #109 - The Best of 2018

ChronicleChamber Team

Jan 17, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #109 - The Best of 2018

It's that time of year again - Steve, Dan and Jermayn take a look back at the year that was!. Reflecting on the 80+ issues of The Phantom comics published internationally, we nominate our choices for best writers, best artists, best stories, best issues, and best covers of 2018. We also consider what we thought was the best merchandise, our favourite additions to our own Skull Caves, the best moment of being part of the ChronicleChamber team in 2018, and our overall reflectio

The Ultimate 2018 Christmas Present List

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 2, 2018

The Ultimate 2018 Christmas Present List

If you're reading this after being sent a link by a partner, parent, sibling, buddy or loved one, it's pretty evident that they are a die-hard Phantom phan who is dropping a not-so-subtle hint! Hopefully in this post we can remove some of the hard work for you in finding them a Christmas present, and ideally something they don't already have... NOTE: socks, jocks and towels do NOT count as Christmas gifts unless they have The Phantom on them! The information below should be a

Behind the Edited Panels in The Singh Brotherhood

Jermayn Parker

Sep 16, 2018

Behind the Edited Panels in The Singh Brotherhood

If you have listened to the X-Band podcast interview with Hermes Press you would have heard me raising a couple of edited panels with Dan Herman from Hermes Press in their first Daily Volume reprint. It was the first time he had noticed they where edited and in talking to a few other phans, they hadn't noticed either. This article is a written explanation of the adventure we went through and I hope you enjoy this look into the history. I have looked at both the Hermes volumes

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #99 - Interview with Hermes Press

ChronicleChamber Team

Aug 25, 2018

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #99 - Interview with Hermes Press

A little while ago we had the opportunity to ask Six Quick Questions of the crew at Hermes Press. Their answers were so effusive we just knew that there was a number of slower questions to ask in a recorded podcast! In a wide-ranging and thought-provoking interview, the ChronicleChamber team picks the brains of the American publishers of The Phantom: Dan Herman and Sabrina Herman of Hermes Press. It's a long chat for sure, so it's worth tuning in and spending the time to get

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #98: July 2018 Comics & News

ChronicleChamber Team

Jul 31, 2018

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #98: July 2018 Comics & News

It's only been "two" podcasts since our last Comics & News but somehow there's nine Frew issues to discuss! Kid Phantom dominates early because we love it, then later there is a bit of a barney over the latest installment of the Sandal Singh saga - fair to say this plot-line had divided readers (and podcasters)! In between there's all the usual rabbit holes and side-tunnels you've come to know (and love?) from your Phantom podcast... we hope you enjoy it. Happy Phantoming! #M

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