2026 softcover album cover released (featuring "The Singh Brotherhood" & "The Sky Band" - out in August 2026)
- Jermayn Parker
- Jun 28
- 2 min read
As announced in May 2026, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Phantom, Egmont will be releasing a reprint of the first two Phantom stories in their 2026 softcover album. The softcover album series has been published by Fantomen since 2015 and is a yearly collection of Lee Falk-created themed stories.
The book is titled "Kampen mot Singhpiraterna" which translates to "The Fight against the Singh Pirates". The softcover album will be available to ship in August 2026, and you can now preorder the books with the below links.
The cover features artwork by Henry Johannes (full name Henry Johannes Matilainen) who is a Swedish artist who has created Phantom artwork since 2024.
We are looking for someone to review the book for us; if you are keen to help, please contact us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com.
Eagle-eyed phans may notice a similar theme with this cover that follows the same theme as a cover by Jaime Vallve which was published in 1975 "Stora Jubileumsboken" as a Swedish album to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Swedish Fantomen comic book. It was published both as a hardcover and a softcover book. In 2016, Sal Velluto and Eugenio Mattozzi, used the Vallve cover for the basis of their new cover, which was slightly changed to be more consistent with the events in the actual story.
Past themes of the softcover albums are:
The man who cannot die (2016)
Wedding stories (2017)
The Phantom v pirates (2018)
Noir style stories (2019)
Rough on roughnecks (2021)
Cowboy Phantom stories (2023)
Prince Rex (2024 and 2025)
Our past reviews of the Singh Brotherhood & Sky Band Phantom stories
Matt Kyme during COVID reviewed these stories for us on our X-Band: The Phantom podcast. You can watch the reviews of the stories in the video below.
