X-Band: Phantom Podcast #308 - May 2025 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

ChronicleChamber Team
Jun 4
3 min read

Every month, we take an hour or two to discuss all things Phantom from around the world. This month for May 2025, we review comics from Australia and Germany, 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 Denmark, USA & Sweden comics, and much more.

If we do not discuss Phantom comics from your country, that is because we are still looking for someone to review them for us. Please get in touch with us if that interests you. Otherwise, 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.

Please note that we have experienced two failed computers and having to use a new video editing software for this podcast, so please excuse any possible glitches in the finished edited podcast.

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: 2 Minutes & 30 Seconds
Sunday #197 - "The Ungraved" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 12 Minutes & 30 Seconds

Australia (Frew Comics)

Frew #1997: 18 Minutes & 30 Seconds
- "Firepower" by Dai Darell, Magnus Carling, Rafael Ruiz, and Coral Martínez
- "Waiting for Dad" by Shane Foley
Frew #1998: 33 Minutes & 30 Seconds
- “Captured from Above” by Bernd Frenz and Janusz Ordon
- “Purple Haze” by Paul Mason

German Comics

Zauberstern #18: 51 Minutes
- "Goldbeard, der Pirat" ("Goldbeard the Pirate") by Joe Gill and Don Sherwood
- "Der Fluch des Kallai" ("The Curse of Kallai") by Dick Wood, Pat Boyette, and Vince Alascia
- "Kampf der Masken - Teil 2" ("The Den of Tigers") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
- "Kampf der Masken - Teil 3" ("Mexico's Phantom") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan

Phantom News from around the world

The Phantom census (link): 56 Minutes
New USA newspapers publishing the Phantom (link): 58 Minutes
Frew Legacy Series Volume 1 and 2 (link): 1 Hour & 30 Seconds
Frew number 2000 details (link): 1 Hour, 4 Minutes & 30 Seconds
Other items available for sale at Frew booth: 1 Hour & 17 Minutes
Fantomen Prince Rex Softcover album Volume 2 available for pre order (link): 1 Hour & 21 Minutes
Denmark e-Voke #3 and #4 (link and link): 1 Hour & 22 Minutes
Spanish Dolmen #18 out now: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes & 30 Seconds
Peter David passing (link): 1 Hour & 23 Minutes
Hermes Press distribution update (link): 1 Hour, 25 Minutes & 30 Seconds
Sydney Supanova guests & updates (link): 1 Hour & 28 Minutes

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.

You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world.