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Join us for 80 minutes as we review each Phantom & Mandrake crossover story in finer detail, the annual as a whole, and much more.

Spoiler warning! This is a behind-the-scenes account of “ The Magician’s Curse ”, one of the stories in Frew’s 2026 Annual. Make sure you read the comic first as we will be discussing spoilers. I had already illustrated a Phantom two-parter (" The Pinstripe Wizards " published in Frew #1956 and #1957 ) written by Jason Franks and thought it would be exciting to do a Mandrake story as well. In my mind, they always go together! I grew up reading the newspaper strip reprints,

In an announcement by Dudley Hogarth, the publisher for the Australian Phantom comic, the yearly Frew annual for 2026 has been delayed.

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

Ever wondered what goes behind a cover creation? Thanks to Boris Kay, he gives us an insight into the creation of Frew #2002

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