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On the back of Mythos from Brazil committing to publish the Phantom in 2019, another publisher called Regal Publishers from India has also started the year off with a positive start. Not only have they published the first licensed Indian Phantom comic for many years, they have also published comics from Lee Falk's other character Mandrake at the same time with more promised to come regularly. India has such a rich history of the Phantom with the comic being published in comic

Book review website PopCultureShelf has posted a review of Kevin Patrick's The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero the publication of Kevin's thesis about the history of The Phantom around the world.. A very in-depth review, article writer Alex Ebert covers all aspects of the book and comments on Kevin's findings. If you've read the book already yourself the article makes for an interesting companion piece. If you've not read it, it may just convince you to pick up a

Media street continues for Kevin Patrick, author of The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero. In an interview recently published on the website for Iowa's second largest news organisation, The Gazette.com, Kevin explains a little about how he came to write the book and some of the theses he explores within it. You can check out the story here. Kevin has explained his ideas in much more detail in the long-form podcast interview with the ChronicleChamber team, which you

Dan and Jermayn go back to school in Episode 83, when we talk to one of the world's foremost academic experts on The Phantom, Kevin Patrick, author of the recently released The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero. In a wide-ranging discussion, the phellas discuss the cultural phenomenon that is The Phantom, the spread of the character and comic strip around the world, and discuss reasons for his popularity (or otherwise) in Australia, India, Sweden and the USA. Kevin

Jermayn disappeared on a family holiday recently, but Steve and Dan have stepped up and proved to the big phella that they can deliver a Comics and News podcast without him. They may not have been able to cover the Scandinavian news (like the Stromstad exhibition) as well as they might if Jerm had been there, but a solid discussion of the new Mallon diary and calendar, Frew's latest subscription offer, Oz ComicCon, and the latest Daily newspaper strip will keep you tuning in

Coming soon to a book seller near you: a literary and academic tome that explores the history of The Phantom in a depth that has never been seen before. Kevin Patrick's The Phantom Unmasked: America's First Superhero is a 262 page non-fiction book that began life as a thesis he researched and wrote when completing his PhD at Monash University. The blurb of the book on goodreads.com states: "By tracing the publication history of The Phantom in magazines and comic books across