X-Band: Phantom Podcast #317 - August & September 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 August and September 2025. We review comics from Australia; 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 USA, Sweden and 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: 11 Minutes

Australia (Frew Comics)

• Frew #2004 & #2005: 18 Minutes

  • "The Killer and the Ghost, Part 1 & 2" by Pidde Andersson and Alex Saviuk

  • "I Chop it Down with the Edge of My Hand" by Paul Mason

  • "Another Dragon?" by Shane Foley

  
  

Phantom News from around the world

• New Phantom series in Austria (link): 50 Minutes

• The Phantom census (link): 53 Minutes

• 90th KFS birthday logo (link): 57 Minutes

• The Phantom visiting phan locations (link and link): 59 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• New Old Jungle Saying competition (link): 1 Hour & 6 Minutes

• Update on Bystander #1 with the Phantom by Moonstone (link): 1 Hour & 9 Minutes

• Mad Cave Studios Phantom series update: 1 Hour & 13 Minutes

• Update on Art of Play Games Phantom video game: 1 Hour & 17 Minutes

• Update on Wick Comics remaining Phantom comics (link): 1 Hour, 18 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Details for the 2025 Fantomen Christmas album (link): 1 Hour, 20 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Masks, Southern Crosses and Old Jungle Sayings by Paul Mason (link): 1 Hour, 22 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Update on the Comics Revue Magazine (link): 1 Hour & 27 Minutes

• SMC Phantom Card update: 1 Hour, 29 Minutes & 30 Seconds

• Upcoming events: 1 Hour & 35 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.