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The omnibus collection book will be collecting the Fantomen-created "The Phantom Year One" stories, in which the 21st Phantom is badly wounded

SMC's very limited edition SDCC cards go on sale later this month, with exclusive pre-orders available for Australian phans!

In 2025, The Phantom returned to being published in the USA thanks to Mad Cave Studios. In this podcast, we chat with Russell Mark Olson, who is / was the artist of the regular series. We talk about the hits of the series, as well as the controversial moments like the Phantom's eyes being shown and the Phantom swapping out his striped trunks. As Russell Olson is a visual person, he shows us plenty of behind-the-scenes that is best viewed on YouTube. We talk about many topics,

The grand finale to 'Phantom 2040: A New Shadow' wraps up in episode 20. What did you think of this series? Will you be coming back for season two?

The cover for the 90th birthday softcover album has been released featuring artwork by Henry Johannes & a tribute to an original 1975 cover

The very first Heiner Bade tribute hardcover collection books are out with our detailed review of them. Have you brought yours yet?

What better way to celebrate the Phantom's birthday than with a celebrational story featuring Lee Falk's other hero—Mandrake the Magician? Fantomen 14-15/2026 was released June 24, 2026 and features a double issue with 124 pages of full colour with an amazing cover by Henrik Salhstrom and three (maybe four) stories. The stories are: "Hur det hela började" (part of "The Spark") by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley "Intrikata intriger" ("Intricate intrigues") by Pidde Andersson and A

X-Zero has released their third flavour - Melon Lemonade on top of their other two flavours (Tropical Ice & Jungle Burst), which are back in stock and can be purchased on their website. Click to buy Melon Lemonade Click to buy Jungle Burst Click to buy Tropical Ice Each container comes with 100 servings and costs €32,90 ($55AUD, $40AUD, 3,800 INR). However, it is worth noting that they do not ship to Australia and the USA. You will need to buy your stash from a Swedish fan. M

Dolmen Editorial is now up to volume 20 in their hardcover Phantom Daily adventure release and will be shipping their preorders from next week (end of June 2026). You can buy volume 20 here You can buy back issues here The good news is that it follows a more regular release date compared to prior releases. Volume 19 was released in March 2026; however, volume 18 was released May 22, 2025—basically a year prior, and volume 17 was released 16 months before that, in January 2024

In The Phantom vs. The Red Dragons #1, a series of copycats have put a target on The Phantom's back. Only he can intervene to stop an incident from inciting a firestorm across the globe. Watch our video review, and let us know your thoughts on the issue!

Recently a whale graveyard was found in the Indian Ocean, and some have claimed it to be the largest know graveyard in the world, including fossils of previously unknown whale species. The reason this is interesting from a Phantom's perspective is because in the very first Phantom story "The Singh Brotherhood" created by Lee Falk and Ray Moore, Diana found a whales' graveyard that was being hunted by the Singh Pirates who wanted the ambergris. While ambergris is not used as m

The Fantomet: Legenden vender tilbage series is a hardcore album series from Danish publisher E-Voke that started in 2024 and will now be continuing into 2027. While exact details on the issues are still under wraps to be released later, we are able to piece together some details. Some of the stories included will be the following: "Burnt Offering" written by Claes Reimerthi, with art by Heiner Bade (originally published by Fantomen 2-3/2012 and Frew #1622) "Sister Steelfist"