X-Band: Phantom Podcast #306 - April 2025 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

These monthly podcasts where we discuss all things Phantom from around the world are the highlights of our month and we hope you enjoy this podcast. We review comics from Australia, India, Germany and USA, catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom and discuss every bit of Phantom related news from around the world with comic conventions, the latest in soon to be released in Ireland, USA, Brazil & Sweden comics, and much more.

We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube Channel, and or leave them at our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram.

If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.

Daily / Sunday Adventures Progress

• Daily #268 - "The Spark" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 1 Minute and 30 Seconds

• Sunday #197 - "The Ungraved" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 6 Minutes and 30 Seconds

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #1995: 11 Minutes and 30 Seconds

  • "The Lights of Lake Bawkama" by Sylvain Runberg and Janusz Ordon

• Frew #1996: 17 Minutes

  • “Broken Tusk” by David Bishop, Anthony Spay and Brian Atkins

• Phantom in Vietnam stories: 24 Minutes and 30 Seconds

  • "If I Can Dream of a Better Land" by Paul Mason

  • “Going up the Country” by Paul Mason
    

USA Comics

• Mad Cave Studios Phantom #0: 34 Minutes

  • By Ray Fawkes and Russell Olson

  • (Including Jermayn Parker and Stephen East's opinions)

• DotE #6: 50 Minutes & 30 Seconds

  • “Brief Interludes” by Dan DiDio, Matt Horak, Brent Schoonover and Sal Velluto

Indian Comics

• Regal #39: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes & 30 Seconds

  • "The Gladiator" by Lee Falk and Sy Barry

German Comics

• Zauberstern Phantom Spezial #2: 1 Hour & 11 Minutes

  • "Die Kriegshetzer" ("The War Mongers") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan

  • "Die Aktentasche" ("The Briefcase") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan

  • "Die Insel der Schlangengöttin - Teil 1" ("The Snake Goddess's Island Part 1") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan

Phantom News from around the world

• New Phantom 2040 series (link): 1 Hour, 14 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• The Phantom census (link): 1 Hour & 17 Minutes

• Comics Kingdom website survey (link): 1 Hour, 17 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Details on DotE #6 temporary artists announced (link): 1 Hour & 20 Minutes

• Lightning Strike & TASQ Art new magazine (link): 1 Hour, 21 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Fantomen hardcover 2025 theme announced (link): 1 Hour, 23 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Pre order for new Mythos Omnibus (link): 1 Hour, 26 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Details on 2024 Best Fantomen story (link): 1 Hour, 27 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• KFS attending 2025 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas (link): 1 Hour, 30 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Sweden Nodsken Culture Festival (link): 1 Hour, 31 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Sydney Supanova guests & updates (link):1 Hour, 33 Minutes & 30 Seconds

We can only report and discuss what we have seen or been told, We may miss something especially conventions in your corner of the world with Phantom related guests. Please let us know of them so we can promote them on our website, socials and podcasts. We are also looking for reviewers who can review comics from India, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy and some other locations that publish the Phantom. If you would like to join the team with regular reviews, please contact us.

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