X-Band: Phantom Podcast #314 - June & July 2025 Newspaper Stories, Comics & News Review

Every month, we take an hour or two to discuss all things Phantom from around the world. In this podcast, we are discussing June and July 2025. We review comics from Australia, USA and Germany; catch up on the newspaper adventures printed on Comics Kingdom; and discuss every bit of Phantom-related news from around the world, including comic conventions, the latest comics soon to be released in Brazil, the USA, Norway & Sweden, products for you to purchase, and much more.

If we do not discuss the 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 on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram.

If you're 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 #269 - "The Muckmen of Zumaridi River" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 2 Minutes

• Sunday #197 - "The Ungraved" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 10 Minutes

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #2001, #2002 & #2003: 15 Minutes

  • "The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 1: The Red Staff" by Idi Kharelli and Hans Lindahl

  • "The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 2: Tiger General” by Idi Kharelli and Hans Lindahl

  • "The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 3: The Final Battle” by Idi Kharelli and Hans Lindahl

    
    

German Comics

• Zauberstern Phantom Spezial #3: 25 Minutes

  • "Die Insel der Schlangengöttin - Teil 2" ("The Snake Goddess's Island Part 2") by Claes Reimerthi and Graham Nolan

  • "Terror in Mawitaan!" ("Terror in Mawitaan") by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan

  • "Der Sindbad-Stein" ("The Sinbad Stone") by Graham Nolan
    

• Zauberstern #19: 27 Minutes & 30 Seconds

  • "Steine aus Blut Teil 1" ("Stones of Blood Part 1") by Ben Raab and Pat Quinn

  • "Steine aus Blut Teil 2" ("Stones of Blood Part 2") by Ben Raab and Pat Quinn

  • "Auf der Jagd nach den Phantomdiamanten" ("The Scoundrel") by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
    

• Zauberstern Phantom Spezial #4: 31 Minutes & 30 Seconds

  • "Das Geheimnis der Wikingerfestung" ("The Viking Fortress Mystery") by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan

  • "Die eiserne Python" ("The Iron Python") by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan

  • "Die Prinz Rex-Verschwörung, Teil 1" ("The Prince Rex Conspiracy") by Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan

USA Comics

• Defenders of the Earth #8: 33 Minutes & 30 Seconds

  • "Grand Finale - Part Two" by Dan DiDio and Jim Calafiore

Phantom News from around the world

• The Phantom census (link): 46 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Saturday Morning Cards: 48 Minutes

  • Australia fans interested and not want to paying shipping expenses from USA email SaturdayMorningCardsAUS@gmail.com

• New Frew products: 53 Minutes

• Fantomen special books on sale: 54 Minutes

• 3x new Mythos Editora Books on sale (link): 56 Minutes

• Supanova pin (link): 57 Minutes

• Hero’s Journey Workshop movie replica ring set (link): 58 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Mad Cave Studios updates: 1Hour & 1 Minute

• Phantom back in Norway (link): 1 Hour, 7 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Fantis humorous stories in Fantomen issues (link): 1 Hour & 11 Minutes

• New Brazilian fanzine (link): 1 Hour & 13 Minutes

• 2024 Best Fantomen cover announced (link): 1 Hour & 15 Minutes

• The Phantom visits Australia: 1 Hour & 17 Minutes

• KFS release new www.ThePhantom.com website (link): 1 Hour & 20 Minutes

• Local Brazilian fan TV series (link): 1 Hour & 23 Minutes

• Billy Zane Phantom painting by PAINK (link): 1 Hour & 25 Minutes

• The Phantom at the 2025 QLD Variety Bash (link): 1 Hour & 28 Minutes

• Sy Barry (link) and Keith Williams awards (link):  1 Hour & 30 Minutes

We can only report and discuss what we have seen or been told by the phans. We may miss something, especially conventions in your corner of the world with Phantom-related guests, so 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 on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. Make sure you stay with us, and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast on our YouTube Channel.