Frew 2026 Annual - delayed!

In an announcement by Dudley Hogarth, the publisher for the Australian fortnightly Phantom comic, the yearly Frew annual for 2026 has been delayed. It was originally intended to be out in shops on the 22nd of January 2026. The latest proposed on-sale date for the annual is the 2nd of February 2026, with issue 2015 on sale on the 9th of February 2026.

It is worth noting that subscribers will get issue 2015 before issue 2014 (the annual), seeing that it has already arrived in stock at Frew headquarters after being printed. Some may be asking why Frew issue 2015 has already been printed. That is because the annual is over 220 pages; it requires binding so the comic holds together. This is the process that has been delayed.

As first announced on our website (read the report here), the Frew 2026 annual will be 220+ pages in full colour featuring team-up stories of Lee Falk's world-famous characters: Mandrake the Magician and, of course, our Phantom!

The cover is designed by Australian cover artist Jason Paulos.

In the middle of February, we will be dedicating a full X-Band: The Phantom Podcast episode to reviewing the annual in detail. You can either subscribe to our podcasts on YouTube, your favourite podcast player, and/or on our website.

Are you looking forward to getting ahold of your copy?