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It's the Phantom's 80th birthday and finally Frew have made an announcement on the future of the company. The boys sit down to discuss what we can hope for in the future of Australia's Phantom publisher. #80th #JudithShepherd #Frew #XBand #Podcast

It’s been a tense few months as phans eagerly awaited an announcement from Frew in regard to the future of the company after the stepping down of Judith Shepherd . However, moments ago Frew announced on several Phantom Facebook groups that everything is in full swing and we can expect the next issue as early as February 25th! The new owners of Frew are Australian Phantom artist Glenn Ford and long-time Phantom phan Rene White . Rather than bore you with our rambling, we’ll s

While we did discuss it during the last episode of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we’re still getting a lot of questions about what is going on with Frew Publications and the delay of their comics. Well, in order to clear thing up here you can find everything we here at Chronicle Chamber know about the situation. For those of you who did listen to episode #34 of X-Band (and if you haven’t, why not? It’s great!) there isn’t any new info here (sorry). We’re simply re-stating

Sit down, relax and enjoy the first episode of X-Band for 2016! This episode the guys discuss all the news that's come out over the holiday period, discuss some of the goodies arriving for the Phantom's 80th anniversary and explain just what is going on with Frew Publications. #Frew #JudithShepherd #XBand #Podcast

It’s been an absolutely huge few years for Australian Phantom publisher, Frew Publications. The sad passing of Jim Shepherd in 2013 saw Jim’s son, Steve, take the reigns. In turn, Steven too left the position with Dudley Hogarth stepping in. Now, another era comes to a close with Judith Shepherd moving on from the company after 28 years. Throughout her time at Frew , Judith held several positions, most recently that of director, which she took on after her husband’s pas

Listeners to X-Band: The Phantom Podcast may remember when we talked to Scandinavian phan Andreas Eriksson that Andreas mentioned that Egmont would be reducing the amount of pages in their Fantomen and Fantomet issues. Of course we discussed what this would mean for Frew . Well, the answer is here… Thanks to Jermayn and his Frew subscription we get an early glimpse of what Frew are doing to get around the issue. Rather than simply reduce the amount of pages in their issues

In this episode Joe and Jermayn give their final thoughts on Frew's 2014 Annual as well as catching up on all the latest Phantom news and what issues they've been reading. #Frew #XBand #Podcast

Frew Publications have opened an on-line store for the sole purpose of buying back issues from the publisher. One of new publisher Steve Shepherd‘s initiatives, the site is sure to be a blessing for those who has only just begun to collect Frew’s issues or have missed an issue or two over the years. The issues listed on the site thus far are from the early 1000’s on with prices ranging from $6.50 down for regular 36 page issues to around $10 for 100 page specials. So, if

In this episode Joe and Jermayn continue their look at the longest running Phantom publisher and discuss the future of the company, as well as what kind of Phantom publishing company they would run if they had unlimited money. #Frew #XBand #Podcast

In this episode Joe is again joined by Jermayn Parker as they discuss the history of the longest continually-running Phantom publisher, Frew Publications. So much was there to discuss that this epic episode had to be cut into two parts! Lean the history of Frew and hear what Joe and Jermayn think of Frew's long history and on-going present. #Frew #JimShepherd #Podcast #XBand

Paul Hogan impersonated him on television. Comedian Austen Tayshus immortalised him in song. Test cricketer Bill Lawry was nicknamed in his honour. And former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss was said to be an ardent fan. The unlikely inspiration for these celebrity accolades is none other than The Phantom – ‘The Ghost Who Walks, Man Who Cannot Die’. No other comic book character has enthralled generations of Australians, who are no doubt eagerly awaiting the 60th anniversa

When the first edition of Frew Publications’ new comic book, titled Enter The Phantom, went on sale in September 1948, it was the latest entrant into Australia’s then-booming postwar comic book market. The ‘boom’ was fuelled by a wartime embargo on the importation of American comic books (in place since 1940), and spurred by the increased availability of newsprint supplies and the easing of government restrictions which curtailed the launch of new, ongoing magazine titles, w