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Mar 9, 2020

The Phantom Sunday on Mobile

A quick post highlighting a recent update to the King Features' comics kingdom website in regards to how you read the Sunday Phantom strip on a mobile device. 1. The Phantom has moved in the A-Z listing. The Phantom used to be under P for Phantom but is now under T for The Phantom 2. Once you are on the Sunday Phantom strip (if you are doing this on a day other than Sunday you will need to click the arrows to get to the correct day) click on the strip 3. The strip will now be

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

ChronicleChamber Team

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

Edited Newspaper Stories in Today's Comic Books

Jermayn Parker

Jan 30, 2020

Edited Newspaper Stories in Today's Comic Books

For a lot of Frew readers from the 1980s and 90s, the work that Jim Shepherd and Frew did by bringing to us unedited and uncensored newspaper stories was all part of the reason why many including the team at Chronicle Chamber were and still are hooked on the Phantom. In the December Comics and News X-Band podcast in a discussion between Mikael, Dan and myself we highlighted how even today the newspaper stories get edited in comics from Frew and Egmont which is a direct 180 on

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #130 - What Would You ...?

ChronicleChamber Team

Oct 14, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #130 - What Would You ...?

They're the classic debates you'll hear wherever phans gather to discuss their favourite Phantom stories, characters, comics and collectibles. Do you prefer colour or black & white? Who's your favourite publisher? Who's your favourite artist? To spice up the conversation it's a Sophie’s Choice: we pose a Phantom question with only two answers. Once you've made your selection, the other is lost to you forever! We hope you enjoy the debates and leave you to ponder the questions

Exclusive: The Phantom is Coming to Australia

Jermayn Parker

Jun 18, 2019

Exclusive: The Phantom is Coming to Australia

Have you listened to the Episode 121 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast yet? In our Sydney Supanova podcast special we have a chat with Sunday artist Jeff Weigel. Jeff is travelling to Australia for the Sydney and Perth Supanova comic conventions, as well as the Lee Falk Memorial Bengali Explorer's Club dinner. In our chat, Jeff drops a huge bombshell regarding the next Sunday adventure, due to follow The Free Avar Front, which started on 19 May 2019. The Phantom is a character t

Phantom Noir to be Released at September Gothenburg Book Fair

Jermayn Parker

Jun 4, 2019

Phantom Noir to be Released at September Gothenburg Book Fair

The Gottenburg Book Fair is one of the biggest comic (and book) conventions in Sweden and to coincide with the convention Egmont Fantomen have created a relativity new tradition of releasing an annual softcover album each year. The first softcover album was released in 2015 and for the first two years they had no official theme. 2017 we saw the first themed softcover album celebrating the Phantoms 40th Wedding Anniversary. 2018 we saw a pirate theme which also featured the fi

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

The Limper - Identifying Carmine Infantino's Input to the Phantom

Jermayn Parker

Sep 24, 2018

The Limper - Identifying Carmine Infantino's Input to the Phantom

Up until recently majority of Phantom phans did not know when legendary artist Carmine Infantino worked on the Phantom Sunday strip in-between Wilson McCoy and Bill Lignante. Now after some close inspections in correspondence with several phans we are confident we now know. Carmine Infantino was an American comic book artist and editor who played a major force in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2000 and cited in Comics Buyer'

Hermes Releasing Sunday Vol 5 & Avon Books 7 & 8

ChronicleChamber Team

Jun 14, 2018

Hermes Releasing Sunday Vol 5 & Avon Books 7 & 8

Hermes has just shared the cover of their upcoming volume 5 of the Sunday reproductions with the team at ChronicleChamber, and we are excited to bring it to you. In their latest YouTube video Dan Herman announces their Avon novels 7 & 8 (watch below), and its fair to say they are absolutely nailing bringing these out at the moment after their prior scare of cancelling the series. Hermes Press really do set the standard in the Phantom world for social media use and promotion o

Jermayn Parker

May 17, 2018

VALE Bill Lignante

Phan and phriend of Bill Lignante, William Higgins, has confirmed that Bill Lignante passed away on the 27th February 2018, about three weeks before his 92nd birthday. While his Sunday reign was short lived most phans would be aware of his work, if only because of the infamous 1962 Sunday story: Queen Samaris XII. Bill sensationally drew the ears and eyes on his Phantom in the story, which remains the only time The Phantom's eyes in particular have been depicted in the newspa

Jermayn Parker

May 7, 2018

Interview with Mimi Simon

The Phantom, together with his creator Lee Falk, has always had great reverence and respect for females. This is evident through the femme fatale gangs like the Sky Band and the Golden Circle, or via the characterisation of Diana as someone who has always been ahead of her time as an explorer, an Olympian, a nurse, a Human Rights officer for the United Nations, or even filling in as The Phantom wearing the famous costume to save the day. However, we have sadly seen all too fe